Early last week, I threw some shade at Feminist Philosophy Quarterly (FPQ), alluding to the way that the journal has upheld the eugenic status quo in philosophy by restricting and defacing my criticisms of the field of bioethics and my call for the field to be abolished. In short, the editors of the journal have […]
Remembering the Murder of Tracy Latimer and the Culture of Eugenics in Canada (and Canadian Philosophy)
The eugenic culture of Canadian philosophy, in particular, and Canadian and indeed North American society, more generally, did not emerge with the entrenchment in Canadian law and policy of Bill C-7 (the legislation that I discuss in “Disaster Ableism, Epistemologies of Crisis, and the Mystique of Bioethics,” my chapter in The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Laura Cupples
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirty-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 […]
Draft Program for Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 7?
Some devotees of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY have written to ask when I will be posting a program for the upcoming Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 7 conference. Let me remind you that the conference has moved from its past December location to a spot in late January. So, Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 7 will take […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 8am 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 “… 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 […]
What is BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY?
Anti-ableist Anti-racist Anti-(hetero)sexist Anti-capitalist Anti-speciesist Anti-carceral Anti-ageist Anti-eugenic Anti-imperialist Pro-trans Pro-Palestinian Abolitionist Ecofeminist Decolonial Anti-extractivist Vegan Worker-run Non-hierarchical Pro-migrant Pro-2SLGBTQQIA 100% human-produced Dangerous, an ongoing threat to philosophy’s shibboleths, traditions, and exclusionary mechanisms
Sexual Violence at Cornell and the Indignation of Philosophers
In a Facebook post today, I wrote: “Re. the incidents at Cornell: Why are so many philosophers acting so indignant in ways that imply that they themselves are not (actively) complicit in the sexual violence that occurs on campuses? How many survivor/victims have they helped? Personally speaking, I can attest that none of them helped […]
Special Issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly: Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches 12 (2/3) 2026
I am very happy to present “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches,” the amazing special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly (12 [2/3] 2026) that I have guest edited to commemorate the centennial of Michel Foucault’s birth on October 15, 1926. Feminist Philosophy Quarterly 12 (2/3) 2026: “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches” https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/issue/view/2385 Finally, Foucault: […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Stephanie Jenkins
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirty-eighth 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 […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at 8am 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 “… 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 […]
