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...
Frances Power Cobbe and Nineteenth-Century Moral Philosophy
Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904) was an Anglo-Irish reformer who wrote about moral theory and moral epistemology, religion, evolution, duties to animals, feminism, welfare, mind...
‘Black Lives Matter’ as Identity Politics and Class Struggle
“Daddy changed the world!” Gigi Floyd, daughter of George Floyd, smiled broadly as she shouted this out loud at a Black Lives Matter protest...
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...
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...
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...
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...