Also, this *is* Minnesota.

German beer bar.

Now they’re giving the bartender a little bit of shit for having a picture of Martin Luther up near the bathroom.

Indeed.

Solidarity with management?

I'm simply saying as a staffer who is occasionally -- although fortunately not too often -- treated as "the help" by students I'm not exactly brimming with outrage when senior leadership is put in a similar position. And *that's* a class thing.

Oh I’m sure I’m being overly sensitive to this, but the horror of being mistaken for a staffer is not something I’m particularly sympathetic to.

Here is where I will push back somewhat gently, because as a staffer my status and position is not equal to the PoC who are faculty, despite race/gender.

There is room for a nuanced conversation here that is attentive to class and hierarchy in addition to race/gender.

One of my more reactionary opinions is that formal codes of etiquette, dress, and conduct are actually good for society.

Somehow I don't think Mindy Isser is a closet MAGAist.

The thing about Trump is that he’s a totally unreliable partner who is also dumb, impulsive, and easily manipulated. So it makes sense to play nice with him, but only if you don’t cede ideological or political ground, because you know he’s going to screw you over later.

I am enjoying just how much of a campy bitch Fussell is being throughout this.

It's a sign of weakness, of course, but the last time Trump was this weak he egged on a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol Building.

I’ll happily trade jobs with her. (I wonder how she’d do with 120 student advisees?)

I'll admit to having thought about his balls before, but that's mainly because of that song from BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI.