Today’s NYT has an article entitled “The Professor as Open Book” about the “Professors Strike Back” phenomenon, but only male professors are profiled. And nothing is mentioned about how or why “openness” might be different for a woman academic than it is for a male professor. Go to the actual site and there beneath a Hooters ad you will find clips about female entitled, “Good looking professor wants you to show pity for less attractive professors” and “Prof too smart to fall for student love slave” and Yo it’s “mou” not “meh”. Get your French insults right. She isn’t afraid to use peace signs and air hearts. Not really sure how this constitutes “striking back,” exactly.
Via Rebecca Tushnet.
[...] Professors in cyberspace are receiving some unflattering attention (blogged here), but being a prof on Facebook and other social networking sites does not automatically put one in the Faculty Who Share Too Much Information category. I find Facebook an easy way to keep in touch with alumni, and I’ve discovered some interesting groups Like “Feminist Bloggers Unite!” (here) and the International Association for Feminist Economics (here). [...]