Christa Peterson
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Some further thoughts on Twitter
The first round of observations was so popular (especially on Twitter!), I thought I'd add a few more based on things I've learned and observed the last couple of months. 1. I came across this interesting chart via Justin Weinberg's blog, which shows that the vast majority of U.S. adults do not use Twitter at all…
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Christa Peterson’s “hit piece” on Kathleen Stock
Christa Peterson (Southern California) will be known to readers of the blog for her penchant to tell all philosophers to "fuck off," to denounce work by feminist theorists and philosophers she doesn't like as "dumb as shit,", or just "shit", and, of course, her frequent tweeting "fuck Brian Leiter," after she tired of merely expressing…
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Some observations about Twitter, esp. philosophy-related Twitter
Max Noichl, a graduate student at the University of Vienna, made a map of philosophy tweeters (based on followers and retweets) which is making the rounds on Twitter. I’m not really sure what it means, but it looks neat! (Mr. Noichl offers some explanation here.) Friends and colleagues like Leslie Green at Oxford and Queen’s,…
I would also recommend that potential grad students make inquiries into how far the compensation package actually goes towards cost…