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My M.A. thesis, "Citing Silences: Finding a History 'Outside' the Archive," is available open access on PhilArchive. It argues that silences produced by Euro-Western historiography in the service of white supremacy can be cited in ways that force the archive to acknowledge its own violence — developing the concept of the "hauntological irrealis."
https://philpapers.org/rec/HENCSF
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I've been rejected again. Should I get a PhD?
https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/09/rejection-letter/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
People tend to look at peer-reviewed journals as a sign of credibility. I've not written about the nonsense of peer review, but these are unadulterated gatekeeping mechanisms antithetical to knowledge dissemination.
#philosophy #protocol #rejection #notice #credentials #journals #credibility #gatekeeping #peerreview #bollox #zenodo #philpapers #writing #letters #blog