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In the fiction world, there wouldn't be much doubt about Gay's plagiarism if she'd performed the same actions in a short story or novel. I'm fascinated by the notion that plagiarism is treated differently in academia. I have professor friends and acquaintances arguing on both sides of the issue.

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Yeah, because NOBODY ever reads an academic paper!

At the moment, where I've gotten to is wondering how much the Claudine Gay scandal has to say about everything that's broken in academia.

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Broken, indeed.

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