Dear Captain Awkward: This should be a quickie, at least to ask. I have two friends (they’re dating) who constantly argue with me about the field I’m studying in graduate school. They challenge my knowledge about it, and honestly about…
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
#439: The dynamic duo of mansplainers
Tagged with: Rebecca Solnit, The African Violet of Broken Friendship
Posted in Feminism, Friendship, Manners, Reader Questions
Posted in Feminism, Friendship, Manners, Reader Questions
#438: You get to choose your own happiness.
Dear Captain Awkward: Hey. I have done some bad things. I need to tell you about it so you can help me figure out how to not do bad things ever again.I started dating this guy two years ago, my…
Can men and women be friends? An essay and a website launch.
February 5, 2013: Thanks for all the cool comments and discussion, but I can’t keep up with the moderation demands right now. Comments on this entry are now closed. Yesterday I saw this Tweet. The piece linked there asks the…
Tagged with: attraction, can men and women be friends, Friendship, gender, Relationships
Posted in Feminism, Friendship
Posted in Feminism, Friendship
#437: Adulthood Is A Scary Horse
Ahoy there, I have this general problem. I am almost 30, and I am not a grown-up person. I am a college drop out, have never had a ‘real’ job. I’m working for almost 3 years now at a job…
Tagged with: growing up, job, laziness, procrastination
Posted in Mental Health, Reader Questions, Work
Posted in Mental Health, Reader Questions, Work
#436: What can I do to get to know my coworkers better?
O Mighty Captain of Scripts for the Awkward, I consider myself to be fairly socially skilled, if introverted, but one place where I’m completely socially awkward is at work. I’m the person who gets skewered by all the career advice…
#435: Getting the silent treatment for an honest mistake.
Dear Captain Awkward: Quick backstory: my mom and stepdad babysit my daughter for free one afternoon a week while I work (I telecommute the rest of the time). My mother offered to do it right after my daughter was born…
Tagged with: family, parenting, silent treatment, Stepfamily
Posted in Captain Awkward's Dating Guide for Geeks, Families, manipulation, Reader Questions
Posted in Captain Awkward's Dating Guide for Geeks, Families, manipulation, Reader Questions
London Meetup, Northwestern Talk, and Kink-Friendly Advice
Hello, I am back from my Forth Worth/Amarillo vacation. I can tell you that North Main BBQ in Euless is LEGIT, you Texans are really onto something with that whole Bluebell ice cream thing, and that it is as fun…
#433: What if my past as a sex worker hurts my current employment chances?
Hello CA, I am finishing up a PhD in the social sciences, and will be on the academic job market soon. I really want to teach more than anything, either at the university or high school level. I need advice…
Tagged with: employment, Politics of Sexuality, Pornography, prostitution, Sex worker, Sexuality, Teacher
Posted in Feminism, Reader Questions
Posted in Feminism, Reader Questions
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