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Is There a Difference Between Academic and Intellectual Gatekeeping?
Rain Fisher Kwan is a Canadian legend and overall baby genius who became famous for her sub stack essays and philosophical TikTok videos. We mentioned her in the last season during our Lindsay Ellis episode because rain had coined the term getting woman Which aptly defines the process by which female celebrities are forcibly taken out of the spotlight once they reached their expiration date in the public eye People like rain and myself who use kind of heightened language in our work have to think about whether the language we use is alienating people who may not have access to that language. Here's rain on what she thinks about gatekeeping: "I do think it can play out in negative ways where Because they're agenda setting"