The Kvetching Professor

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Age Shaming

Jan 28, 2019

Today we’re encouraged to take pride in whatever groups we are a part of – whether it’s race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, etc. But one group, to which we all ultimately aspire, doesn’t seem to be proud of its identity: the old folks. In fact, we “seniors” (which sounds so high school!) are...

Finders Keepers

Jan 21, 2019

While this week’s episode of The Kvetching Professor features something I wrote more than 25 years ago, it certainly is highly relevant today, when, between new guidelines for therapists counseling men and boys and the Gillette ad, which went viral, the idea of boys as rowdy, rambunctious, and wild has become so...

The Self-Esteem Quiz

Jan 13, 2019

Curious about your self-esteem? Wondering if you really feel good about yourself? For a lighthearted look at this, try the Kvetching Professor’s short self-esteem quiz, which is featured in this episode. Obviously, the Professor must not be feeling so good about himself if he’s spending his time coming up with this...

The Feminist Test

Jan 7, 2019

This week’s episode centers on a short satirical self-test for women who might be wondering, “Am I a feminist?” I wrote this way back in the mid-1990s, which was decades before the #MeToo movement, when you were still allowed to laugh a little about gender issues.