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Apr. 21st, 2019 09:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynling"I don't like that no one has written about this" has the potential to be super offensive. The chances are that someone most definitely has published writing on the topic, but the person making this statement hasn't bothered to look for it.
I see this all the time in academic essays that I peer review. The author will claim that "there has not yet been any serious writing on this topic," either having failed to do their research or thinking it's somehow okay to dismiss prior research without reading it.
Along the same lines, "members of [minority group] never get published" is incredibly hurtful to writers who have gone through the arduous process of publishing only for their existence to be denied by people who would rather perform outrage than seek out and promote their work.
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I see this all the time in academic essays that I peer review. The author will claim that "there has not yet been any serious writing on this topic," either having failed to do their research or thinking it's somehow okay to dismiss prior research without reading it.
Along the same lines, "members of [minority group] never get published" is incredibly hurtful to writers who have gone through the arduous process of publishing only for their existence to be denied by people who would rather perform outrage than seek out and promote their work.
Support emerging writers!
Support lesser-known writers!
Support marginalized writers!
Support writers!!!
