All Apologies

Kat and Phoebe discuss Matthew Mayhew, the professor who apologized (and apologized, and apologized!) for co-authoring an article in defense of college football — which has some surprising parallels to outraged commenter culture on the Cupcakes and Cashmere blog. Is frivolity simply off limits until the new year? Also: an author responds to a critical book review by blocking the publication on Twitter, sparking the week's most enjoyable miniature controversy over anonymous reviews and the definition of "snitch-tagging."

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Why We Need College Football, the original Why We Need College Football, Part 2: An author apologizes for an Inside Higher Ed article he recently wrote Additional outrage over college football: College football is a symptom of many of society's worst problems, not central to the democracy (letter) Kat's tweet about the genital-destroying laser beam The original laser beam Cupcakes and Cashmere's surprisingly controversial post, A Tour of My New Closet Get Off My Internets, the original lifestyle hatereading forum The book review that earned a block: Mannesplaining, by Oliver Traldi | Sep, 2020 Jill Filipovic's tweet about anonymous book reviews

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