tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post5036669321101151391..comments2023-10-30T12:26:15.822+01:00Comments on Research as a Second Language: Agency, Part 2Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-86116742880054094202015-07-28T21:04:11.191+02:002015-07-28T21:04:11.191+02:00I agree that it's puzzling. I certainly don...I agree that it's puzzling. I certainly don't understand why KOFWST would, after getting Hunt's very contrite apology, would choose to publish also their jeremiad against his reported remarks. A simple press release saying that Tim Hunt had apologized to them personally and that they were satisfied that the apology was sincere would have been a great deal classier. And more normal. The primary intent of the "publicizing" of demand and the apology, it seems to me, must have been bolster the claim that someone "official" had taken offence. I don't really know why they would ask for the apology in such an over-the-top and clearly "meant for publication" manner. Especially if it was intended to be private. (I don't really think Blum means the same thing by "private" here that I would.)Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-20428178917909614032015-07-28T03:01:46.919+02:002015-07-28T03:01:46.919+02:00There are a few odd things about this KOFWST press...There are a few odd things about this KOFWST press release. I only realised quite recently that there are actually two different versions available on the internet. The first version dated 16th June is in English only and is on the European Women in Maths website:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.europeanwomeninmaths.org/sites/default/files/documents/news/kofwstpress.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.europeanwomeninmaths.org/sites/default/files/documents/news/kofwstpress.pdf</a><br /><br />The version you've linked to in your blog post that appears on Connie St Louis's website is dated 17th June and includes a translation into Korean.<br /><br />According to this tweet from Deborah Blum the apology was private but she decided to "publicise" it:<br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/deborahblum/status/610987552154251265" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/deborahblum/status/610987552154251265</a><br /><br />Blum includes some of the text from the press release (she calls it a "letter") in her Daily Beast article which was published on 16th June:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/16/sexist-scientist-i-was-being-honest.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/16/sexist-scientist-i-was-being-honest.html</a><br /><br />It's not clear why Deborah Blum should have had access to what was supposedly a private apology. At some point the private apology seems to have been changed to a public press release. However, it's also odd that no newspaper seems to have published the press release.Debbie Kennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573470282571579765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-36426247665729159062015-07-21T17:08:08.691+02:002015-07-21T17:08:08.691+02:00Thanks. You're right. The election was over, b...Thanks. You're right. The election was over, but she joined the board formally on the day after her tweet. That's a good thing to keep straight.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-27206290198329483212015-07-21T16:41:17.300+02:002015-07-21T16:41:17.300+02:00Small correction: Connie St Louis had already been...Small correction: Connie St Louis had already been elected to the WFSJ executive board, a month before the meeting:<br />http://www.absw.org.uk/news-and-events/absw-news/absw-former-president-connie-st-louis-elected-to-wfsj-board.html<br />http://wfsj.org/elections/page.php?id=328Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com