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 -
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@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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They didn't accept that paper, so people should emphasize it less. Sure, there are excerpts of positive review comments, but that's no huge win. For all we know, the excerpts we've seen were followed with "so, though I find it kind of appealing, this is actually really bad".
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I hadn't seen it before, but all reviews are online here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1t5zlnYWzHvmplQmkaNDAFn9ZwGiwXw4m … I'm sympathetic to the reviewers! They seem well-intentioned: "the experiential reparations...makes me feel uncomfortable, because it’s shame-y and I’m not sure that student can see it otherwise."
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This passage I was a bit suspicious of, since they didn't accept the paper. That said, it's good to have the discussion to see if anyone will actually come out of the woodwork to defend such things
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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"Feeling genuinely uncomfortable in ways that are productive and humbling" doesn't sound like emotional abuse to me, it sounds like education.
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Using unilateral and unchallengeable power to publicly humiliate people because you consider it “productive” and because you want to “humble” them is not educational, it’s a thuggish desire to hurt people because you can. It’s contemptible. Never confuse that with education.
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