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...
Reframing Abortion Lessons
An anticipated disaster is no less horrifying when it eventually occurs. Many of us experienced such horror as we read the leaked Supreme Court...
Tone-Policing and the Assertion of Authority
Tone Policing is a dangerous habit that has real psychosocial consequences. CHANDRA PRESCOD-WEINSTEIN
If tone policing is anything at all, then it is bad....
The Weight of Whiteness: A Conversation between Alexis Shotwell and Alison Bailey
Alexis Shotwell: Thanks so much for talking with me about your wonderful book (The Weight of Whiteness: A Feminist Engagement with Privilege, Race, and...