…in the humanities. Academics Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay, and Peter Boghossian have led the reaction against scholarship-as-activism with their famous “grievance studies” hoax. The three academics submitted ridiculous papers—such as…
From late 2017 to 2018, three scholars wrote and submitted to academic journals 20 fake papers focused on gender and sexual identity—what the authors call “grievance studies.” Seven journals published…
…called “grievance studies,” academic programs addressing issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, and identity. But in the uproar over the hoax, a more fundamental question has been overlooked. Why are…
…may signal a change in online and nontraditional programs. 2. Three Scholars Hoaxed “Grievance Studies” Journals. Their Efforts Have Been Dubbed “Sokal Squared” In October, news broke that a…
…rights? Is an academic hoax actually “research?” Are there any other means available to prove the absurdity of what the hoaxers called grievance studies? The answer to the first question,…
…were less rigorous, but which questioned the very idea of rigor as Euro-centric and hetero-patriarchal. These disciplines, in James Lindsay’s useful terminology, are collectively known as grievance studies. They have…
…academy in 2018 by hoaxing several “grievance studies” journals that publish shoddy activist scholarship. Their book, “Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—And Why This…
…gatekeeping quality very well anyway. This is what things like the replication crisis in psychology and the so-called “grievance studies” affair by James Lindsay, Helen Pluckrose, and Peter Boghossian have…
By now, most followers of the higher education press have heard of the “grievance studies” or Sokal Squared hoax. In this incident, a team of three researchers successfully published several…
…substantially restricts freedom of speech.” Other examples include the uptick of “grievance studies” (such as new programs that focus on race, gender, and inequality) and other social justice programs (such…