Doing Trans Philosophy as Public Philosophy
While doing research on trans-inclusive policies at the Five Colleges in Massachusetts, one of us (Perry Zurn) stumbled across a document referencing an old...
Why We Forget
We live in a country whose population has not acquired the habit of taking historical memory seriously…. But histories never leave us for another...
Mitigating the Harms: Policy Possibilities under the New Title IX Rule
On May 6, the federal government released its final rule under Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972. Already, commentators have noted that...
Is Harvey Weinstein blameworthy? A feminist logic of blame
In March of 2020, Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of criminal sexual assault and rape. Prosecutors cited his “lifetime of abuse” and “lack of...
What It’s Like to be an HBCU Faculty Member: Anika Simpson
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...
Presidential Powers and Captive Maternals: Sally, Michelle, and Deborah
I smile rarely, but I am surviving. — Deborah Danner
Introducing the Captive Maternal
Captive Maternals are self-identified female, male, trans or ungendered persons feminized and...
Dawn of Darkness
(Composed on 24 March 2020)
I know, I know,
It threatens the common gestures of human bonding
The handshake,
The hug
The shoulders we give each other to cry...
Introducing the Associate Editor of the Women in Philosophy series: An Interview with Julinna...
The Women in Philosophy series is pleased to announce that Julinna Oxley is coming onboard the APA Blog team as the Associate Editor of...
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...