association for faculty women: a vestige of the past?

so i went to the first meeting of the year tonight for the association for faculty women, which i will now refer to as "the ol' girls network" and i'm not sure i mean that in a good way. i decided to go because, well, it seemed like a good idea and my friend jessica was going. but it was a really weird crew. it was full of 50-something profs who were all white liberal feminist from the 70s and 80s. don't get me wrong, these women fought hard for equal rights and equal pay and all that stuff that makes my life as a new prof pretty damn good. BUT... these women also seem to have created exactly what they were against. they were super cliquey, very macho, very braggy, very what i imagine the men were like that they were trying to be taken seriously by. and to be taken seriously by these men, they BECAME these men. they became super me-centered, and super exclusive, and very suit like. it was a weird place, and they weren't very welcoming, and it felt like to be one of them you had to bitch about "the man" and brag about your work, and that's just not my schtick. so yeah, no more afw for me. $12 for good appetizers and free wine though, so i lapped it up grad-student style.

i had a super long day today. went to the gym at 7am, then a new chiropracter at 9 (i miss kemmy and mischa!!!), then finshed grading papers which pained me. i'm pretty sure my students either don't care or don't listen to me or a little of both. then i worked at school on the seedlings of a possible new edited collection on feminism and new media, then i also worked on the seedlings of a new article, then the ol' girls network, now rockstar supernova. which is the best thing on tv and i'm sad it's the last week. but WAIT! there's project runway tomorrow. god bless cable.

still smokey around here, too many wildfires around these parts. my allergies are crappy today. yuck. i want clean air! it's supposed to rain later this week, here's hoping.