I’m dying https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/fake-news-comes-to-academia-1538520950 …pic.twitter.com/HI5XAppY6y
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One can’t help but wonder how long you have to subsist entirely on your own exhaust before you reach this point
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Not so funny: a hoax paper receiving genuine praise for proposing methods of emotional abuse just severe enough to do some damage without triggering resistance — specifically intended for students identified as “privileged,” but otherwise innocent of anythingpic.twitter.com/2GGdrWSBNH
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An academic journal’s reviewers very arguably condoned abusing students on the basis of their skin color and gender Is that not “deeply disappointing”?pic.twitter.com/oaiXIqUwUy
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I recommend reading the full reviewers' comments (via
@michaelkeenan_0): https://twitter.com/michaelkeenan_0/status/1047550450696781824 … IMO, comments on the "experiential reparations" paper undermine the Sokal angle ("the paper is overpopulated with terminology"), but do depict a real lack of concern/self-awarenessShow this thread -
Writing for
@AreoMagazine, the authors are transparent about the fact that some of their papers are intended to reveal systemic ethical failures within disciplines & others are standard Sokal, absurdity obscured by buzzword flashbangs. Very diff goals, might undermine each other?Show this thread -
IMO it's unfortunate that the mainstream punchline might be "haha how is Fat Studies a thing," but my understanding is that the paper advocated fat-accumulation contests alongside muscle-building contests to "overcome anthropometry," which does seem absurdhttps://twitter.com/KivrinAiun/status/1047479994606407680 …
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