*I want to thank Meghan Schrader and Neil Levy for commenting on earlier drafts of this post. Neil Levy recently published an interesting take on impostor syndrome, explaining why it’s so common. He says that “pretense is an unavoidable element of coming to occupy a professional role.” So, in a sense, we’re all faking it. I […]
Nondisabled People Always Win the “Hunger Games” of Academic Publishing and Tenure
This year, only one department lists “disability studies” amongst its desired areas of specialization; namely, California Polytechnic State University’s AOS is “Technology Ethics, as related to Feminist Ethics and/or Disability Studies.” No department is looking for a specialist in critical disability theory or crip theory. Based on a keyword search, the word “disability” appears in […]
Philosophy and Theory of Disability Books at a 35% Off Discount with Free Shipping
In case you don’t yet have a copy of my monograph, Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability, or a copy of the second edition of my edited collection, Foucault and the Government of Disability, you can now pick up copies of them for 35% off with no charge for shipping. All of the books published […]
CFP: Decolonization and Poststructuralism, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Online, Feb. 23, 2022 (deadline: Nov. 15, 2021)
CFP: Decolonization and PoststructuralismDepartment of Logic and Theoretical PhilosophyUniversidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain1000-1800hrs (Madrid time), 23rd February 2022. The purpose of this one day online international conference is to explore the relationship between theories of decolonization and poststructuralist theory. Decolonization has recently come to the fore as an increasingly important subject and practice within the […]
Hurricane prep, again
Hurricane preparation in Florida is an annual affair, at least. A lot of people in my area do not have enough money or space to prepare adequately for storms in advance. And, of course, when it comes to purchasing items once the news hits that a hurricane or major storm is headed our way, essential […]
AntiUniversity Now, UK and Elsewhere, Jun. 15-22, 2019
AntiUniversity Now is an ongoing programme of self-organised radical learning and education events that was set up in 2015 to challenge academic and class hierarchy, the neoliberal university and the education-industrial complex. The annual AntiUniversity festival will take place 15-22 June 2019 in venues across the UK and, this year, internationally. All events are free […]
Reflecting on a “Bad” Semester – How Can I Plan a “Good” One?
It is summer again in Florida. It is 93 degrees Fahrenheit, my hands are sweaty, and I’m wearing an uncomfortable pair of sandals. I’m back in action at the coffee shop, trying to tackle my inbox, to do list, and my sadness. Sadness because, despite myself – and despite trying to be kind to myself […]
Disability, Discourse, Demographics at the Pacific APA
I have copied below the response I gave yesterday in the symposium on Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability. ___________________________________________________________________ To increase the accessibility of this symposium and provide a context in which it can be situated, I’d like to begin my remarks by explaining why I wrote the book, offering a rationale for its […]
Back to Campus Post Baby and Post Parental Leave
I am back on campus this spring after giving birth to my first child. We named her Mara, and she is now six months old. I am an assistant professor and was lucky enough to cobble together generous parental leave for the fall of 2018. I delivered on September 9th. I used a combination of […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, Jan. 16th at 8 a.m. EST
“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 “The Dialogues on Disability platform … has been very helpful to me, especially at times where I did not feel I belong in the world of […]
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