I just published an article in the American Studies journal, Quarterly Horse, which features concise scholarly interventions. Here it is...

My previous post explained why "refereed publications"—those vetted by expert academic gatekeepers—do not reliably signal scholarly value, nor “non-refereed” publications a lack of quality—despite the deep structural bias in academia toward assuming that they do....I did not expect instant slam dunk support in the New York Times, but last weekend the Times featured this story with the clickbait “dog park sex” in its title.