• dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 小时前

    yeah, I think the email is probably fake and made for internet points / humor

    I have heard horror stories about how specific formatting has to be for a thesis or dissertation, though - and often those rules are very specific to a particular university or even department. So it’s also possible for rules like that to be local and not from a universal standard like the APA guide.

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      yeah, I think the email is probably fake and made for internet points / humor

      Eh, you’d be surprised at how far some people will go to criticize women in STEM fields. It’s not everyone, and I doubt it’s even a majority, but there’s enough that I wouldn’t be surprised if this is true.

      Or maybe the OOP is a mathematical Lisa Frank. Idk

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        59 分钟前

        no denying that people criticize women in STEM (as a woman in STEM myself), but there are series of “dear Faith” email posts that collectively seem a bit unlikely in their tone and situation, which is what makes me think it’s more likely they’re fake than real

        that said, this particular email seems more plausible than the other one about plagiarism.