#they don't actually examine how the viewpoint could change things. they just kinda say
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anyone else notice how academic culture and institutions are so obsessed with looking like they have dignity that they forget to actually have any dignity? shit's kinda fucked
#i've had to read so many essays that were trying so hard to sound like their point was valid#that they forgot to actually make a point in the process#so many that use important sounding words to say things of little importance#where it's just regurgitation of someone else's work with the occasional “[current popular buzzword] is so important guys”#like ninety percent of the “viewing [thing already written about] form a [currently popular buzzword] perspective” essays are pointless#they don't actually examine how the viewpoint could change things. they just kinda say#“this is my viewpoint. anyways - uh - whatever the last guy said was cool. oh and this isn't actually my viewpoint but what if it was?”#and they get published because if the journal has That Certain Word a bunch of times then people will buy their articles to look up to date#i'm afraid to say things like this around my peers because they seem to find all this nonsense profoundly meaningful#for reasons that I can't begin to understand#i remember reading one about language and culture from a queer perspective#i was originally excited as i had a number of thoughts on what that would look like#only to read it and find out it was just the same thing about language and culture I had read multiple times for that course#with a quick “oh and by the way queer perspectives are important i guess. i have no idea what they look like though” at the very end#the very-much-not-queer majority of my class thought it was incredibly deep and meaningful#higher education#academics#academia
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