Thread 2: A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of linguistic transphobia on Mumsnet

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At fewer than 20 posts left, time for part two.

Thread 1: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5057460-a-corpus-assisted-discourse-analysis-of-linguistic-transphobia-on-mumsnet

Site Stuff thread that tipped off MNHQ: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/site_stuff/5057903-mumsnet-corpus

Ah damn.

Oh dear. The seminar has been cancelled due to illness.

Genuinely, I hope everyone's ok and this is just a cover excuse.

Gutted. I’ve just received an email saying it’s cancelled “due to illness”.

I'll need to consult my solicitor first.

Don't call me, I'll call you!

(Continues to dream of the extra business Dumbles ground-breaking paper will generate for my Tunnocks, cake, cheese and weetabix poetry writing retreat whilst I share out the bribe money from Dumble between me myself and I. Erm... I mean me and Alison! )

The complexity of random language and in jokes on FWR, hot housed by sea lions and monitors, could give rise to a useful unbreakable code ready for Ww3, a la Navajo.

pombears and penisbeakers gently mixing with Malaga airport, tunnocks and autocarrot.

I, too, genuinely hope that the student involved is okay.

This looks to me like someone has been badly let down by a higher education body; in fact, I'd say by the whole academic establishment.

Cancelled due to illness!

I think the lawyers have been on to them.

Yeah, just had that too.

I’d be pretty green, in their situation.

Butter goes on Weetabix. Butter and Marmite go on toast NOT Weetabix! Heathens.

I would be deeply flattered to be taken for a sockpuppet of BoiledBeetle, MrsOvertonsWindow, IwanttoRetire, ClogLady and many others.

Just had an email that it has been cancelled due to illness.

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@SqueakyDinosaur I’ve got that email, too. I note that it says cancelled rather than postponed.

It's more likely the poor student is having stress related issues. I hope they're ok.

Sick at the thought of having to actually talk about the very transphobic!?! women of mumsnet whilst 90% of your audience is made up of those very women would make even those with no shame feel slightly queasy I'd imagine!

I've done a bit of googling and found a large number of academic studies founded on scraped Mumsnet data. Several of them say in their abstract this site is a rich source of data and they obtained it using scraping tools. I've also found links on sites like fiver asking for scrapers to search for various subject matters from the site.

If ever regulation were needed it's around matters such as this.

I was expecting a cancellation though not for that reason. I hope Eden (the student) is OK.

(Edited to add name)

The young person must be incredibly stressed by all this. No doubt it will be blamed on bullying - Karen - Terf - monsters rather than shit show academics.

@Anothernamechangetochange Can you go onto the Corpus thread and post some examples there (and then probably report your post so that MN are aware). I think it's really important that they know about this.

I think it's likely they've given the cancellation reason as illness because it's easier all round.

Dragging this username out of retirement for a quick twirl

If they're reading this please know we aren't angry with you, if anything we are grateful to you. Without your proposal we wouldn't have been made aware of the other work going on in your department that has far wider reaching implications to free speech than your studies.

I too hope that the student is ok. I also hope, if it is stress-related and/or MN-related, that both the student and supervisor might reflect a little on their language and assumptions.

I've rarely seen a lazier or more perfunctory description of a research project, nor a weaker bibliography. It's the equivalent of quoting from Up Pompeii in an academic study of 1st century Rome.

Ah well, Eden may have to reconsider the topic of Edens PhD, but Eden and Nicci could probably work up a paper on what happens when research subjects become aware they are being studied?

When I was helping my 2 boys, 2 girls and 1 other search for a university, I searched on here to see what other mums views were. I relayed which halls were best to go to etc.

This isn’t doing Aston’s reputation any good.

For the record I am not, and never have been, married to Nigel Farage. Nor will I marry Nigel Farage at anytime hence.

Sadface at Thursday being cancelled. Hope Eden feels better soon because we still have a LOT of questions to ask.