Mathetria: a woman scholar

  This post originally answered a query on my Tumblr account, not reproduced here as it was long. But the answer was fun, so I'm sharing...

James Dobson, founder of the ultra-conservative Focus on the Family organization, reputedly said of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting, “I ...

In our semi-post-Covid world, I've noticed students seem a bit more clueless about behavior with regard to professors and class. Here, I...

 I rarely write movie reviews. I’ve done 3-4, the last on the delightful road-trip film Harry and Tonto about a man and his cat. But once i...

  The Hollywood Reporter recently posted an article titled “ Jennifer Aniston Has No Regrets. ” I’ve seen, now and then, similar slogans ex...

When I first arrived at Penn State University to visit in the spring of 1992, thinking about going there to study with Gene (Eugene N.) Bor...

(N.B.: This post should not make anyone feel guilty for mislabeling the novels; I’m posting it because there seems to be some confusion.) ...

David Konstan’s In the Orbit of Love lays out how ancient Greek concepts of philia (friendship) differ from modern ... and why using moder...

This is in response to an "ask" on the social media site Tumblr: "Could you please write an 'Ancient Greek Sexuality for ...