What, These Knockers Here?
In academic news, Yasmin Benoit, “model and award-winning asexual activist,” announces her new position and wants you to notice her cleavage:
I’m honoured to announce that I’ve been given a visiting position at @KingsCollegeLon! We’re going to be conducting research into asexuality together & our first academic paper will be coming out this month! I’m in my academic era. 🎓#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike pic.twitter.com/cam5uhAvvt
— Yasmin Benoit, MSc (@theyasminbenoit) January 3, 2025
Because she’s so asexual, you know.Â
Via Ophelia, who asks a not unreasonable question.
Readers are welcome to speculate as to what, exactly, “asexual rights” might entail, and how being asexual, or, more coyly, aromantic, differs in any meaningful way from having a low sex drive. Other than the statusful, rather pretentious labelling, I mean.Â
Update, via the comments:Â
Clam quips,
*tries not to look at tits*
Truly, we live in an age of wonders.
At which point, I should add that Ms Benoit’s insights, aired via Instagram, include a revelation that SpongeBob Squarepants is also asexual. Which may hint at the dizzying levels of scholarship to be anticipated.
Inevitably, Ms Benoit shoehorns in a racial victimhood angle. Because… well, one can’t been seen without one, I suppose. Not in academia. And so, we’re told that asexual people who are also black “just aren’t perceived as the ideal type of asexual representation, nor are we as amplified or included within the asexual community nearly as much.”
Yes, it’s tears and contrivance all the way down.
And I have to say, Visiting Research Fellows aren’t generally so keen to show off their bras in their social media avatars, or to foreground their breasts in every single photo, or indeed to do interviews with Playboy magazine. Complete with breast-heavy – but, like, totally asexual – photoshoots.
Above, one of many such items. For research purposes only.
Oh, and open thread, obviously.
So she’s going to write an academic paper in… three weeks?
*tries not to look at tits*
Oh, good heavens, woman.
Wear a top.
We live in an age of wonders.
Something tells me that the customary gathering and analysis of data, and the customary peer-review, will all take place at unprecedented speed, if indeed at all.
But hey, great rack.
The claims to “asexuality” and the very evidently sexual nature of her clothing, are in fact not contradictory. They both say – I am pretentious, and I need attention and flattery, but I don’t want to rely on my character, personality or achievements as that would involve hard work and sincerity.
So these would have to do. Come look at me, while I accuse you of being a bad person for “objectifying” me.
The bigger problem, though, is the hordes of reasonably intelligent young girls passing through university, who also, because of being girls, will be agreeable and believe what they think would give them social points. Its the influence on their minds and approach to life that’s the bigger worry.
Inevitably, Ms Benoit shoehorns in a racial victimhood angle. Because… well, because.
And we’re told that SpongeBob Squarepants is also asexual. Which must be that scholarship we keep hearing about.
And I have to say, Visiting Research Fellows aren’t generally so keen to show off their bras in their social media avatars, or to foreground their breasts in every single photo, or indeed to do interviews with Playboy magazine. Complete with breast-heavy – but, like, totally asexual – photoshoots.
For research purposes only.
Finally! A home for the Incels
That.
Apparently it only takes cleavage to cure David’s sciatica.
On suppression via regulation. And fashionable pretensions.
And happily, some belated correction.
[ Muffled wincing. ]
Fake from haircolor to toe nail polish. Dumb in the middle.
Via Ophelia, who asks a not unreasonable question.
I believe the word that covers this is “ratchet”, regardless, this appears to be like the “aromantics” who have crushes, just more MSU.
Kanye West, sex, and sadism.
[ Post updated. ]
We usually talk about B.S. scholarship as being pulled out of the professor’s ass.
In this case it’s a different orifice.
Ah, the swashbuckling tales of Dumas – :“All for one, two for the all you can eat buffet!”
The one that Empress Theodora wished she had?
Or it could be a deficit in any or all of those characteristics.
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You have to admit ‘Visiting Research Fellow’ sounds much more impressive than ‘Playmate’.