An anonymous professor has started a tumblr humorously characterizing life as a college professor… with gifs!  Here are some of my favorites but, if you’re a professor or want to know what it’s like to be one, and you can handle a bit of snark, you should definitely go on over!

Arriving Late to My Friend’s Panel

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When Academics Attend Conference Presentations

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When Tenure Track Faculty Hear About a Course Release

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Revise and Resubmit

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Fourteenth Week of the Semester

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At the Department Party, When My Chair “Asked” Me to Join the Assessment Committee

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When Someone Says, “You only teach two classes? What do you do all day?”

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Thanks to Ben C. for the tip!

Lisa Wade, PhD is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of American Hookup, a book about college sexual culture; a textbook about gender; and a forthcoming introductory text: Terrible Magnificent Sociology. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram.