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 […]
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 with T Virgil Murthy and John Henry Reilly
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the ninth-anniversary installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I’m 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 discussion with disabled philosophers about a range […]
More on the Referee Crisis: Gatekeeping, Tone Policing, and Linguistic Discrimination
This is part of a 3-part series on the referee crisis in philosophy. You can find the first two posts here and here. Refereeing in the Neoliberal Age In my last two posts, I argued that the referee crisis is related to neoliberalism, a system of exploitation and oppression that confiscates wealth from workers and the poor […]
Advice for (Disabled) Canadian Philosophy Students about Graduate Study in Philosophy of Disability/Critical Disability Theory
I was so caught up in the events surrounding the publication of The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability that I neglected to offer a report on Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 4 subsequent to the conference. The presentations were fantastic and the question periods that followed them were exceptionally lively. The book launch allowed […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Amelia Hicks
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and seventh 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 […]
CFA: Trans/Feminist Philosophy: Pasts, Presents, Futures, University of Guelph, Aug. 14-16, 2024 (deadline: Mar. 15, 2024)
The Canadian Society for Trans Philosophy (CSTP) and the Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy (CSWIP) invite the submission of abstracts for inclusion in our upcoming conference, “Trans/Feminist Philosophy: Pasts, Presents, Futures.” The conference will be held August 14-16, 2024, at the University of Guelph. We encourage interdisciplinary submissions, as well as submissions which challenge […]
Update on the Upcoming Eastern APA, Technology, and Philosophy of Disability
Yesterday, I posted on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY about my computer problems in advance of the Eastern APA, requesting assistance from tech savvy philosophers who would be in New York for the meeting there this week. As I said in the post, computer mishaps have long been among my worst nightmares: writing for a broad audience is […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews John Henry Reilly
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and fifth 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 […]
Published Today! The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability
The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability was released today in all formats! If you haven’t already done so, you can order the book at its webpage here, where you can also browse the table of contents and read/listen to reviews of the book. Here are some of the reviews: “A fascinating and wide-ranging collection […]
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