Women in Philosophy

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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....
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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...
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The 4B Movement is a Labor Strike

Within the last year, the 4B movement has gained a large following in the United States, now boasting full social media accounts dedicated to...
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“In Order to Live We Must Synthesize Thought and Feeling”: Reflections on Philosophical Pedagogy...

As many of us head back into our classrooms to greet new cohorts of students, I am thinking about what it means (to me)...

Making Womanness Striking: Salience-based Tensions in Socially Progressive Initiatives

you will always end up philosophically on the subject of your gender simply because you will be seen as a woman first and...
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Interview with Dr. Nathifa Greene

Dr. Nathifa Greene, I would like to thank you for taking the time to speak with me today. I’m really looking forward to hearing...
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Devising Opposition in Feminist Philosophies of Care

I was always amazed by and envious of the aloof effect conjured effortlessly by my peers when I was younger. I longed to master...
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Chasing Desire

In her 2023 Netflix special It’s Great to be Here, comedian Michelle Wolf makes two trans jokes. The second joke comes in the context...
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From the “Chinese Simone de Beauvoir” to the “Chinese He Yin Zhen”: Decolonizing Anglo-European...

He Yin Zhen (1884—circa 1920) was a radical Chinese anarcha-feminist political philosopher. Her radicalness manifests itself not only in her views on such issues...
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Ozempic, “Food Noise,” and the Pathologization of Hunger

An immense cultural discourse has sprouted around Ozempic and Wegovy, two prescription drugs that are being used to help people lose weight. One effect...