Historicity and Intersubjectivity as Epistemologies of Black Liberation
Introduction
Contemporary critical theories of Black life, particularly Afropessimism as formulated by Frank Wilderson and the postcolonial fatalism found in Achille Mbembe’s On the Postcolony...
How we Make Each Other or, How is this Book Philosophy?
For years now, I have grappled with how to do philosophy as a trans person and how to do philosophy from the social position...
Second Shock: A Clinical Reading of Frantz Fanon’s Tabula Rasa
Frantz Fanon’s work has primarily been received through the lens of his political writings and the political aspects of his work. His psychiatric writings...
Teaching Medical Humanities as a Woman Philosopher: Notes from the Classroom
When I accepted a postdoctoral fellowship in Medical Humanities at the University of Texas at San Antonio, I was equal parts thrilled and uncertain....
Beyond Personhood: An Essay in Trans Philosophy
My book, Beyond Personhood: An Essay in Trans Philosophy, was recently published this past March by University of Minnesota Press, and I should be...
Interview with New Associate Editor of the Women in Philosophy Series
Welcome, and thanks for joining the Blog! Could you tell us more about yourself? What do you think our readers should know about you?
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Crimes against women is the excuse, not the cause
Sometimes, you know just from the title: “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” Rich as this...
Decolonizing Faith: Frantz Fanon, Liberation Theology, and the Struggle for Dignity
Introduction
Frantz Fanon (1925–1961) and Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928–2024), both thinkers from the Global South, emerged from distinct geopolitical margins and intellectual traditions shaped by the...
Changing the Way We Teach Formal Philosophy
Which non-living philosopher do you identify with most? This question was posed to professional philosophers on the 2020 PhilPapers survey of philosophers (“For which...
Julia Kristeva’s Philosophical Revolutions
My title riffs on the article penned by Kelly Oliver called “Julia Kristeva’s Feminist Revolutions” in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, which aimed...