Posted on 06/25/2008 12:54:27 PM PDT by bs9021
A Yale Tale
by: Malcolm A. Kline, June 25, 2008
Under the guise of scholarship, the professoriat would have us “leave them alone” but is the feeling mutual? You can get an insight into the answer to this question not by what they tell the public but what they communicate to each other.
Take Yale sociologist Michael Yarbrough. His university web site tells us that he “works in the areas of law and society; family; the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality; and political subjectivity.” His page goes on to note that “He is particularly interested in the role of law and legal institutions in interpersonal relationships.”
“A recent graduate of the Yale Law School through the joint J.D./Ph.D. program, Michael is currently developing a dissertation comparing marriage reform debates in the United States and South Africa, which seeks to understand the relationship between legal change and changing understandings of family and self,” his page explains. “He is also researching small-claims disputes among family members, friends, and others with pre-existing relationships.”
When recently searching for a Manhattan pied-a-tierre, Yarborough was a bit more explicit. “I am over and done with boring New Haven and looking to move down to the city and rejoin the living,” he declared. “Was planning on moving in with one or two friends but it looks like their plans may well fall through, so now I’m also looking for a room in an existing apartment with folks reasonably similar to myself (i.e. hardworking 90% of the time but laid back about the occasional party or overnight rendezvous; late 20s through early 40s would generally be best).”...
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreportonline.net ...
not in chelsea, loverboy.
This guy is in his mid sixties, right? A twenty something in the 1971 - 1973. Still listening to Jefferson Airplane (actually nothing wrong with that if you have moved on in life).
Yuck.
Sounds like Malcolm A. Kline has got a lot of time on his hands ...
“the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality; and political subjectivity”
As when three while male athletes were nearly railroaded in a Durham rape case because of their race, gender, sexuality, and political subjectivity?
No, I thought that’s not what he meant. . .
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