The earth revolves around the sun. Not everyone on talent shows has talent.  The square root of four is two. Your mom did it with your dad.

Also, it’s not easy being a woman in Philosophy.

I won’t bother to link to the series of scandals that have beset the discipline of Philosophy over the last few years (since I trust you’ve met Google), nor will I spend much time recounting just how backwards Philosophy is in terms of gender equity (do the math).  Let’s just stipulate that it’s an unfriendly, often hostile, environment for women: intellectually, professionally, culturally, economically and countless other adverbial ways.

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