We All Fall Down
“What I forget is better than whatever they remember.”— Yasiin Bey (2016)
The police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade, to name...
The Forefront of Research: Introducing the Journal of Philosophy of Disability
This edition of The Forefront of Research features the Journal of Philosophy of Disability (JPD). This new journal devoted to the philosophical study of disability...
Engendering Algorithmic Oppressions
In 2019, CNN and other news services reported that the New York Department of Financial Services was investigating Apple Card for gender bias because...
How Do we Diversify Philosophy? Pluralism Rather than Inclusivism
The overwhelming “whiteness” of philosophy has been discussed by many, and has continued to be an ongoing problem in our field. In recent years, there...
Looking Back to Look Forward: Disability, Philosophers, and Activism
Philosophers have already been publicly engaged around COVID-19 in many ways through podcasts and writings aimed at broad audiences. This is not surprising, given...
Fatphobia, Women, and COVID-19
As of early July 2020, Googling “coronavirus obesity” brings up about 178 million results. For perspective, that’s 64 million more than “coronavirus chronic kidney...
Three Ways of Diversifying a Philosophy Syllabus
The current climate of soul-searching about race and racism has led to a wave of reactions among faculty at many universities. Numerous departments of...
Hearing Loss and Face Coverings
This post is a part of The COVID Chronicles series. This series is dedicated to giving voice to graduate student experiences and needs during...
Diversifying Tenure-Line Faculty
This is the third in a several part series discussing ways to improve diversity in philosophy departments. The other pieces can be found here.
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What Should Accommodations for Chronic Illness Look Like While We’re Online and After We...
This post is a part of The COVID Chronicles series. This series is dedicated to giving voice to graduate student experiences and needs during...