Peak Academic Absurdity—the Sequel

Just when you thought it couldn't get any crazier. . .

Earlier this month I thought I had found the peak academic absurdity in the pages of the Journal of Lesbian Studies, which offered an article with the title “Queer canine becomings: Lesbian feminist cyborg politics and interspecies intimacies in ecologies of love and violence.”

But it turns out the Journal of Lesbian Studies has greater reserves than I thought. Further investigation turns up this must-read article: “The earth is a big badass butch dyke in menopause.”

The lead author, Beth Stephens, is a professor at UC Santa Cruz, in the—wait for it!— feminist studies department. Her UC bio page helpfully informs us: “Beth Stephens is an artist, and filmmaker with a Ph.D. in Performance Studies.”

I wonder if this article is actually a “performance” of some kind, but we’ll never know since to read the whole article you’ll have to shell out $56. Unless, of course, you subscribe to the Journal of Lesbian Studies, for a mere $292. Geez—I thought this humble Substack is overpriced. I think I’ll wait for a bootleg copy.