#JSTOR

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I hope you were alone when you found this, op, because my media teacher, in one of our first lectures immediately embarked on telling everyone how important fanfiction is for fandoms and that it is not very well researched even though a lot of fan engagement happens via fanfiction. Aka all of us left the classroom that day, certain he had read or even written fanfic himself.

Scrolling through an article on Jstor and I get this jumpscare

AO3 what are you doing in my academic article??

[unhauntng]

actually not emotional over graduating university, just over losing my jstor access

[jstor]

In other news, JSTOR's new PDF viewer is here, designed to optimize your reading experience!

Learn more about the new changes.

[nyancrimew]

reblogs off since im tired of the dumb fucking discourse happening here, go read this long post and reblog it instead please.

ok so tumblr also really needs this reminder based on some posts ive seen around lately, the "babygirlification" of JSTOR is bad. like Bad Bad. did you all just collectively forget history? did you alll just forget they have blood on their hands? just because they publish science stuff in an ever so slightly more ethical way than springer and are a little silly on social media sometimes? JSTOR killed aaron swartz (wikipedia). in his fight for freedom of information he downloaded papers off of jstor (with acedemic access from MIT) to share and make freely accessible (as all information should be), for this he was charged with wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer, and recklessly damaging a protected computer. he was facing up to 50 years in prison and a 1 million USD fee for a simple act of downloading files he lawfully had access to. with this court case the US government drove one of the most important online activists and programmers (he is behind so much stuff you all take for granted) into suicide in the name of JSTOR.

JSTOR isn't the cool girl on the block. this isnt a call to boycott them (though please learn how to use things such as sci-hub and fight for open science and freedom of information in general please <3), but please dont glorify them as some sort of cutesy platform.

[babesies]

[prettiestjesus]

[saintmachina]

Caught myself thinking "I want to watch a video essay on a certain element of gothic fiction, but I want a very deep dive, with lots of sources quoted, I don't mind if it's a little dry, or even if I have to go hunting for it, as a matter of fact that sounds fun" and then I remembered JSTOR exists.

[inkedcryptid]

The urge to call JSTOR "Jester"

[queerliblib]

library achievement UNLOCKED ✅

[wilted-wizard]

I am simultaneously so flattered that jstor, my beloved source site booped me back but also terrified because it was an evil boop

[sherdnerd]

Important:

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[jstor]

We are pleased to share a significant milestone: JSTOR is now available free of charge in 1,000 correctional facilities worldwide, benefiting more than 500,000 incarcerated individuals. This accomplishment, made achievable through the generous backing of the Mellon Foundation, highlights JSTOR's steadfast dedication to promoting inclusive education.

Learn more about the JSTOR Access in Prison program.

[what-thisiscrazzzy]

Scrolling through an article on Jstor and I get this jumpscare

AO3 what are you doing in my academic article??

[deep-down-in-drowsy-town]

tumblr + JSTOR appreciation post

[another-userbox-blog]

ID: A tan userbox. The image on the left is of the JSTOR logo. The text on the right reads "This user would be doomed without JSTOR." End ID