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Allison Tait's avatar

epistemic entitlement, it's for real! I have colleagues who have tried to explain things about inheritance and investment law to me, like people I work with every day. I usually just respond by saying, "that's something I cover in class."

Katherine de Vos Devine's avatar

That’s such a great reply! Authoritative.

Allison Tait's avatar

I stop myself from saying things like, yeah the students also have problems with that.

Häxa's avatar

“strips it of its origin, and re-presents it as a general observation. The work remains, but the original author disappears. Credit attaches to whoever speaks most confidently. “ I appreciated this internal view of appropriation. Quite concise.

This is a great exercise. I’m going to make my list.

Allison Puryear's avatar

You’ve become someone I think of when I need to respond. Because I’m lucky enough to know you as my lawyer, as a friend, & as a fellow mom to a ND kid I have tons of context.