I want to say again to academics who are interested in public writing. Look locally. Sure national outlets are good and I do that too, but this kind of visibility in your community can have a real impact.
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Because they're EVIL people! Why do bad guys do anything? Because they're BAD people! They're not disabled and are sadistic fucks who get joy out of watching others suffer at their hands. You can't understand the rationality of irrational people!
This point is so important that it’s worth my first Bluesky post. Ignoring local outlets in favor of national ones like NYT and Atlantic means you’re only connecting with a particular public, and you’re working on a level where by definition it’s very hard to have impact. Prestige maybe, impact no.
One of which was a co-signed (and dumb) op-ed by State Senator Obama. It’s a dumb op-ed but my organization was the ones who pitched it and distributed it afterwards
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All of this is to say I admire the heck out of you along several lines now. Keep keeping!
Because they're EVIL people! Why do bad guys do anything? Because they're BAD people! They're not disabled and are sadistic fucks who get joy out of watching others suffer at their hands. You can't understand the rationality of irrational people!