Just to address this point that you and @berkun @Tess and @nebrius brought up. I really do not enjoy linking to corrosive negativity. Here’s some of the “work” we’re talking about:
It is a very curious sort of feminism that attacks other people’s looks.
This is not new or in any way an isolated example. There are miles and miles of this sort of thing in the author’s public twitter timeline, scroll for yourself:
https://twitter.com/shanley/with_replies
I am honestly not exaggerating when I say this is one of the most hateful Twitter feeds I’ve ever browsed.
So – I was not trying to erase the work. I was trying to erase the hate and vitriol that is so strongly associated with this author.
I am absolutely not interested in engaging with this person in any way whatsoever, and I apologize for even bringing it up. But for people who claim I went out of my way to ‘erase’ someone, I want you to understand the motivation: I wasn’t trying to erase anyone, I just do not like linking to negativity. And this is not the subtle kind. It’s rather extreme. Scroll and see for yourself.
In the end, I relented, and linked to the author at the top of the blog post because claims of “plagiarism” and “failure to cite” are distracting from more substantive discussions.