Do not hire. Do not collaborate. Do not take classes with. Do not grant funds to. Do not put on conference panels. Do not publish. Either we care about this as a profession or we don't.
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
I'd go so far as to say refrain from citing. It can be tricky, but I've managed to avoid citing Turner's work on ritual. We need to collectively decide that those who exploit and harm deserve to be forgotten. If the academy is a trans-temporal conversation, they no longer get to participate.
Feb 4, 2026 14:15