The hippie dropout movement, for all its manifold eccentricities and excesses, was conceived in the same spirit. During the Summer of Love in 1967, 30,000 turned up to a Human Be-In in San Francisco, conceived as a consciousness-raising exercise in…
“Pandemic dreams” are already the subject of a book of essays from Harvard research Deirdre Barrett, alongside reams of popular audience articles and social media posts. Windt is particularly curious about the dreams and mind-wandering of people in lockdown. “It’s…
The quotations in the book, which come from ancient philosophers such as Epicurus and Mencius through to contemporary literary figures including Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith and Wole Soyinka, are intended to show that humanism “is not a new idea, but…
After Srila Prabhupada’s speech, each initiate received his sannyasa-danda, the traditional head-high staff made of four bamboo rods bound together and completely enwrapped in saffron cloth. They were given their sannyasa garments: one piece of saffron cloth for a dhoti,…
Of course, we could simply make up our own philosophy of life as we go along. But that would be like navigating a boat by sight, with no forewarning of incoming storms, and no maps to help us chart the…
by Jake Gray I felt seen by Seneca. It never occurred to me that I was, in effect, wasting my time and my life by neglecting my present felicity. When I was a child, the Great Recession ripped my family…
How is your work relevant to historical ideas? Sure. In 175 AD, after Marcus had reputedly been very ill, his most senior general in the eastern provinces, Avidius Cassius, had himself acclaimed emperor by the legions there. Rumours had circulated…
Back in the optimistic early days of blogging when we started, we thought we could manage comments with what I called the “be nice” rule. It sounds very feminine, but those who know me know that it’s a reference to…
I could finally understand without guesswork what other philosophers were saying, and having the words on the page to be read, not speech-read, meant that I had an equal footing when it came to accessibility. I’d never had the opportunity…
As we announced April 23, Feminist Philosophers is shutting down. This is one of a series of posts by FP bloggers looking back on the blog and bidding it farewell. Talking to each other can be hard for another reason…
First, working on Feminist Philosophers has given me many opportunities to learn a lot. Sometimes I’ve become much more aware of areas in which I knew little. Disabilty studies has been one such. There’s lots more to notice, but I am…
One worry that some have when discussing initiatives such as The Deviant Philosopher is that if we ‘spoon feed’ reluctant white/privileged philosophers fragments of marginalized philosophical traditions (including disability studies, trans studies, etc.), they and their departments may take that…
(Thanks, Jenny.) Individually, we each need some recognition, some acknowledgement that we’re here, if only to continue broad-based struggles. The nicest thing about joining a blog called Feminist Philosophers was that its very title said, with some presumption but with…
What’s wrong with dying? Perfect Recipe for Sustaining the Patriarchy, Compliments of God I’ve never been a very active blogger here, but I’m a very grateful one. And so, inspired by Prof Manners’ wonderful post In Praise of Ceremonial Gratitude, I’m…
