This isn't right because for many women and minorities, adding that PhD is less of a choice than for others and a very different trade-off.https://twitter.com/mpigliucci/status/925701601133826048 …
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But, yeah, meh, lol to self-describing as "eminent scholar".
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted David Andress
Yep. The difference in attitudes and opportunities for less conformism is strikingly different by gender and race.https://twitter.com/ProfDaveAndress/status/925704172187594753 …
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At the intersection of my male privilege and my black oppression is me w/ a mohawk, in a pinstriped suit and combat boots.
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May i short circuit them with cognitive dissonance
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Using long hair + a coat & tie to throw folks out of their preconceptions is, I am vividly aware, a move available because I am a White guy
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yeah... you can throw people off more easily if you have assumptions that put you at a height to throw things from...
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Precisely this.
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Yep. I'm a big fan of challenging those misconceptions. It's just not the same thing for everyone, so the judgmentalism there ticked me off.
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Oh you are absolutely right. The challenges for non-white, non-male, disabled, trans, or queer bodyminds here are not to be taken lightly.
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