A post on Bluesky drew my attention to Annette Baier’s famous article “Trust and Antitrust,” which appeared in Ethics in 1986. Many feminist philosophers (and others) regard this article as a pivotal contribution to feminist philosophy, ethics, and indeed, feminist ethics. For the longest time, I have questioned why no philosopher, and certainly no (straight?) […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, October 15, 2025
“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 […]
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6)!
As readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY may recall, I organized the first five editions of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conferences (links to the videos of which are available here) with the support of Jonathan Wolff under the auspices of the Alfred Landecker Chair in the School of Government at the University of Oxford. […]
September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation/Orange Shirt Day: The Story of Orange Shirt Day
Image: a circle that comprises four pairs of hands with fingers outstretched. At the centre of the circle, in capital letters, the words “EVERY CHILD MATTERS”. THE STORY OF ORANGE SHIRT DAY (from The Orange Shirt Society website) Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) Residential School (1891-1981) Commemoration Project […]
(How) Should The Question “Are Trans People Delusional?” Be Addressed?
Many readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY will recognize that the title of this post includes the question that trans philosopher Talia Bettcher posed in a YouTube video of the same name which she produced and circulated on Facebook earlier in the week. When I saw the Facebook post about the video, I was worried. […]
CFP: Books that Combine Crip Studies and Trans Studies
Bloomsbury Academic is seeking books that integrate crip studies and transgender studies for Bloomsbury Academic’s Trans Studies book series, written by scholars from any discipline in the humanities, social sciences, or biological sciences. The series is led by an Advisory Board that includes prominent scholars like trans crip theorist Slava Greenberg. Bloomsbury has a longstanding commitment to publishing innovative books on disability and LGBTQIA+ topics. Their Gender & Sexuality […]
Philosophy and Disability, Special Issue of Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies
1. A Cartography of Philosophy on/of Disability – Introduction by Chiara Montalti & Brunella Casalini (https://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/558) 2. The Epistemological Significance of Blindness in Plato’s Republic. Bridging Ancient Philosophy and Disability Studies – by Lorenzo Giovannetti (https://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/522) 3. Amending Heidegger’s Hermeneutic Phenomenology Based on Disabled People’s Lived Experiences – by James B Wise (https://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/486) 4. Understanding Models and Theories of Disability: A Historical Approach […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Caroline Christoff
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-sixth 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 […]
Solnit and How Oppositional Ableism is Nevertheless Ableism
If you are a new reader/listener of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY or unfamiliar with work that I have published in other contexts, you likely do not know that, over a number of years, I have devoted a great deal of critical attention to the matter of ableist language. These critiques of ableist language have been advanced in […]
Is Canada a Safe Haven if You are Disabled and LGBTQ+?
Some Canadian and other LGBTQ+ philosophers have circulated posts on various platforms about a document issued by Haven, a group at University of Toronto-Scarborough that works on immigration policy and border issues. The document, entitled “A Guide for LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers Crossing the Canada-U.S. Border,” is intended to provide guidance to American “LGBTQI+ individuals who are exploring […]
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