The Rebecca Tuvel mess and how WP handles it (ha ha)

[ericbarbour]

This was a massive joke. I'm not an expert in this area but the treatment Tuvel received was truly disgusting. If it's not a good paper, publish peer comments and let it be, that's how academic journals are supposed to work---oh, no we can't do that! We have to attack and abuse and humiliate her on Facebook and Twitter and Tumblr!!

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/20 ... versy.html
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Academ ... Out/240016

Now there's a massive Wikipedia article--currently 36k bytes, only a week old, and almost entirely written by the infamous SlimVirgin. Hilarious that it's more neutral than most of the public discussion of the issue. SV is NOT noted for her "neutrality" lol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_t ... ontroversy

[Flip Flopped]

The WP article seems a bit long and detailed. I see SlimVirgin worked on it quite a bit. The controversy seems rather recent, but WP seems to have become comfortable writing up current news. Which aspects of the WP article are of concern to you?

Hypatia looks like it may be in a tailspin. Academics should feel free to discuss any topic through any rational lens. This is a very concerning development.