Some of Our Favourite Posts of 2024

As the year comes to a close, a review of some of our favourite posts from the year seems apropos. Yet the list below is by no means exhaustive of the fantastic posts made at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, especially insofar as the list does not include any of the wonderful Dialogues on Disability interviews that I […]

Ableist (Philosophy of) Language and Why ‘Crip’ Might Not Be the Answer

Earlier this morning, I inadvertently posted a news item on Bluesky that included ableist language–namely, the term tone deaf. The article, which discusses the forms of structural oppression and discrimination that working-class Scottish students at the University of Edinburgh experience, was especially interesting to me given that my maternal ancestors were poor and working-class people […]

Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Hypatia’s Ableist Legacy, co-authored with Nora Berenstain

This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in the post, consider an excerpt from Shelley’s introduction to The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The introduction, which is entitled “Situating Philosophy of Disability in/out of Philosophy,” offers a summary […]

Fatness and the Abnormal (Guest post)

Fatness and the Abnormal Kristin Rodier Presentation to Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5, December 13, 2024 I want to thank Shelley Tremain and the conference organizers for inviting me to share my work. Learning about what everyone has been working on has become a highlight of my year. In keeping with Shelley’s advocacy within […]

Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Hypatia’s Ableist Legacy, co-authored with Nora Berenstain

This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in the post, consider an excerpt from Shelley’s introduction to The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The introduction, which is entitled “Situating Philosophy of Disability in/out of Philosophy,” offers a summary […]

CFA: Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Directions/Intersections/Contradictions, Durham/Online, Jun. 24-26, 2025 (deadline: Feb. 28, 2025)

Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Directions/Intersections/Contradictions24–26 June 2025, Durham University, UKDeadline for submissions: 28 February 2025 While traditional theory describes the world, critical theory seeks to radically transform it. This conference seeks to harness the momentum of the new generation of neurodivergent scholar activists working collectively towards a critical turn in neurodiversity theory and research.   While the first […]

Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Sofia Jeppsson (Redux)

After the outstanding events and radicalizing events that took place last week at Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5, many of us need to wind down a bit. So, for this month’s installment of Dialogues on Disability, I am reposting Sofia Jeppsson’s very popular interview from December 2022. Look forward to a new installment of […]

Yoga Philosophy

From the Yoga Philosophy Institute: Yoga Philosophy (yogaphilosophy.com) was founded in 2019 by Dr. Shyam Ranganathan: professional philosopher, scholar of South Asia, translation expert, and translator of the Yoga Sūtra. Since then it has grown to offer the internet’s only Yoga and Philosophy education based on standards of professional philosophy courses and research. The mandate […]

Mental Illness Stigma and Devaluation of the Relational Self (Guest post)

Mental Illness Stigma and Devaluation of the Relational Self Abigail Gosselin Presentation to Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5, December 12, 2024 Mental illness stigma involves making a negative judgment about someone who has mental illness and marking them as bad or inferior in some way. Mental illness stigma devalues and dehumanizes people in many […]