Sokal Squared hoax

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gptkbp:instanceOf academic hoax
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Grievance Studies affair
gptkbp:controversy gptkb:Ethics
academic rigor in social sciences
ethics of academic publishing
gptkbp:criticizedFor academics in targeted fields
gptkbp:dateRevealed October 2018
gptkbp:defendedIn initiators
gptkbp:endDate 2018
gptkbp:fieldsTargeted gender studies
cultural studies
queer theory
feminist studies
fat studies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sokal Squared hoax
gptkbp:inspiredBy gptkb:Sokal_affair
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Peter_Boghossian
gptkb:Helen_Pluckrose
James A. Lindsay
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:BBC
gptkb:The_Atlantic
gptkb:The_Guardian
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:The_Wall_Street_Journal
gptkbp:method submission of fake papers to academic journals
gptkbp:notablePaperTitle Human Reactions to Rape Culture and Queer Performativity at Urban Dog Parks in Portland, Oregon
Going in Through the Back Door: Challenging Straight Male Homohysteria, Transhysteria, and Transphobia through Receptive Penetrative Sex Toy Use
Our Struggle Is My Struggle: Solidarity Feminism as an Intersectional Reply to Neoliberal and Choice Feminism
gptkbp:numberOfPapersAccepted 7
gptkbp:numberOfPapersPublished 4
gptkbp:numberOfPapersSubmitted 20
gptkbp:purpose to expose problems in certain academic fields
gptkbp:revealedTo Wall Street Journal article
gptkbp:startDate 2017
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ConceptualJames
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7