tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5398186844830513295..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Liveblogging the Humongous Disciplinary Conference (Tenured Faculty Edition)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28293696091538671412013-01-05T03:53:29.160-05:002013-01-05T03:53:29.160-05:00Almost all alpha males are male, however. At leas...Almost all alpha males are male, however. At least they are at this conference. 50% of the PhDs in my field are earned by women but you sure as hell wouldn't know it if you looked at the tenured faculty. <br /><br />As for essentializing it, AM, no, not at all; where did you get that idea? Even among other animals, alpha males get there by acts of violence and social domination, as DDD Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40208667919097188762013-01-04T22:48:17.220-05:002013-01-04T22:48:17.220-05:00FWIW, an "Alpha Male" need not be a man....FWIW, an "Alpha Male" need not be a man. It's more a description of a function and a role, not what parts are in the underwear...DrDoctorDrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01160070320563319938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57627026258594140982013-01-04T22:18:30.247-05:002013-01-04T22:18:30.247-05:00Excluding anthropological studies, "alpha mal...Excluding anthropological studies, "alpha male" is used as an insult but only used by people who don't have the power of alpha males. I get the sense that they don't want that power but they don't like that power wielded over them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89754066025748971432013-01-04T21:32:25.707-05:002013-01-04T21:32:25.707-05:00Galore, that's precisely my point. The only ex...Galore, that's precisely my point. The only exception to this rule is to refer to animals -- of which we are, of course, but it still seems rudimentary to reduce gender identity to that of animals, let along to embrace the problematic idea that certain people are "alpha" while others are "beta." As though it's out of everyone's hands, sad sad sad, boo hoo whatever Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56601863406905212012013-01-04T20:38:11.307-05:002013-01-04T20:38:11.307-05:00As I understand it, "Alpha Male" first r...As I understand it, "Alpha Male" first refers to the typical behavior of higher primates and pack animals, for whom some older male of the species has demonstrated dominance through violence over other contenders in the pack.<br /><br />I always take it as a derogatory term when applied to humans in social-settings, where their actual behavior is differentiated from that of lower DrDoctorDrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01160070320563319938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35131440383996265202013-01-04T17:46:52.860-05:002013-01-04T17:46:52.860-05:00If that were a movie, I'd love to see it on My...If that were a movie, I'd love to see it on Mystery Science Theater 3000.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70206066703229231942013-01-04T16:57:14.157-05:002013-01-04T16:57:14.157-05:00Yes, but "Alphamen" sounds too much like...Yes, but "Alphamen" sounds too much like a 70s <br />TV series. "Blake's 9 meets the Alphamen!"Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66206384260919176022013-01-04T16:53:50.438-05:002013-01-04T16:53:50.438-05:00Zoologists (including primatologists) use "ma...Zoologists (including primatologists) use "male" and "female" as nouns most of the time, along with "juvenile", "subordinate", and "subadult". When one is referring to individuals of the same species, it is tediously redundant to use these words as adjectives.<br /><br />I presume that everyone participating in the HDC is of the species *Homo Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34091647747077236342013-01-04T16:41:21.822-05:002013-01-04T16:41:21.822-05:00"alpha males"
I've never understoo..."alpha males" <br /><br />I've never understood this. Particularly since "male" is an adjective and "man" is the noun people are searching for. But it tends to be people who also use nonsense words like "friendzone" who use "alpha male" and I don't get that shit either.Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32993674120805234032013-01-04T15:36:49.555-05:002013-01-04T15:36:49.555-05:00whew, you had me worried...whew, you had me worried...Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41400838487101729012013-01-04T14:57:00.343-05:002013-01-04T14:57:00.343-05:00This captures it perfectly! Thank you! I'm goi...This captures it perfectly! Thank you! I'm going to the bar now.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11766879353660606902013-01-04T14:16:04.510-05:002013-01-04T14:16:04.510-05:00I tweet in my own name, and very differently...I tweet in my own name, and very differently...Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89664749130552345022013-01-04T14:14:35.764-05:002013-01-04T14:14:35.764-05:00I'll give you the address.I'll give you the address.Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20889451501283982542013-01-04T14:14:16.479-05:002013-01-04T14:14:16.479-05:00That's today.That's today.Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43591871846767180762013-01-04T14:13:22.141-05:002013-01-04T14:13:22.141-05:00That's today.That's today.Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85125040629943469392013-01-04T11:07:31.736-05:002013-01-04T11:07:31.736-05:00They don't have printed programs?
Vertical s...They don't have printed programs? <br /><br />Vertical stroke:<br /><br />The printer company rep....SHOT<br />The "facilitator" of the conference....SHOT<br />The national committee....SHOT<br />The president of the HDC....SHOT<br /><br />Bodies displayed tastefully with card "YOU FUCK UP...YOU DIE."Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80374635511272957132013-01-04T10:23:54.171-05:002013-01-04T10:23:54.171-05:00no book exhibit visit? that's the best part!!!...no book exhibit visit? that's the best part!!!Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23469136115092760162013-01-04T09:34:38.126-05:002013-01-04T09:34:38.126-05:00I've never been to HDC, and this post makes me...I've never been to HDC, and this post makes me even happier about that.<br /><br />FWIW, I like the regional DCs. Much less douche-baggery and puffery from alpha males. Perhaps because alpha males don't bother with RDCs? Hoorah.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8080612847017579272013-01-04T04:37:42.765-05:002013-01-04T04:37:42.765-05:00No conference pen?! If that's mutiny I smell, ...No conference pen?! If that's mutiny I smell, then it's perfectly justified. <br /><br />Love the report, MA. Thanks, and please report back! (FWIW, notes from the ground all over the Twitterverse these days, too...) Thank God technology and benevolent reporters like you can now spare me the transcontinental flight for these disciplinary behemoths.)Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.com