Speaking as someone who works with people on the math side of things, the author is a contrarian but not super far outside the norm. This is far from a "tabloid

Speaking as someone who works with people on the math side of things, the author is a contrarian but not super far outside the norm. This is far from a "tabloid", this is real criticism from within the field. The tone is abrasive, but every technical field has people like that. I definitely dislike the layman audience she has built up, since just reading criticism without understanding what's being criticized is a recipe for truly stupid takes, but all of these are opinions plenty of people support, even in particle physics.