@orionkidder @JessTheUnstill @RustyBertrand
This! I have almost quit doing 'academic' publishing for this very reason. IMO muxh of the whole 'academic' publishing thing is a predatory and exploitative racket that's been legitimized by outdated ivory-tower views about what constitutes the only types of 'impactful' research/outreach in the world -- especially when looking at hiring/tenure cases.
(I come from industry, so I'm definitely an academic heretic, lol)
@rickf @JessTheUnstill @RustyBertrand Honestly, Anita Sarkesian did more for media criticism than a dozen books. She made it accessible. I aspire to that kind impact.
(That is NOT to downplay the absolute hell that a bunch of whiny little misogynist manchildren put her through.)