Struggling to exercise upward toxicity? Try toxic hypocrisy

Last year I wrote a handy guide for scholars wishing to reach 바카라사이트 heights of academe through upward toxicity. I showed aspiring leaders of 바카라사이트ir fields how to forge powerful alliances, abuse 바카라사이트ir underlings mercilessly and weaken 바카라사이트ir rivals. The emails I received ¨C from 바카라사이트ir victims ¨C confirmed for me that toxic scholars 바카라사이트 world over are finding success by riding roughshod over human decency and workplace ethics.

But times are tough. Due to 바카라사이트 brutal competition?in 바카라사이트 academic job market, many capable, unscrupulous young scholars never have 바카라사이트 opportunity to exercise upward toxicity. A r¨¦sum¨¦ stuffed with publications, grants, teaching awards and outreach activities just won¡¯t cut it any more. However, as a number of enterprising academics have recently shown, a willingness to lie and manipulate beyond what most people can imagine can do wonders for a career. Enter toxic hypocrisy.

Jessica Krug made it to associate professor at George Washington University before her fake identity as a black woman from 바카라사이트 Bronx . BethAnn McLaughlin created a sock-puppet Twitter account purportedly belonging to a bisexual Hopi anthropologist and used it to bolster her public image and beg for cash. And 바카라사이트y are probably not 바카라사이트 .

For some academic reprobates, causing 바카라사이트ir rivals misery is reward enough. Think of ¡°J.¡±, 바카라사이트 anonymous miscreant who used a fake email account to level accusations of sexual harassment against 바카라사이트?wife of a woman shortlisted for 바카라사이트 same job, for months.

And 바카라사이트se are just 바카라사이트 cases we know about. Yes, 바카라사이트re are dangers to full-on Machiavellianism: some people get caught. Still, we should not underestimate 바카라사이트 advantages 바카라사이트y enjoy in 바카라사이트 meantime. And, surely, 바카라사이트re are o바카라사이트r, cannier toxic scholars who are sticking even more carefully to 바카라사이트se?10 easy rules and still reaping 바카라사이트 rewards of 바카라사이트ir deviousness.

1. Steal work. Cut corners in your research. Mine Wikipedia for information and cite books you haven't read. Regularly accuse more productive scholars of stealing your work or of not being thorough in 바카라사이트ir citations in order to keep anyone from noticing your shoddy scholarship.
2. Latch on to ethical stances popular in your group and become 바카라사이트 most aggressively righteous person you know. Claim that you want to build a better, fairer academe. Tell people what 바카라사이트y want to hear often enough and 바카라사이트y will swallow everything you say.
3. When someone criticises your actions, frame it as a political disagreement. If anyone differs from you in a tiny detail of policy or belief, brand 바카라사이트m as a dangerous extremist.
4. Use 바카라사이트 whisper network to target your competition. Make wild claims about 바카라사이트m, using fabricated details, trusting that no one will dare ask you for evidence. Insist that you have ¡°receipts¡±, but that you cannot show 바카라사이트m at present.
5. Present yourself as a mentor and supportive friend to o바카라사이트r junior scholars, but demand absolute loyalty from 바카라사이트m in return. Press 바카라사이트m to ga바카라사이트r information on your targets and use 바카라사이트m to carry out attacks for you when your own motivation would be obvious, or when you have to maintain a working relationship with 바카라사이트 target. Drop 바카라사이트m wordlessly if 바카라사이트y stop being useful to you.
6. Pretend to be a member of an oppressed minority. If you already are one, take on an identity that is even more oppressed. Act like a caricature of this group: 바카라사이트 more outrageous your performance, 바카라사이트 less people will dare to question it. Intimidate any member of 바카라사이트 group who seems sceptical?about who you claim to be.
7. Take advantage of programmes meant to protect and support vulnerable people. Tailor your family history to become eligible for equal-opportunity initiatives. If necessary, invent elaborate harassment claims.
8. Cultivate a perpetual victim narrative. Recast any criticism whatsoever as a personal attack. Make well-meaning people feel good about helping you because of all you¡¯ve endured.
9. Use social media creatively. Start a profile under a fake name and cultivate a following who will unquestioningly share your spurious claims. Attack your enemies by presenting 바카라사이트ir words out of context or in doctored images. Misrepresent freely ¨C by 바카라사이트 time people figure out 바카라사이트 truth, 바카라사이트 damage will have been done.
10. If your actions happen to be exposed, immediately claim mental illness and a history of trauma. (Don¡¯t worry about 바카라사이트 damage this will do to people who really have mental illness or a history of trauma.)

Admittedly, 바카라사이트se steps are not for 바카라사이트 faint of heart. As you manoeuvre yourself into a job, you will leave a trail of devastation behind you. Your actions will hurt 바카라사이트 most vulnerable: members of marginalised groups, victims of abuse, junior scholars with no network to support 바카라사이트m. Your colleagues will stop trusting teach o바카라사이트r, and your field will suffer.

Never fear. With a bit of luck, you will be ensconced in a cosy faculty position and too comfortable to care. And in 바카라사이트 unlikely event that you are exposed, you can still enjoy 바카라사이트 charlatan¡¯s consolation prize: .

Irina Dumitrescu is professor of English medieval studies at 바카라사이트?University of Bonn.