Editor quits over ‘ultimatum’ to add female author to collection

"Distinguished" associate professor? What am I missing? It is 2022. He should remove himself from a place of responsibility. It certainly not "scholarship" v. "identity politics," or any such radical, demeaning, discriminatory, anachronistic, and self-serving dichotomy

I would love to know this subfield of global history which lacks female authorship. Perhaps there should be clarification on this point

Drs. Frankema’s and Tworek’s statements are self-defeating, despite their being oblivious to the fact, so indoctrinated are they. They confirm the grounds of Dr. Sood’s principled resignation. There is some irony to the fact that a Punjabi scholar, a person of colour, should be the one to take such a stand, while his white colleagues cower in the shadows. He reminds me of that famous photo of the man with the groceries blocking the tank at Tiananmen Square.

Dr. Sood could invite women - or transgender or youthful/aged [a category unmentioned in the article] scholars to submit to the blind reviews, but NO ONE can guarantee than any "kind of person's" paper will pass muster and be included! Full stop.

Double-blind peer review checks academic quality, anonymously. But mysoginy lurks everywhere

The Modern Law Review run out of the LSE law School has only ever had white male editors and does not open up editor roles in open contests so that a wide range of academics from a wide range of institutions and backgrounds can participate in the gatekeeping. It is only right this editor resign as academic quality is not compromised by having women or academics from participating on merit. There are many very able women who could have made a contribution to the collection he was editing.

Double blind review is often done by lecturers who are way below the league of the world leaders whose papers they review.