Understanding the “Grievance Studies Affair†Papers and Why They Should Be Reinstated: A Response to Geoff Cole

Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian

Sociological Methods & Research, 2021, vol. 50, issue 4, 1916-1936

Abstract: In April, 2020, Dr. Geoff Cole published, “Why the ‘Hoax’ Paper of Baldwin (2018) Should Be Reinstated.†We are the authors of the “Baldwin†paper published in Fat Studies . The paper satirized theoretical ideas within Fat Studies as part of a larger project to demonstrate the lack of rigor in certain theoretical approaches to cultural studies. In this response, we agree with Cole that our project should not be understood as hoaxes and that the retracted article should be reinstated, but defend our methods.

Keywords: Geoff Cole; Baldwin; fat bodybuilding; fat studies; academic hoax; epistemology; reflexive ethnography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/00491241211009946

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