So it's come to my attention that I'm getting subtweeted by some peeps (who shall remain nameless) who seem to think this is a serious criticism of academic cultures... now, it's quite possible this isn't an entirely honest complaint from them, since all subtweets have (1/4)https://twitter.com/HalstedMedieval/status/1182363040269901825 …
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...come from anglolexic scholars worried for my sake that I might have offended French and German scholars, (despite the fact that my depiction of anglolexia was definitely more biting??) (2/4)
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...while framing the tweet within the growing "incivility" within medieval studies (AKA PoC having the gall to say things) (3/4)
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But just so we're ENTIRELY clear, French and German scholars are fabulous, I
y'all and wouldn't be able to do my job without you. The aforementioned tweet was meant as lighthearted observational humor - and indeed seems to have been taken as such by the vast majority (4/4)1 reply 1 retweet 10 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @HalstedMedieval
These folks really have no critical reading skills.
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it helps that they're being intellectually dishonest so they can cling to their model of "indecorous ECRs" as the problem in the field and ignore all the white supremacy staring them in the face1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes -
Replying to @HalstedMedieval
This UK senior set decided that Cambridge ASNC graduate students digitally harassing me by sending poison pen letters to other scholars about me & erasing official SMFS posts on facebook groups was "my fault" b/c I was a "bully" b/c I said STOP. http://www.inthemedievalmiddle.com/2017/08/medievalfail.html …
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Replying to @dorothyk98 @HalstedMedieval
But apparently my seniority to these ASNC grad students (yes, studying Old English) did not mean I should be treated w/ "civility" b/c of my seniority. Apparently they were "golden boys" & I was ruining their careers.
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Replying to @dorothyk98 @HalstedMedieval
They only stopped b/c folks pressured ISxx to make a statement and they did. That is why not b/c ASNC or any senior academics in the UK called out this bad, toxic male behavior.
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So let’s call it what it is: hypocritical, gendered, racialized standards. This is how intersectionality, racism, and sexism function.
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Replying to @dorothyk98
Every time I learn more about how that racist debacle went down, I am enraged anew. What an absolutely, fundamentally rotten field. I am so, so sorry.
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Replying to @HalstedMedieval
This is who they are training into this field. As you can see, the young toxic men pattern themselves to their toxic racist sexist elders. These two literally committed cyber hate crimes that I could have filed a police report in the UK for but I did not.
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