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U Politic

(We have at least 1 colleague who loves us, in spite of ourselves. I said something about rough and she says “you know; life is a lot rougher on people than it use to be.” I hear ya.)
 
(Listening to Leon Ware - Sure Do Want You Now)

Withdrawn was talking to its WGS professor and she was chatty, which can be advantageous. She inquired about the focus of our thesis. Oblivion told and she says “did Jeff (professor beep yes men’s health care/gay and head of my thesis committee) tell you about his upcoming research?” “No.” She revealed and gave us time to do our own mental footwork on the spot (she waited); interesting (the deconstruction; he’s using you to pilot his research, which happens all the time- he’s waiting for you to publish first, let it hit ProQuest and then he’s coming up right behind you with; getting ready to sweep you…(blew me down that she told me more than the fact that he’s doing it but ok and? If ya ask me, that’s a lot of years to be working at U and still only be associate professor-this was back then). Now, he and I both had similar agendas; he wasn’t force feeding me (maybe she thought that or didn’t know we’re not baseline or onset gay; we were unicorn gay) and as long as we get our credentials; inflexible didn’t care. Suspicious wondered what her motive was (we weren’t particularly close) but either way I could do nothing about it; even if I cared. On a beauteous note: we can honestly say that not everything was about race (he’s white/ she’s white), class or gender because I’ve really had some kind of people go to bat for me in my time, in turn, we did what we could in situations too (there was always somebody waiting to be “something” real to ya back then) not that any of us would be able to say that for the rest of our lives.  
 
(Publishing for biology journals in undergrad that’s another story…unlikely but)
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