You’re Wearing That? From School Dress Codes to Rape Culture
The email from my daughter’s elementary school principal arrived one spring afternoon. It stated that effective immediately for all elementary school students (K-6th grade),...
Obstetrics’ Security Blanket: The Case of Continuous Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Healthy Births
Following the #MeToo movement came the #violence_in_obstetrics movement, which started in 2018. In fact, the mistreatment of women in maternity wards is so widespread...
Sappho of Lesbos was a Lover of Wisdom, But What Kind?
Ancient Greek poet and songstress, Sappho of Lesbos, is best known for her homoerotic verse. Sappho didn’t argue about serious philosophical topics like ethics...
“Hi, I’m New Here”: Building a Network of Support
We hardly enter academic spaces as equals. A growing body of literature shows that membership in different social categories such as race, gender, sexuality,...
Jumping to conclusions? The hidden shortcuts in “he-said–she-said” and “sexual harassment”
Susan and Richard work together at a law firm. One day when they’re alone in the conference room, Richard makes a vulgar sexual overture....
Lewd, Feeble, and Frail: Subverting Sexist Tropes to Gain Authority
I recently waded through a 700+ page volume on philosophical theology that seriously under-represents the historical contributions of women (and POC, and LBGT+ folx,...
Medical Sexism in Prescribing Birth Control
Practically everyone who is eligible to use birth control chooses to use it at some point in their life. And the availability of contraception...
It’s Time to Talk about Women’s Submission
As a French person, I grew up thinking that philosophy was for everyone.
My parents didn’t go to college, but I grew up seeing Foucault,...
Dismantling Kantian Frames: Notes toward a Feminist Politics of Location and Accountability
Kant’s philosophical system is one of those master discourses in the discipline of philosophy (and beyond) – a whole architecture – that everyone, including...
Are They All Stupid and Irrational?
Why do people believe the election was rigged, refuse to wear face masks, suspect vaccines are a government plot, or vote for politicians who...