Episode 114: California's Math Wars Heat Up, And A Bit More On Medievalist Twitter's Never-Ending Drama
Blocked and Reported
Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Katie feels misled about an online fundraising effort, Jesse follows up on the medievalist Twitter drama, Katie talks about how the West is imposing its understanding of LGTBQ identity on indigeneous cultures, and Jesse explains the latest blow-by-blow in California’s so-called Math Wars. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.
Show notes/Links:
WaPo on ISAS/MRO: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/09/19/its-all-white-people-allegations-white-supremacy-are-tearing-apart-prestigious-medieval-studies-group/
Stop LGBTQ colonizing!: https://www.newsweek.com/stop-imposing-western-lgbtq-identities-non-western-cultures-its-gender-colonialism-opinion-1705785
Ruderman White Paper: https://rudermanfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MediaStudy-PoliceDisability_final-final.pdf
Response: https://docs.google.com/document/d/117eoVeJVP594L6-1bgL8zpZrzgojfsveJwcWuHpkNcs
Jesse’s copy if anything happens to it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xn3wLng7ssddxSbN0HGzexx9Mem0duxecK0_pONhKeM/
California’s math wars: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/California-math-wars-get-ugly-Accusations-of-17060072.php
Katie on the tracking controversy: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/12/04/42169178/the-battle-over-seattle-public-schools-gifted-progams-heats-up
YouCubed: https://www.youcubed.org/
“In fact, Moser’s study shows us that we don’t even have to be aware we have made a mistake for brain sparks to occur”: https://www.youcubed.org/evidence/mistakes-grow-brain/
Except no: https://problemproblems.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/youcubed-is-sloppy-about-research/
Retweet Rachel:
Local coverage: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Stanford-professor-Karen-speaks-out-17064784.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight
Boaler apology:
Contract details:
More evidence of shoddy research: https://notepad.michaelpershan.com/youcubed-is-more-than-just-sloppy-about-research/
And more: https://notepad.michaelpershan.com/more-youcubed-research-that-is-difficult-to-explain/
Image: 05 April 2022, Bavaria, Nuremberg: A group of figures from the Bolzano high altar retable by Hans von Judenburg (Coronation of the Virgin Mary - c. 1422/25) is on display at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in the exhibition "The Middle Ages. The Art of the 15th Century. Preview." Filigree structures, fine facial features, bright colors - the Middle Ages produced many brilliant works of art. The Germanisches Nationalmuseum sheds light on the background. The exhibition runs from April 7 to October 1, 2023. Photo: Daniel Karmann/dpa (Photo by Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. |
| 0:11.0 | Katie, how is it going? |
| 0:13.0 | Well, Chessie, I saw some very bad news when I was looking at Facebook just a minute |
| 0:17.5 | ago, really upsetting. |
| 0:18.5 | What happened? |
| 0:19.5 | So, a good friend of mine from back home, someone who I was close with for a long time, I think |
| 0:26.4 | if I ran into her today, she would probably call me a turf and turn the other direction, |
| 0:30.9 | but we used to be very close. |
| 0:32.1 | We're still Facebook friends. |
| 0:35.8 | She just posted on Facebook, she posted a GoFundMe. |
| 0:39.2 | She said that she got a really scary cancer diagnosis. |
| 0:43.2 | I was like, you know, upset and I clicked on the GoFundMe and I was like, pulling out my |
| 0:48.5 | wallet ready to give her money. |
| 0:51.3 | Then I read it and it turns out the scary cancer diagnosis is for her cat. |
| 0:56.7 | Oh, no. |
| 0:57.7 | Did you end up donating? |
| 1:00.2 | Yes, I emptied my bank account. |
| 1:02.4 | No, I didn't end up donating and it was annoyed about it. |
| 1:04.5 | I mean, I do feel bad for her. |
| 1:05.6 | Her cat has cancer. |
| 1:06.6 | That's terrible. |
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