In this post, I want to reiterate an argument from my paper on LLMs and disaster ableism and emphasize that philosophers must stop discussing technology in isolation from techno-fascism, the prevailing social order. The Western mode of technological development has allowed techno-fascists like Elon Musk to ascend to a position of unchecked autocratic power, from which they […]
On Jason Stanley On Fascism and Organizing Inaccessible Conferences
My mother has been in the hospital for the past month, in and out of intensive care; so, my time to post on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY has been constrained. In addition, I have been writing responses to the questions that Robert Chapman and Mich Ciurria pose to me in the interview that they have conducted with […]
2025 Latina/x Feminisms Roundtable, Univ. of Buffalo/Online, Apr. 4-5, 2025
2025 LATINA/X FEMINISMS ROUNDTABLE April 4-5th 2025 University at Buffalo, NY (both in-person & via Zoom) ***All participants are expected to attend all sessions (virtually or in-person) of the Roundtable*** Invited Speakers: Taína Asili (she/her/ella) Kristie Soares (she/they) Emma Velez (she/they) This year’s theme for the Latina/x Feminisms Roundtable is Desorden Aesthetics: Translocal Art and Communitiesand we invite engagement […]
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 […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Clarissa Müller-Kosmarov
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twentieth 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 […]
Symposium on the Philosophy of Neurodiversity and Mental Health, Oakland University, Apr. 1, 2025
Organized by August Gorman Keynote Speaker: Robert Chapman 10:00am: Abigail Gosselin (Regis), “Internalized Mental Illness Stigma and Its Harms” 11:00am: Caro Flores (UC Santa Cruz), “Reclaiming Rationality: What the Neurodiversity Paradigm Requires of Epistemology” 2:00pm: C. Dalrymple-Fraser (Toronto), “mad dis/appearings” 7:00pm: Keynote: Robert Chapman (Durham) “Mad Pride in Revolutionary England: Reinterpreting the Ranters” [live ASL interpretation provided] […]
Coming Up for Feminist Philosophy of Disability!
On April 6, I will give a keynote address (via Zoom) entitled “Philosophy of Disability: The Difference That It Makes” to the Dimensions of Difference Conference at Beacon College, in Leesburg, Florida. The organizer of the conference is Zachary Isrow and the other keynote speaker at the conference will be Robert Chapman. Next month’s interview […]
This Settler State Is Not the 51st State of America
CFP: Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative Symposium, Online, May 30, 2025 (deadline: Mar. 21, 2025)
The Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) will host its second symposium on May 30, 2025. This virtual symposium will feature research at the intersection of policing and philosophy, with a particular interest in work that speaks to policy debates. All philosophical work on policing is welcome. Potential topics include but are not limited to […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 8 am 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 “I’ve learned so much from Shelley Lynn Tremain’s Dialogues on Disability through the years (and found out about so much exciting work being done by disabled […]
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