Harris, Democracy, and the Matter of Mimesis
I admit: I am sick of politics. But since Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president, I have become quite attached to my...
Blame and Dread
The capacity for the practice of blaming roots itself deep in the core of the human condition. “Core” here should be understood as, in...
Sexism, Inattention, and Moral Responsibility
Consider an all-too-familiar scene. John and Martha are visiting Barry—their adult son—and his family for a holiday. After a delicious dinner he played no...
Remarks Upon Receiving the Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award
Note from the editors: These remarks were composed by Dr. Marcos in Spanish and delivered at the awards ceremony of the Caribbean Philosophical Association’s...
“I Can See Your Gender”: Givenness at the Paris Olympics
Something catches the eye—no, not something, somebody—but the passage from something to somebody takes a fraction of an instant. The familiarity of the person’s...
Remembering Robert L. Allen
This past July, Robert L. Allen passed away at 82. As an undergraduate student, Allen had a very large impact on me. I took...
Philosophy Meets the Gendertrash from Hell
“You don't look like a poet. You look more like one of those people they're always writing about in the Times.” - Samuel R....
To be made a Martyr or a Minstrel: Lessons from Aesthetic Theory on Academic...
Introduction: What’s love got to do with it
“Philosophy doesn’t love me, just the idea of me,”
This was the opening line to a presentation I...
Pretendians from the Perspective of a Cherokee
Since I was young, I have deeply valued, honored, and even boasted about being Cherokee. I am a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of...
An Anarchist Politics of Land: The Importance of Klee Benally
In 2023, shortly before his death, Klee Benally published No Spiritual Surrender: Indigenous Anarchy in Defense of the Sacred, a book of emancipatory thought...