Comments on: Lesbian Parenting and the Problem With Public Information https://www.isegoria.net/2010/06/lesbian-parenting-and-the-problem-with-public-information/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2010/06/lesbian-parenting-and-the-problem-with-public-information/comment-page-1/#comment-4224 Isegoria Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:59:25 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=6488#comment-4224 It’s odd that we publicly fund universities and research, but distributing the results of research is private — despite the fact that journals face significant fixed costs and low variable costs.

]]> By: Ross https://www.isegoria.net/2010/06/lesbian-parenting-and-the-problem-with-public-information/comment-page-1/#comment-4214 Ross Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:27:59 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=6488#comment-4214 It’s a mild PITA to do, but sending a very brief and congratulatory note to the corresponding author of these papers, showing that you know what their subject area is, along with a polite request for a softcopy of the paper results in (about 99% of the time, in my experience) their promptly emailing you one.

]]> By: David Foster https://www.isegoria.net/2010/06/lesbian-parenting-and-the-problem-with-public-information/comment-page-1/#comment-4154 David Foster Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:28:11 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=6488#comment-4154 In general, it’s not that easy to get the actual studies behind these media pieces. Searching will generally lead you to a firewall for some scholarly publication, and if you’re not a subscriber it will cost $20 or so to gain access.

I personally think this should be prohibited for publicly-funded research.

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