My internal dialogue like:
“I’ll never be secure enough in my knowledge of the field to be able to comment on theory.”
My notes on readings like:
“Their issues with [concept x] seem [directed at problematic subtype y]- but one does not necessitate the other, despite what they assert. Obviously the meanings imbued in [concept x] are socially-produced (their first, “no shit” contention) like every other fucking thing, but is this another “if we can’t have a universal definition, fuck that baby, it’s going out with the bathwater” thing? The authors find even the most critically-informed and sophisticated construction of [concept x] to still be [just like problematic subtype y]. Their solution is [ontology z that ignores 95% of the field’s highly-differentiated use and need for concept x]. K.”
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[someone please burn down my office if I get hit by a bus – I swear it will go up easily with all the added spice, just drop a lit cigarette in there or something]
MY BARBARIC MAUP 