> Their goal, they wrote, was to "to study, understand, and expose the reality of grievance studies, which is corrupting academic research." They contend that s

> Their goal, they wrote, was to "to study, understand, and expose the reality of grievance studies, which is corrupting academic research." They contend that scholarship that tends to social grievances now dominates some fields, where students and others are bullied into adhering to scholars’ worldviews, while lax publishing standards allow the publication of clearly ludicrous articles if the topic is politically fashionable. This hoax didn't demonstrate anything non-trivial about these fields. As we know from the replication crisis, it is relatively easy to get a paper accepted in academic journals. This hoax and the hoaxers were as guilty of the political bias and ethical malafice they were trying to accuse "grievance studies" of. The fields they target have all been shrinking since 2008, a clear sign they lack a vice-like grip on universities.