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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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charlesoberonn

A good rule of thumb whenever a non-fiction author has "Dr." or "Phd" next to their name on the cover is to check if:

  1. Their doctorate is real and from an accredited institution
  2. Their doctorate is relevant to the subject matter of the book
charlesoberonn

Example 1:

The cover of "Are You Being Brainwashed? : Propaganda in Science TextBooks" - the cover depicts a crude cartoon of a student in a classroom setting being annoyed by an elderly teacher with a long nose. The teacher appears to be shoving a cleaning brush into the student's brain through his ear. The box of cleaning product next to the teacher reads "Darwin".ALT

Kent Hovind is not a doctor. He's a creationist conman. His "doctorate" comes from the unaccredited Christian diploma mill "Patriot University". The "propaganda in science textbooks" he's talking about is the theory of evolution.

Example 2:

Cover of "F*ck Them Kids: Challenging the One-Sided Narrative of the Estrangement Epidemic and the Biased Therapy Trends That Fuel it" - The cover is just white text on a bright red background, at the bottom of the cover there's a stylized depiction of torn paper, as though somebody tore out a piece of the cover to reveal a black background with the name of the author "VIVIAN KING, PHD" writter in white blocky all-capital letters.ALT

Vivian King's Phd is in engineering science. She has no formal education in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, or any other field relevant to the subject matter of the book.

charlesoberonn

An author doesn't have to be an academic to have valuable insight and information to share. But if they are presenting themselves as an academic to seem more legit, but their credentials are fake or misleading, it's a big red flag.

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bastard-unlimited

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it took me like a full minute to realise that this was a post that was blocked with my own tumblr filters and not that “this post may contain reddit and american” was the funny post I was like wtf why can’t I reblog this

lindendragon

Why do you have that blacklisted in the first place? Seems oddly specific

bastard-unlimited

because I hate americans and redditors next question

faengeling

Don’t wanna be an American Redditor

shittyreblogville

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tinkerbitch69

Are they ‘trauma dumping’ or are they just discussing their life experience and you are such an asshole that you can’t stand to be confronted with information that makes you uncomfortable for 0.005 seconds???

tinkerbitch69

Like it is beyond wild to me that it became commonly accepted that the person with trauma who is struggling to cope with it is the one who is ‘in the wrong’ in a situation that could be described as ‘trauma dumping’ gtfo