Philly Mag Sort Of Apologizes, Gives Penn Prof Award

This very well could be the olive branch in the ongoing Philly Mag vs. Penn saga. Philly Mag, who frequently calls us out on our betchiness, just named Penn professor Dr. Janet Monge “Best Museum Curator”.

Monge is a Penn professor, curator of the physical anthropology section of the Penn Museum, and the director of a nonprofit casting business for skeletal remains. She also digs for fossils on the Kenyan coast and can remember any detail of any skeleton quicker than you can remember your Penn ID number. And even though she thinks that “if you don’t charge the shit out of people, they think you’re not good," she volunteers as a criminal defense expert witness and forensic consultant to police. What can’t this modern minx (or should we say sphinx, just a lil museum humor) do? We wouldn’t be surprised if she could make fetch happen.

We recommend you visit the museum or take one of her classes. If you’re not inherently entertained by gross skulls, you’ll definitely like Monge’s anecdotes, like the time she got scurvy from eating only Snickers for a month.

And don’t think you’re off the hook, Philly Mag. You’re still on our list.