Johns Hopkins University has emerged in the past year as an unlikely lightning rod for controversy. Between "satire" on "fat chicks" and musings on emasculating women, scarcely a month has gone by without word of new journalistic hijinx. But today's a new level of achievement entirely.
Andi S-R. noticed an interesting segment in a German textbook used to teach English. In the last few years, 12th-grade English classes have started including a section about gender, so textbooks have added chapters on the topic. Andi found a supplement from Klett, one of the major German publishers of educational…
A Northwestern professor caused a ruckus when he hosted a demonstration of a woman getting off with a "fucksaw" in front of the class. His response? "Sticks and stones may break your bones, but watching naked people on stage doing pleasurable things will never hurt you."
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The UC San Diego student publication the Koala is known for witty, pointed satire. Like calling student body leader Carli Thomas a "Fat Whore," and photoshopping a penis over her face. And that's just the lead!
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Learning is down! Psychiatric medication is up!
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So this ridiculously expensive Ivy League university of which I'm sure you've heard is offering a class in model memoirs.
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Sasha and Malia Obama's first day at a new school is the beginning of life lived under intense scrutiny, and their father knows it: His camp released pictures of them getting ready this morning.
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