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Philosophers, Laptops, and Mortadella
Yesterday, my weekly Saturday pilgrimage to Nonno’s (vegan) Butcher in the Hamilton Farmer’s Market was sabotaged by an exploding laptop battery. I bet that you did not know that was a thing: the exploding battery, that is, not the vegan butcher. For if you have enjoyed a vegan deli sandwich anywhere north of the Canada-US […]
Me, Mich, Monet, Melissa, Marcon, and (Vegan) Merchants
When I am not writing or trying to write or editing someone else’s writing or just reading someone else’s writing, I like to look at art. I’m currently reading a biography about Jean-Michel Basquiat by Doug Woodham, which means that I am looking at (representations of) art and reading someone else’s writing simultaneously. Tomorrow, I […]
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Remember This? Reconfiguring Values: A Riposte to Agnes Callard
In comments to a post that Mich put on their Facebook page yesterday, some disagreement ensued about the merits of Agnes Callard’s participation in a symposium on the ethics of capitalism, a symposium to inaugurate the Night Owls series at University of Toronto. Callard initiated the series at University of Chicago; thus, some think it […]
F R E E P A L E S T I N E
Description of image above: Flag of Palestine above the statement FREE PALESTINE.
Special Issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly: Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches 12 (2/3) 2026
I am very happy to present “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches,” the amazing special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly (12 [2/3] 2026) that I have guest edited to commemorate the centennial of Michel Foucault’s birth on October 15, 1926. Feminist Philosophy Quarterly 12 (2/3) 2026: “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches” https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/issue/view/2385 Finally, Foucault: […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Stephanie Jenkins
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirty-eighth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philosophers and post to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on the third Wednesday of each month. The series is designed to provide a public venue for […]
What is Radical Exclusion, according to Elena Ficara:
Not everywhere you are banned from, you are being excluded from. You can only be excluded from where you belong.
Quotes of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Tremain and Stanley on Fascism and Ableist Analyses of It
As you know by now, I have guest edited a special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly on Foucault and feminist philosophy entitled “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches.” The issue, which was expected to be published at the beginning of the month, has been delayed. I attribute this delay to ableism, primarily. This […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at 8am ET
“I have read almost all of your interviews and they are always wonderful. … I am really looking forward to the next installment of Dialogues on Disability.” — Adrian Piper “… a major contribution to our understanding of the field and the people in it.” — Vanessa Wills “I’ve learned so much about ableism in philosophy […]
