We do believe women. They’re the ones that don’t.

I agree: it’s labor trafficking. It’s just also sex trafficking.

Blackmail, digital terrorism, bizarre staged events that sound implausible until you remind folks of the sheer amount of money involved and the specific kinds of men most incentivized to cover up their misdeeds.

It’s the same system.

The infrastructure that supports academic sexual misconduct is the same infrastructure the QAnon folks latched onto. It’s not par for the course. It’s also not (just) white collar criminal. It’s violent, domestic terrorism criminal.

There will be accountability. I intend to see to it.

It isn’t akin to human trafficking. It’s the same system.

You’re a full professor. Surely you aren’t giving up that easily. Frustration is one thing, and very justifiable. Fatalistic assertions of defeat are quite another.

I don’t know; I come across papers in major journals titled things like, “under the tinfoil hat,” so I’m comfortable with continuing to stigmatize people who do terrible things.

What it seems a lot of folks are doing is putting their hands over their ears and going, “la la la la.”

Which is inexcusable from anyone, but especially from tenured professors.

I cannot imagine prioritizing my own safety above that of women students and literal children.

Yep. It’s often the most senior women who are the most terrified, because they’ve been taught their whole careers that it is *their* job and marriages on the line, not those of their abusers.

That’ll continue to be true for exactly (and only) as long as women with power keep saying it.

I know for a fact that thousands of women academics are sitting though this conversation silently right now because they’re still terrified of what could happen if they say anything at all.

Coming forward is risky and terrifying. I’m still so glad I did it. #MeToo

I know for a fact that thousands of women academics are sitting though this conversation silently right now because they’re still terrified of what could happen if they say anything at all.

Coming forward is risky and terrifying. I’m still so glad I did it. #MeToo

A major challenge is that, because so few graduate programs require students to learn how to do science communication and public engagement, very few faculty are qualified to provide that training. Most programs would have to bring in outside professionals or prioritize that expertise in hiring.

I love the smell of fresh evisceration in the morning.

@hannahrsnyder.bsky.social introduced me to an email game changer, which is creating multiple signatures with template answers to common inquiries. I only use it for prospective student emails, but there’s no reason you couldn’t create some for other queries.

I’m in. I’ve been in.

I have compassion for the learned helplessness. And. Every scientist I know has access to a near-unparalleled repertoire of coping resources. As far as I’m concerned, there’s no excuse for failing to bring maximum main character energy.