0 What We're Reading Today (1-9-13): Congress, TFA, Girls, Inaugural Poet

Sorry for the sporadic nature of these posts.  It's still winter break, y'all.

Congress somewhere below cockroaches, traffic jams, and Nickelback in Americans' esteem - Public Policy Polling

Deferring Six Figures on Wall Street for a Teacher's Salary - New York Times

Scott Eidler

Teach for America: The Hidden Curriculum of Liberal Do-Gooders - Jacobin

Andrew Hartman

‘Girls’: Inside the Eccentric Fashion of Lena Dunham’s HBO Comedy - The Daily BeastAlyssa Rosenberg

Lena Dunham Caved to her Critics on Race and It Made "Girls" a Better Show - The New Republic
Laura Bennett

President Obama poet Richard Blanco's "queer shame" pain - Politico
Katie Glueck

*head-desk