Naomi was telling the truth.
Professor Neal was their Social Psychology instructor, and last semester's assignment was to identify verbal aggression in different scenarios.
This wasn't a group project. Iris received an S+ for her work, which surprisingly drew from those around her, describing how the most language-sensitive groups at the university were unknowingly permeated by various forms of discrimination, especially gender discrimination, subtly reflected in everyday interactions.
Although all cases in the assignment used pseudonyms, the enamored Professor Neal published it in the university's internal journal. Somehow, it got posted on the school forum, causing quite a negative impact.
Many began to maliciously interpret the content of the thesis, digging into those pseudonyms, a
