The Philosophical Activism of Lydia Maria Child
In 1846, a reviewer for the Southern
Quarterly Review was evaluating the writings of one of the United States’
most prolific authors, a woman named Lydia...
Across the Great Divide: Father and Daughter Philosophers
Last October, I presented a paper at an Ethics conference focused on African Americans and justice. I was pleased to see an older gentleman...
Worlds, Ideals, and Solidarity: A Feminist Primer
“Everything that forces itself into the world is subject to the principle of particularization.” - G. W. F. Hegel
To
“change the world”—to engage in responsible...
Reflections on Being a First-Generation and/or Low-Income Graduate Student
“...for many students the process of upward mobility requires far more than perseverance: it also requires brutal decisions and painful sacrifices, threatens their relationships...
Unconscious Abolitionism: Beyond the Reform or Revolution Debate
I had the uncommon pleasure of hearing Ruth Wilson Gilmore speak twice last semester, once at my alma matter and once at a conference.
In...
An End to “Blind Review”
Philosophers often think about normativity just when doing normative philosophy. When we decide it's time to submit instead of revise, we often think we...
Dating Online Masculinities
I started using online dating sites in
2005, after I met a woman on a plane who told me she met her boyfriend on a
site...
What It’s Like to be an HBCU Faculty Member: Brandon Hogan
The purpose of this APA Blog series, What It's Like to be an HBCU Faculty Member, is to spotlight faculty members in our profession...
Vulnerability, Freedom, and Political Transformation
by Laura McMahon
On January
9, 1961 in Athens, Georgia, 19-year-old Charlayne Hunter-Gault and 19-year-old
Hamilton Holmes became the first African American students to enroll at the
University...
Prize Competition: Feminist analytic theology
Thanks to funding from the American Philosophical Association’s Diversity and Inclusiveness Fund, the editors of the Journal of Analytic Theology are pleased to announce...