Episode description
Episode description
>be writer for podcast
>office is full of goats for some reason
>working on episode about medievalist twitter drama and a weird publisher called RECEPTIO, really crazy story
>suddenly coworker shows up in a fursuit
>goats go ballistic trying to flee the “wolf”
>destroy half the office in the process
>boss gets fed up, tells me to get rid of goats
>spend 2 hours herding them down 32 flights of stairs as they lick me the whole time
>soaking wet as I return to the office
>boss’s dog stares through the window, sad the goats are gone
>”actually, bring the goats back, Anon”
>call up other cohost for help
>”sorry bro I’m busy doing mushrooms on a gay beach with Andrew Sullivan”
>spend 4 hours tracking goats down and herding them back into the office alone
>worstdayever.jpeg
>at least I managed to land that interview with Susan Meachen
>check email
>she killed herself
The tweet Katie was sent
Aella’s tweet
Meachen’s Special Delivery
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36458042-special-delivery
The anthology dedicated to Susan Meachen
Reports of Susan’s death were greatly exaggerated
Susan’s books are pulled from circulation
The RECEPTIO Affair
Peter Kidd’s website and twitter
https://twitter.com/mssprovenance
Kidd’s blogposts on the affair
https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/nobody-cares-about-your-blog.html
https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-i-staff.html
https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-ii.html
Carla Rossi, the director of RECEPTIO
RECEPTIO’s secretary may not be real
Pictures of RECEPTIO’s sign are actually just stock images
Pictures of their offices are stolen as well
RECEPTIO’s board members are fake as well!
As well as their legal advisor:
When people start catching on, RECEPTIO starts pulling the images
More #receptiogate research
https://twitter.com/hashtag/Receptiogate
Some involved with RECEPTIO actually are real, but listed without permission
More plagiarism
RECEPTIO posts a response video to YouTube of all things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI_H140rgcw
Image: Susan Meachen attempts to fake her death certificate. (Getty)
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