So there has been some discussion about bullying and harassment. We have a history of having academic bullies and by "we" I mean established, senior and even ECR scholars (like the one who did that Beowulf compilation). 1/10 #medievaltwitter #academictwitter
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Replying to @ISASaxonists
Do you mind if I ask about the Beowulf compilation? I feel OOTL on that.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Sorry missed this question. The reassessment author (not the reviewer to be clear) wanted to 'take down' a well-known female scholar. His misogyny knows no bounds.https://www.academia.edu/23720397/Leonard_Neidorf_ed._The_Dating_of_Beowulf_A_Reassessment_Cambridge_D._S._Brewer_2014_ …
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Replying to @ISASaxonists @AdmiralHip
Oh yeah, that prick. Completely shot me down at a conference once, wouldn't listen to my argument just cut me off with "no, you're wrong".
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @ISASaxonists
I still.maintwon that he was wrong. He also said something along the lines of any scholarship that uses theory (if I remember correctly he said feminist theory among others) is unread and useless in the intro for a philology book a few years back.
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yikes wtf