This (see a screenshot of the original here – thanks Kieran!) is apparently the webpage for Vincent Hendricks’ logic course. Not that we’re trying to reinforce stereotypes of logic being for men or anything.
Now go put on your schoolgirl outfit and hand your manly logic teacher an apple. You are a sexy accessory to his awesomeness.
*Update*: The content of the page linked above has now been altered. But there are links to screenshots in the comments; Brian Leiter has linked to some as well on his post.
Top Girl is an app that, according to the manufacturers, allows you to do amazing things:
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FLIRT WITH & DATE hot guys of your choice!
STRUT YOUR STUFF and kick off a blazing hot modeling career!
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JET SET from LA to NYC!
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Exploring the lessons girls are taught by such games, social critic and commedian Franchesca Ramsey gives us HIGH SCHOOL HOTTIE:
Pending the governor’s signature, which he’s indicated will not be denied, Virginia will become the seventh state to mandate ultrasounds prior to an abortion. This does not just mean that the vast majority of women seeking abortion are then required to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound. This also means doctors are required to perform them, regardless of whether they think it necessary or best practice. As one delegate said (in this earlier story), “This is the first time, if we pass this bill, that we will be dictating a medical procedure to a physician.”
I’m sure there will be obituaries and remembrances to post very soon. For now, we’re just noting the sad news of Ruth Barcan Marcus’s death. She did amazing work, and rose to the top in the most male-dominated areas of the subject, when even very open discrimination was legal.
Insight into gypsy culture, or fictionalised gawp-a-mentary? A Romany view:
Dear Channel 4,
I am writing to you with the hope that you will stop ruining my life. While you’re obsession with my ethnicity is flattering, it has become somewhat apparent to me that you might have gotten the wrong end of the stick. This is sort of awkward for me, because I don’t want to be the one to break it to you, but your documentary, ‘Big Fat Gypsy Weddings’, is unfortunately a work of fiction. There is no need to be embarrassed, it can happen to the best of us, and thus I hope my letter will help you establish the facts, after all I’m sure you are passionate about fighting discrimination against ethnic minorities. Don’t be modest now, we know you are…right?
It surprised me to discover that 99% of Britain’s Gypsy and Traveller population are Irish. Correct me if I’m wrong, as I am sure you have done lots and lots of research on this topic, but just 10% of the Gypsy andTraveller population are actually Irish Travellers. The majority, like myself, are in fact Romany, yet your ‘documentary’ seems to ignore our existence. While I have nothing but respect for the Irish Traveller community, you seem to be unaware that we are two distinct ethnic groups and thus there are many differences between our cultures. While Irish Travellers originate from Ireland, we can trace our routes back to India, so it was hardly surprising that I was somewhat confused when you use the word Gypsy in the title of your ‘documentary’ about Irish Travellers. I was even more confused when your ‘documentary’ about Irish Travellers seemed to feature an alien culture that even most Irish Traveller’s didn’t recognise.
You correctly identified that many Gypsy and Traveller children leave school at a young age, however you failed to mention that this is not because we are all born to terrible parents, but because our communities suffer from great social exclusion. State education fails to adapt to anything but mainstream culture, thus we have to contend with a curriculum that is totally irrelevant to our way of life. Moreover, both teachers and students seem ignorant of our cultures, thus we are labelled as troublemakers and bullied for being different. The myths that you have been spreading have not helped matters. Indeed, I was subjected to physical attacks during your last series of your ‘documentary’ which ultimately led to my expulsion from school (long story), whilst my 12 year old cousin was beat up on her way home from school by a gang of girls who were calling her a prostitute…
As philosophers, we appreciate a good beard, so imagine my delight when I came across these lovely crocheted dwarf and viking helmets with beards.
Apparently, the beards are detachable, so you can just wear the helmet section if you’re at a beardless do. These are made by Legendary Crafts, and can be purchased from Etsy. Quite the most marvellous thing I’ve seen this week.
