In another life I am considered an “ABD.” ABD is another way of saying ‘All But Dissertation’ or as I think of it as ‘All But Damned.’ It means that you devoted years of your life in a quest for the elusive doctorate degree but that the dragon of the dissertation defeated you and you never obtain the elusive degree.

I say this because what usually defeats students is setting up a research project working with real people similar to the show ” Love Is Blind.” I know that I have already spoken about the show in a previous post but as the media keeps bringing up new positions I will keep with
the highlights. Thoughts?

Thank you for submitting “Love is Blind: A Social Experiment” to the Journal of Social Science. We sent your “documentary” out for review and received three referee reports in response. Two of the reviewers expressed qualified support for some portions of your research into whether reality show contestants could fall in love, sight unseen, and then follow through on a wedding within 40 days of meeting the other person. In particular, Reviewer 1 praised “the sensitive conversations about race and racial identity that occurred between Lauren, Cameron, and Lauren’s family over the duration of the experiment.” Reviewer 2 observed: “So many hot messes on this show. I loved it!” Reviewer 3′s most positive comment was, “there were a lot of nice throw pillows in the pods.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/16/if-love-is-blind-had-been-submitted-peer-review/