forming communities
Some musings on community that came from starting a re-read of Torture and Eucharist by William Cavanaugh.| KRRD
My work as editor of the Philosophy and Theory of Disability area of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Disability Studies is winding down. Overall, the experience of putting together this collection of articles has been remarkably valuable. The authors whom I selected and recommended to write for the encyclopedia have produced outstanding pieces on their respective […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
It’s a big weekend for DERPs and their conferences. You may recall (as I indicated here) that DERPs is the acronym for Disabled Exclusionary Righteous Philosophers, the term that I coined to refer to philosophers who (apparently without shame) variously organize, attend, participate in, promote, or fund inaccessible– that is, exclusionary–and unsustainable philosophy conferences. Here […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-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 […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
“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 […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Some musings on community that came from starting a re-read of Torture and Eucharist by William Cavanaugh.| KRRD
On September 15, 2025, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (“ODNI”) issued the first public exclusion and removal order (the “Order”) under the framework established by the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 (“FASCSA”). The Order applies to all products and services produced or provided by Acronis AG as well as... Continue Reading…| Inside Government Contracts
I’ll be the first to admit that I have a lot of disabilities, so after being excluded so many times, I started to question: “Is it just me? Am I too hard to accommodate?” But the requests I made were simple...| CCF
Some Canadian and other LGBTQ+ philosophers have circulated posts on various platforms about a document issued by Haven, a group at University of Toronto-Scarborough that works on immigration polic…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
I felt both compelled and reluctant to email my friend Tracy Isaacs to express my dismay that she is on the program for the upcoming October conference of the Public Philosophy Network (PPN). The c…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
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You walk into your basement, or maybe it’s the back of a closet, and you’re hit with a sharp, acrid smell. Not just a musty odor, but something distinctly… unpleasant. If you’ve ever experienced that telltale, lingering stench, you know exactly what we’re talking about: the unmistakable odor of mouse urine. It’s more than just… Read more » The post Fresh Start: 5 Simple Steps to Eliminate Mouse Urine Smells appeared first on Modern Pest Services.| Modern Pest Services
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the tenth-anniversary installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I have conducted with disabled philosophers…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Going to church need not be a disheartening experience! By confronting fear, exclusivity, and rigidity, pastors can grow churches that honor God and bless others. The post What Makes a Church Toxic? appeared first on Church Growth Magazine.| Church Growth Magazine
[The text below comprises the keynote address that I gave (via Zoom) to the Dimensions of Difference Conference at Beacon College yesterday. The conference was organized by Professor Zachary Isrow …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
“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 …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
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 …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Driving towards a better future is hard. There is a fine line, when it comes to accessibility, between pushing people forward and pushing them away.| Frank Elavsky
There is a just-emerging conversation by big names in the field of visualization, proposing to rebrand from ‘visualization’ towards ‘data experiences.’ While I love this, folks either seem to be unaware or actively shifting the conversation from where we have been focusing the last few years: including people with disabilities. I hope we aren’t forgotten in this new turn for our field.| Frank Elavsky
Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 13, No. 3, March 2025 By Anders Corr The Chinese Communist Party is reacting to the Trump administration’s revolution in U.S. foreign policy with a full-court press in the media. President Donald Trump’s overtures to … Continue reading →| Journal of Political Risk
Later this month, people in Ontario will vote in a provincial election and determine whether the current premier, Doug Ford, and his Progressive Conservative Party will continue to govern. In my ri…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) draws attention to the marginalization of Foucauldian scholarship on disability and the continuing absence of critical phi…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
“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 …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
This week’s contribution to the quote-of-the-week thread (though it’s only Wednesday) considers the extent to which nondisabled philosophers and nondisabled feminist philosophers in par…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Defender Exclusion Tool (Freeware) makes it easy to add any process, IP address, folder or file as an exclusion for Microsoft Defender.| Sordum
Dear All, I very much regret to tell you that the interview that was originally scheduled for today has been postponed. Disabled people know that institutional time commitments and other arrangemen…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
