Strikes me that if she's blogging under her real name it would not be too difficult to identify institution/supervisor. Is she taking risk?
I'm both pleased you noticed this and very sorry this phenomenon exists. 
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Sad state of affairs. I only use my last name on Twitter now. And a nom-de-plume as Twitter handle, distinguishing me from family members.
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It really is. It's even worse if one has a really "foreign" (brown or black) looking name and female looking. Our biases are such shit.
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I know. It's bad enough already if one has a Germanic name in the UK, even when it is of Saxon origin. Missing the 'Anglo' bit, I guess.
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Yeah, privilege is a pyramid with each step down towards the bottom bringing with it a fresh level of shit.
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My "favourite" story on this in academia is my experience of going to the uni library when I was a PhD student VS my mixed-race friend (also
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PhD student). She has an accent too. I deleted mine when I moved to UK a decade ago because I was young and wanted to be treated better.
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Anyway, so I go to the library and get asked if I need help finding a book by librarian as I walk upstairs to first floor. I say "no thanks
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I'm fine". A couple days later, she goes to the library and asks the librarian for help finding a book. She didn't get asked if she needs
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