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Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Michel Foucault’s Birth in 1926
Tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of Michel Foucault’s birth in Poitiers, France on October 15, 1926. A number of events and publications have been initiated to mark the occasion. Many conferences and workshops have already taken place earlier in the year. Various publications to mark this momentous occasion have appeared throughout the year, including special […]
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Sexual Violence at Cornell and the Indignation of Philosophers
In a Facebook post today, I wrote: “Re. the incidents at Cornell: Why are so many philosophers acting so indignant in ways that imply that they themselves are not (actively) complicit in the sexual violence that occurs on campuses? How many survivor/victims have they helped? Personally speaking, I can attest that none of them helped […]
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
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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 […]
