Gender Changes: Genderfluidity and Trans Possibilities
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Bella Ramsey remarked, “I guess my gender has always been very fluid,” explaining that he always...
Children’s Mental Health, Institutional Gaslighting, and Mother-Blame
There is a class action lawsuit against Iowa over failure to provide legally-required and medically necessary mental health services for Medicaid-eligible children. As a...
Gender Together: Identity, Community, and the Politics of Sincerity
Around 11:55 pm on Saturday, November 19, 2022—just moments before midnight on National Transgender Day of Remembrance—someone walked into Club Q, a queer nightclub...
The Limitations of the Criminal Law’s Ability to Express the Value of Women
Feminist legal and political philosopher Jean Hampton was not alone when she argued in 1998 that gender-based violence is “perhaps the most important tool...
Germaine de Staël’s Philosophy and Politics
The canon of the history of philosophy has been repeatedly criticized for its lack of diversity by Eileen O’Neill, Charles Mills, and others. In...
Sugar Babies: When “Feminism” Looks Like Online Misogyny
In 2019, the dating website Seeking.com reported having 365 University of Edinburgh students registered as members. Seeking.com is not just any dating platform. It’s...
The Lost Women of Early Analytic Philosophy
As new histories of early analytic philosophy and its pre-history begin to appear, there is a striking absence of female names. For example, the...
(Un)Fairness in AI: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis
Racial, Gender, and Intersectional Biases in AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now an integral part of society. It is used to make high-stakes decisions, such...
Intimacy, Illness, and Forced Gestation
Two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with a chronic illness. The past few months have been a whirlwind of surgeries, IVs, MRIs, and medications....
Doing Public Philosophy
(This post is informed by the collective conceptual labor that led to the analysis in a co-written book chapter with Melissa D. Gruver in...