Hypatia transracialism controversy Online shaming

the feminist philosophy journal hypatia became involved in dispute in april 2017 led online shaming of 1 of authors. journal published article rebecca tuvel, assistant professor of philosophy, comparing situation of caitlyn jenner, trans woman, of rachel dolezal, white woman identifies black. article criticized on facebook , twitter source of epistemic violence , , author became subject of personal attacks.

academics associated hypatia joined in criticism. member of journal s editorial board, alexis shotwell, became point of contact open letter demanding article retracted, , journal s board of associate editors issued apology, ostensibly on behalf of journal, saying article should never have been published. editor-in-chief, sally scholz, later stood author, saying associate editors had acted independently. rogers brubaker described episode in new york times example of internet shaming . jesse singal of new york magazine referred massive internet witch-hunt , while glenn greenwald called hideous smear campaign .