Simone de Beauvoir is often remembered as a formidable philosopher, feminist theorist, and novelist—one who reshaped modern thought on freedom, gender, and ethics. Yet her legacy also resides in the complexity of her private writings. Beauvoir’s letters to Nelson Algren, long considered a source of discomfort for some and revelation for others, function as a […] The post STAMPS, SEX AND SECOND SEX first appeared on Blog of the APA.| Blog of the APA
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If you are in any way tuned into pop culture, you’ve definitely heard of the reality TV show, Love Island. While the show originated in the United Kingdom, a U.S. version was created in 2019. Since then, there have been several seasons, with the seventh season recently coming to an end. Love Island features an…| Blog of the APA
For years now, I have grappled with how to do philosophy as a trans person and how to do philosophy from the social position of trans. While the former simply negotiates my standing as gender-marginalized in the profession and the world, the latter takes that space of marginalization as a space of theorization. But I…| Blog of the APA
Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy invites submissions for its thirty-eighth issue, which will explore how questions of gender and sexuality (and, more broadly, Women’s Studies and Feminis…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Welcome, and thanks for joining the Blog! Could you tell us more about yourself? What do you think our readers should know about you? Thanks for having me! I’m someone who doesn’t fit neatly into any boxes. Take my name: my Iranian name is Shadi, which means “happiness” in Persian. When I immigrated to North America,…| Blog of the APA
Over the last decade, philosophers have paid significant attention to the topic of sexual violence. Much of this work is socially engaged, building theory from analysis of real-life cases and empirical work on sexual violence. Various philosophers have employed concepts from the social sciences, such as “unacknowledged rape” and “rape myths,” in analyzing epistemic problems…| Blog of the APA
I was always amazed by and envious of the aloof effect conjured effortlessly by my peers when I was younger. I longed to master such a cool, collected demeanor. What grace and intrigue one must have to move about the world as if untouched by the existential weight of its (our) materiality! As I aged,…| Blog of the APA
In her 2023 Netflix special It’s Great to be Here, comedian Michelle Wolf makes two trans jokes. The second joke comes in the context of a segment that touches on themes of sexual violence and the racialized innocence of white women. Wolf mentions the statistics on femicide and notes “and then I heard about all…| Blog of the APA
