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Washed-over Colonial Realities of The Crown

By Vashna Jagarnath All this The Crown craze, what the hell is happening to the world? I understood the Downton Abbey thing, even though it was...
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Uncovering Deaf Women Philosophers

When I was in graduate school, I started keeping a notebook with all of the references to deaf people and the experience of being...

How Inclusive and Accessible Is Your Statement on Inclusion and Accessibility?

As I was preparing for this new semester, I found myself copying and pasting the ‘Statement on Inclusion and Accessibility’ from my previous syllabi....
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Entropy and the Elderly in the Neoliberal Age

In the September 2020 issue of Harper’s Magazine, Andrew Cockburn writes about the appalling negligence shown toward the elderly in American nursing homes. The...
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Early Modern Philosophy: A Perverse Thought Experiment

Here’s a perverse thought experiment. Let’s suppose that we set ourselves the task of writing a history of philosophy that reflects and represents human...

Inter-American Philosophy in Mexico: Report on the SAAP’s 47th Annual Conference

The Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (SAAP) had its 47th annual conference, holding it for the first time in Mexico, at the...
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On the Path: An Interview with Dr. Shannon Speed

As the plight of Indigenous peoples is also a Black issue in philosophy, not only because it should be a concern of everyone but...
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A Working-Class Philosopher in the Time of COVID-19

This post is a part of The COVID-Chronicles series. This series is dedicated to giving voice to graduate student experiences and needs during the...

How (Not) to Think About Anti-Feminist Women

The woman hangs on, not with the delicacy of a clinging vine, but with a tenacity incredible in its intensity, to the very...
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A Reflection on Loss

The Jewish High Holidays (or High Holy Days) were just celebrated. In the midst of it, on Erev Yom Kippur (eve of the Day...