joe erbentraut

  • An inspiration to us all…

    This week has gotten off to a stressful start, getting back into the swing of things after the holiday break and taking care of hiring for my job at the LGBT Campus Center. I’m terrifyingly behind on research for a directed study and am taking care of all sorts of final details for December 7’s…

  • How to win an election

    On the way back toward the Union between classes this afternoon, I stopped in at Ingraham Hall to use the bathroom. Shortly after approaching the urinal and unzipping, I heard a voice behind me proclaim, “Why hello there young sir, my name is Professor Smith and I’m here to teach today’s lesson on human anatomy.”…

  • Let’s give thanks

    Thanksgiving has always been a strange holiday to me. The entire concept of the holiday seems to be centered on the overeating of not-really-that-tasty-in-the-first-place bird, and that’s about it. Sure, sure, it’s a nice time to relax with family and catch up with friends while taking a few days away from the daily grind, but…

  • Why you don’t piss off lesbians… especially Aussie lesbians…

    Women killed ‘irritating’ girl, 16 “Two young women have admitted cold-bloodedly killing a 16-year-old girl because she irritated them. They dumped Stacey Mitchell’s body in a wheelie bin and were still debating the merits of using chainsaws and lime to dispose of her body when they were arrested in Perth days later. Jessica Ellen Stasinowsky,…

  • I’m Not Sarah Jessica Parker

    No, I’m not an actress-singer-dancer-singer-songwriter-performer. No, my hair is not blonde and no, my net worth does not rival most third-world countries’ GDPs. No, I do not have an agent, nor am I especially talented at anything in particular. I am a white, twenty-something queer male living, learning and loving in the quaint, liberal Midwestern…