tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post743613656313402925..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: I know nothingPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-68525771150293504252008-07-01T09:07:00.000-04:002008-07-01T09:07:00.000-04:00It's quite possible that *economics* PhD students ...It's quite possible that *economics* PhD students are all know-it-alls; they're also disproportionately male. I get the sense that it's possible to come out of such a program being sure that you have the toolkit necessary to understand any social problem with only a survey article or two needed as background reading. Ok, enough snark for this morning.X.Trapnelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331820913539099727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-4571587748258285482008-06-27T17:01:00.000-04:002008-06-27T17:01:00.000-04:00Ha. Seems it should be, grad students are bad in b...Ha. Seems it should be, grad students are bad in bed because they can sleep in till noon, whereas those with real jobs can't, making grad students hated the morning after.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-15647327945855237122008-06-27T16:45:00.000-04:002008-06-27T16:45:00.000-04:00What is UP with the hating on grad students trend ...What is UP with the hating on grad students trend lately? (I've even seen a few obnoxious blog threads on how grad students are bad in bed, because neurotic.) Has the blogosphere really become <I>so</I> low-status that there's nobody else less important to pick on?Paul Gowderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987034334075962676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-2383778503447719672008-06-27T07:52:00.000-04:002008-06-27T07:52:00.000-04:00I second Matt's endorsement of TPOW, though I wish...I second Matt's endorsement of TPOW, though I wish it had more about the contemporary manifestation of the tensions between being Jewish and being White.David Schraubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-30411401972760968982008-06-26T23:41:00.000-04:002008-06-26T23:41:00.000-04:00I thought Price of Whiteness was great. I'm hesita...I thought <I>Price of Whiteness</I> was great. I'm hesitant to recommend Jon Stratton's <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Out-Jewish-Jon-Stratton/dp/0415222087/ref=ed_oe_p/104-4730771-4449503" REL="nofollow">Coming Out Jewish</A>. It's worthwhile for an academic, I'm sure. For me, it's far too Freudian and far too prone to psychoanalyzing Jews rather than analyzing the conditions in which Jews find themselves. But it does make some points that I (though I lack the academic background you have) found interesting, even after reading Goldstein.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05146833770654841724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-27356502647242478882008-06-26T22:21:00.000-04:002008-06-26T22:21:00.000-04:00My co-blogger's thoughts on the grad student issue...<A HREF="http://fearandloathingingtown.blogspot.com/2008/06/followup-to-grad-students-hmmph.html" REL="nofollow">My co-blogger's thoughts on the grad student issue,</A> in case you are interested.<BR/><BR/>My two cents is that the 19th Century French Jewry just doesn't come up in conversation all that much compared to PoliSci or Econ. Those PhDs can make huge asses of themselves in conversation, especially in DC where many people who don't have PhDs know a hell of a lot about that stuff.FLGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04153989000780677971noreply@blogger.com