One thing I'm still thinking through on the Kolker piece reaction is why so many responses both in the comments and in published think-pieces on it are pearl-clutchingly shocked/appalled/straight-up mad that Dorland apparently (I've yet to see actual evidence) pitched the piece to the NYT herself. Of all the things & several people to be…
One thing I'm still thinking through on the Kolker piece reaction is why so many responses both in the comments and in published think-pieces on it are pearl-clutchingly shocked/appalled/straight-up mad that Dorland apparently (I've yet to see actual evidence) pitched the piece to the NYT herself. Of all the things & several people to be appalled by in this piece, this one action strikes me as so pedestrian and minor. And totally unsurprising if true. So what's bugging people so much about the pitch? I have my theories.
One thing I'm still thinking through on the Kolker piece reaction is why so many responses both in the comments and in published think-pieces on it are pearl-clutchingly shocked/appalled/straight-up mad that Dorland apparently (I've yet to see actual evidence) pitched the piece to the NYT herself. Of all the things & several people to be appalled by in this piece, this one action strikes me as so pedestrian and minor. And totally unsurprising if true. So what's bugging people so much about the pitch? I have my theories.