The Body Problem and the Climate Crisis
Students of Anglo-European philosophy might be familiar with the “mind-body problem.” The problem originates with early seventeenth-century French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes, who...
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...
Incomplete Categories and Peripheries of Thought: Where is Philosophy From?
Some time since I moved to the United States, my home country, Turkey, shifted its geographic location, and so did my relation to 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...
Reading Kierkegaard’s Absent Women
Misogynistic or traditionalist views of women lurk in the background of many a philosopher in the Western tradition. For Søren Kierkegaard, a blend of...
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....
In Praise of Experimental Workshops
The following is a two-part post in which Lauren Guilmette and Ada Jaarsma reflect on their experiences with the Image-Text and Experimental Writing Workshop...
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...
Roe, Abortion, and the Right to Ourselves
When I joined a protest the day after the leak of Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overturning Roe, rage overwhelmed me. My rage was not...