Just in case anyone is following this blog in order to keep up to date:
From earlier today, Isis the Scientist has a third article on the situation. (She posted the first article that brought Dr Lee’s article deletion to light, as well as a follow up article on Saturday.) Some of the points she brings up have been addressed by events later today (see next) and her tone is angry and caustic, but I think she still has some valid points to make regarding how women and POC are marginalized.
Biology-Online.org has terminated their relationship with their employee who initiated this whole chain of events with his inappropriate comments. Science, politics, banking, plumbing, babysitting – it doesn’t matter what you’re doing, that kind of language and treatment of a customer-client-associate is unprofessional and unforgivable.
Scientific American this afternoon re-posted the original article by DNLee which had been deleted on Friday afternoon. This is a very good thing.
Finally, another Scientific American blogger, Scott Huler, has a well written and insightful article about why certain things were done the way they were by Scientific American, as well as how these things turn into a mess quickly with today’s need for instant answers. (Lawyers! Bloggers!)
It’s progress, and I’m glad to see it.
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