I had no institutional access for much of the time when I was writing my book, and I desperately wanted more open access material. But I also recognise that money doesn't come from nothing.
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and I would have just gone to the library to use. So all this hand wringing about publishers being directed at grad students and not institutions and academia in general for putting us in this position is pretty terrible. I'm really starting to despise publishing discourse here.
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I'm seeing a shocking amount of classism and ableism from people who are demanding that we treat them as their comrades when they can't do the same for us.
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I think it's more about explaining the issue? Personally, I did not realise there was any economic problem with asking for a PDF, when I did it. And then, when someone told me, I was glad to know. I didn't feel shamed.
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And I didn't see how this tweet was shaming?
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