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Aella
@Aella_Girl
i feel like im going paranoid/insane cause i cant tell if ppl critiquing my research are doing it cause they don't like me or cause there's actually issues. it's a really inconvenient thing to get paranoid about because it conflates learning and growth with ppl trying to hurt me!
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
there's *definitely* ppl picking my stuff apart motivated by idk, stuff not directly related to my research, probably something like 'hostility towards aella is trendy' or 'aella is a sex worker and uncredentialed' or 'aella isnt metaphorically wearing a lab coat'
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
but often when someone makes a critique, i don't know enough about the critique to tell if they have nefarious motivations, and it's really high cost (going to learn deeply about the topic) in order to tease them apart. i have to decide if i trust them based on other cues.
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Eidosian
@Eidosian
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@Aella_Girl
Here's an attempt at good faith critique from a distance (not deeply familiar with your work). I think your work gives good and interesting insights about the type of people who would self select for your research, but I don't think they're generalisable across the population.
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Eidosian
@Eidosian
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@Aella_Girl
Fair - and the piece you linked is on the money. As long as you acknowledge these limitations in what you put out, I don't see a problem. I write about the same limitations in my own work.
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