An integral, yet harrowing, part of being an academic is producing publications. The process follows a predictable formula:
1. You are inspired by a wonderful and creative research idea.
2. You painstakingly collect every bit of research that has been written on the topic.
3. You develop a brilliant and novel means of testing your research questions.
4. You deal with IRB, grant-giving institutions, and other red tape hurtles.
5. You run models, interview subjects, analyze data, etc.
6. You sit down at the computer to write up your findings.
About one year later, you emerge with a masterpiece final draft, ready to send off to some lucky journal. And this is where the nightmare really begins (oh, and you thought you were already there, didn't you?).
Once you are lucky enough to get a coveted R&R, and you get over your initial shock, you realize you actually have to revise. And resubmit. This requires appeasing the editor, and the evil Triad known as the Blind Reviewers.
For this, I have devised a cunning weapon: the blind reviewer voodoo doll*
This 9-inch doll (without hair) is lovingly crafted within the Anomie Studio and arrives finished and ready to be put to good use.
THIS DOLL COMES UNSTUFFED, SO THAT YOU CAN ENJOY THE CATHARTIC ACT OF SHREDDING YOUR OWN OFFENDING DOCUMENTS AND STUFFING THEM INSIDE THE DOLL. FINISHING INSTRUCTIONS AND EXTRA YARN INCLUDED.
*Also useful for envenomed editors, swag-bellied students, and pestilent professors.
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