You’re Wearing That? From School Dress Codes to Rape Culture
The email from my daughter’s elementary school principal arrived one spring afternoon. It stated that effective immediately for all elementary school students (K-6th grade),...
Stop Talking About Accommodations and Start Talking About Access
“Many of us who are disabled are not particularly likeable or popular in general or amid the abled. Ableism means that we--with our panic...
Jean-Paul Sartre: Exalting Black Thought and Living Existentialism
For progressive readers, existential philosophy reaches its apogee when it serves as the theoretical foundation for progressive political commitments and engaged activism. Existential thought...
Obstetrics’ Security Blanket: The Case of Continuous Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Healthy Births
Following the #MeToo movement came the #violence_in_obstetrics movement, which started in 2018. In fact, the mistreatment of women in maternity wards is so widespread...
Changing Identities: Are Race and Gender Analogous?
Analogies don’t compare two identical things—if they did, they wouldn’t be analogies. Analogies compare things similar in certain important respects. Analogies can illuminate latent...
Sappho of Lesbos was a Lover of Wisdom, But What Kind?
Ancient Greek poet and songstress, Sappho of Lesbos, is best known for her homoerotic verse. Sappho didn’t argue about serious philosophical topics like ethics...
A Reflection on Juneteenth 2021
Juneteenth (also known as Emancipation Day)—the celebration of June 19, 1865, the day in which Texas complied with the Emancipation Proclamation—is now a national...
“Hi, I’m New Here”: Building a Network of Support
We hardly enter academic spaces as equals. A growing body of literature shows that membership in different social categories such as race, gender, sexuality,...
Diversity and Equity in Recruitment & Retention
How philosophers hire, tenure, and promote faculty in the U.S. likely contributes to philosophy’s low overall demographic diversity. For example, a recent study shows...
Jumping to conclusions? The hidden shortcuts in “he-said–she-said” and “sexual harassment”
Susan and Richard work together at a law firm. One day when they’re alone in the conference room, Richard makes a vulgar sexual overture....