“If guys can have groupies and be celebrated for it, I plan on doing the exact same thing. My most proud groupie moment was picking up a guy from Harvard. We hung out all night* and then I dropped him off at a truck stop and he took a $300 cab ride back to Harvard.”

—Ke$ha, in the 12/22 issue of Rolling Stone

Scholars of academia and decoders of Harvard will note that Ke$ha doesn’t say why picking up a Harvard guy was her “most proud” groupie moment, but perhaps we can interpret it as a sign of the recurring power of the American ideal of self-improvement. Hey, I may not have gone to Harvard, but I spent the night with someone who did!

Harvard men will be pleased to hear that dropping the H-bomb still works.

* And linguists will note Ke$sha’s use of “hung out,” which here replaces “hooked up,” which itself (kind of) replaced “had sex.” Perhaps a new book, Steve Pinker?