Gender Dysphoria and Why Wanting is Enough
Earlier this year the British Medical Journal tweeted asking why there has been no “constructive dialogue” about gender dysphoria. Abigail Thorn, a well-known trans...
Toward a Feminist View of Harm
Oppression, Harm, and Feminist Philosophy
In many ways, our understanding of oppression is closely tied to the concept of harm. This connection is especially...
Intergenerational Practical Knowledge: Conversations with Senior Philosophers – Elaine Miller
The Women in Philosophy series is launching a mini-series titled “Intergenerational Practical Knowledge: Conversations with Senior Philosophers.” A goal of this mini-series is to...
American Women Philosophers in the Speculative Tradition: Beyond Analytic and Continental Philosophy
Dozens of women from the speculative philosophical tradition worked in American academia during the first half of the twentieth century and yet have been...
Interview with New Associate Editor of the Women in Philosophy Series
The Women in Philosophy series at the APA blog would like to thank Adriel Trott for serving as Editor of the series from 2018...
Distrust, Privilege, and the Quest for Invulnerability
Distrust has become a hot topic in the North American media landscape as of late. A cursory online search brings up countless articles urgently...
Irigaray and Contemporary Feminist Politics
The famous militant feminist slogan from the 1970s, “the future is female,” experienced a resurgence recently following signs of the rolling back of important...
Witches and ‘Welfare Queens’: The Construction of Women as Threats in the Anti-Abortion Movement
While today’s anti-abortion movement has been empowered by the recent fall of Roe v. Wade, the original ‘right-to-life’ movement dates to the mid-nineteenth century....
The Virtuous Image: Femininity and Portraiture on the Internet
Images of bodies impact young people, especially young girls and women. The normative implications of those images—what a body ought to look like and...
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...