That’s my spot!

Yesterday I finally dug out our car from Tuesday’s snow in order to make a grocery run to Trader Joe’s*. As I did so, cars were waiting and taking the spots of other cars, so I wasn’t surprised when someone stood in line for my spot at the point when I was finally able to [...]

Now really… would you go in this?

I can’t help it. Ever since new blogger Katie posted these I can’t stop thinking about the social implications. I even showed them to my class during a discussion on doing gender – and by extension “doing masculinity” or better “doing sexuality” in the men’s room. Specifically we talked about how urinal norms produce homophobic [...]

The most annoying thing that’s happened all year

Evidently there is no such thing as laundry room norms. Our apartment building has four washers and four dryers, and a whole bunch of residents. Which of the following would you think is the most respectful for your laundry community? (a) Use all four washers at once, and later all four dryers(b) Use only one [...]