https://mobile.twitter.com/OxfordDiplomat/status/1361301401176059907
We may have a winner.
No solo work but lots of insta-like vids.
The most annoying academics on twitter
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She's attractive. She knows it. She's flaunting it for followers and status. She's clearly trying to be a live blogger type "influencer." I hate that word and all that it stands for, but it has meaning (and money behind it) nowadays. 119k on Twitter and 5k on Instagram is nothing to scoff at in the academy.
I hate her less because she's effective. Meanwhile MH and JH have 100k and 85k less followers, respectively, and are just as if not more insufferable.
https://mobile.twitter.com/OxfordDiplomat/status/1361301401176059907
We may have a winner.
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She's attractive. She knows it.
Are we looking at the same person? She's a 5.
I've been in "the academy" for a while now and I still don't care, and will never care, how many twitter followers someone has. It isn't and will never be a form of academic currency. If Dan Drezner is good at it, it's not essential to scholarship. Remember that.
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I'm not going to get into a subjective debate on beauty or attraction, so I will only list a few of her objective features: She's white, blond, in good physical shape, and has an accent. That alone makes her above average, especially in America where being in shape sadly already puts you in the top 30%. Her main objective issue is that she seems to occasionally have skin issues, which is why she uses the skin smoothing filter.
I agree with your second paragraph. I am merely noting that I find her a bit less annoying than others discussed in here because at least she's effective in her social media game.
She's attractive. She knows it.
Are we looking at the same person? She's a 5.
I've been in "the academy" for a while now and I still don't care, and will never care, how many twitter followers someone has. It isn't and will never be a form of academic currency. If Dan Drezner is good at it, it's not essential to scholarship. Remember that. -
I've been in "the academy" for a while now and I still don't care, and will never care, how many twitter followers someone has. It isn't and will never be a form of academic currency. If Dan Drezner is good at it, it's not essential to scholarship. Remember that.
You sound old. It might not be academic currency to you, but there are other people in this world.
And academic currency has never been exclusively limited to scholarship.
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She's attractive. She knows it.
Are we looking at the same person? She's a 5.
I've been in "the academy" for a while now and I still don't care, and will never care, how many twitter followers someone has. It isn't and will never be a form of academic currency. If Dan Drezner is good at it, it's not essential to scholarship. Remember that.the diversity of opinions is due to a couple of things:
-she knows how to take a picture, how to wear makeup, how to work the camera
-she has, um, figured out ways to change her appearance over the years.This is the same woman, a few years ago:
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I know her in real life and she is incredibly annoying. And is definitely filtered.
Why was she hired? I can't see any CV, solo work or even a thesis.
Her twitter is just half baked opinions (if even that) and she barely mentions research.She calls herself a 'lecturer' which is true. But she's a college lecturer, meaning she's hired on a contract to teach some tutorials to undergrads. She'll be on a part time contract. It's a sweet gig since you work part time, get to enjoy the Oxford perks, but it pays s**t and you could be let go at any time. A lot of these jobs aren't even advertised. You get them through word of mouth and almost all are held by current Oxford grad students or recent grads who havent' got full time jobs yet.
