Episode description

After Katie provides a brief but withering review of ‘America,’ she tells Jesse about the latest hijinks of everyone’s favorite contrarian University of Washington computer science teacher, which like all great hijinks involve land acknowledgements. Then Jesse tells Katie about Alberto Gullaba Jr.’s travails trying to get his novel published. To discuss this episode with other paying subscribers, go here.

Show notes/Links:

Stuart Reges on sex differences research: https://quillette.com/2018/06/19/why-women-dont-code/

Research on same: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38061313_Men_and_Things_Women_and_People_A_Meta-Analysis_of_Sex_Differences_in_Interests

The Toxic Drama on YA Twitter:https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-toxic-drama-of-ya-twitter.html

Jesse on Amelie Zhao:https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-a-twitter-mob-destroyed-a-young-immigrant-female-authors-budding-career

Jesse on Kosoko Jackson:https://reason.com/2019/02/28/he-was-part-of-a-twitter-mob-that-attack/

Jesse’s review of Jackson’s cancelled book:https://reason.com/2019/03/15/a-review-of-a-book-will-never-be-publish/

Jesse’s newsletter: YA Twitter's Victims And Critics Speak Out, Part 2: How (Some) Writers Of Color Are Affected:

‘Ember Days’ cancelled: https://archive.is/jp0IO#selection-629.0-637.768

Jesse on the unpublishing of that PW article:

‘University Thugs’ is for sale here:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099QDNCKW

Alberto’s newsletter (more of a mailing list for future updates):Freechef.substack.com

And his Twitter account:https://twitter.com/free_chef