I have seen loads of academics, tenured, PhDs, ECRs, etc., asking for articles and books throughout the pandemic, which is still happening by the way. But I have only seen vitriol being sent to those precariously employed or grad students needing to write theses. #medievaltwitter
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
In fairness, many authors will oblige, but there’s the time factor. If you get a request during leave or via certain platforms like ResearchGate, you may not reply quickly and find folk accusing you of being a w*nker. Also, requests for work you haven’t written, pre-ebook etc.
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Okay. That isn’t what I’m talking about. I am fully aware that authors will provide PDFs, but when they don’t or can’t, and we can’t get to a library, then we use other avenues
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @maryscorcoran
Other times we don’t want to ask them because we’re embarrassed. That has happened to me.
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Like I don’t know any precarious grad students who would call anyone a wanker to their face or publicly for not responding to an email. I’m sure they exist, but likely they insult academics who are marginalized in some way. That is a different conversation though.
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