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Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
The Catharine Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship
Submission deadline: March 1, 2012
Named in honor of the founding editor of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, the Catharine Stimpson Prize is designed to recognize excellence and innovation in the work of emerging feminist scholars and is awarded biannually to the best paper in an international competition. Leading feminist scholars from around the globe will select the winner. The prizewinning paper will be published in Signs, and the author will be provided an honorarium of $1,000. All papers submitted for the Stimpson Prize will be considered for peer review and possible publication in Signs.
Eligibility: Feminist scholars in the early years of their careers (less than seven years since receipt of the terminal degree) are invited to submit papers for the Stimpson Prize. Papers may be on any topic that falls within the broad rubric of interdisciplinary feminist scholarship.
For details, see: http://www.jstor.org/page/journal/signs/stimpson.html.
The APA Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) has launched a new, stand-alone website.
When exploring the new CSW website, be sure to click on “Posters and Merchandise” to find out more about the CSW “Poster Project” that Peggy DesAutels, Kate Norlock, and Jenny Saul are working on. They hope that as many women philosophers (any woman in philosophy with a PhD) as possible will send in photos. Don’t count on the three of them to know everyone!!! They are quite excited by these posters–they will provide visual evidence for how many of women in philosophy there are and could be hung in every philosophy department in the country. So, please do help make it happen!
Is racism simply calling attention to race, directly or indirectly, or is it something more? And is the following commercial racist? What do you think?
The US contraception debate has me – and no doubt many others – scratching their heads in utter puzzlement. The debate concerns the Obama administration’s recent policy that requires religious-affiliated employers to include contraception in the health insurance cover they provide for their employees. The Catholic church has long decried the use of contraceptives as sinful. There was, for example, the Pope’s mind-boggling assertion in 2009 that the use of condoms could make the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa worse. Although, to be fair, he did change his mind in 2010, when even he had to reluctantly accept that with 22.5 million people living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa alone, that maybe it would be ok for blokes to stick a bit of latex on their willies before getting down with it, in the interests of preventing massive human suffering. Although he was keen to point out that it was only ok to use condoms with the sole intention of preventing infection (doctrine of double effect, anyone?). No surprise then, that Catholic bishops and some churches have been up in arms about Obama’s latest idea, since religious-affiliated employers include Catholic universities, hospitals, and so forth.
Luckily, there are some who see the sense in providing contraception. The University of Dayton – a Catholic university – has recently made the following statement:
We have examined our employee medical plan in light of the federal government’s mandate, a process the University of Dayton started before the January HHS announcement.
Our insurance plan, like that of a number of other Catholic universities, does not cover abortion or abortion-inducing drugs, but covers contraceptive care. This has been the case for at least 20years. Our two health insurance providers during that period indicated they could not separate out whether prescriptions or procedures are medically necessary or not. Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our institution’s mission, but, in light of the importance of the health of our employees and the prevention of disease, we entered into these plans. We are not changing our employee health care insurance coverage.
The University is aligned with the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities’ position, which supports a balance between health care and religious freedom. Like all Catholic universities, we await further clarification on the federal position.
Republican politicians are treading into murky (read: sexist) waters in the contraception debate. Earlier today, in protest of House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa’s refusal to allow women onto a panel of witnesses at the hearing on the White House mandate to require employers and insurers to provide contraception coverage, Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) walked out, garnering a significant amount of media attention and setting off an ensuing furor among women and men. Why no women? Issa said, “the hearing is not about reproductive rights and contraception but instead about the Administration’s actions as they relate to freedom of religion and conscience.”
There’s a great comment from Ned Markosian buried in the discussion on the Ammonius Foundation thread about how a little bit of outreach or encouragement to female philosophers can go a long way. So to keep it from staying buried, I’m giving it a post all its own:
I think it is worth keeping in mind that it takes only a little bit of outreach effort to ensure that a healthy number of women submit papers to a conference, apply for a grant, etc. The program committee for the Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference typically sends emails to a select number of women to let them know that we would especially value submissions from them (with no suggestion of special treatment or anything like that), and this seems to work pretty well. We tend to get lots of papers from women, and all the papers are then reviewed by referees who do not know anything about the identities of the authors. Two year’s ago the eventual gender breakdown among accepted authors was 5 men and 4 women; last year it was 3 men and 6 women.
Given that such minimal outreach efforts can generate such results, I think we should all be reluctant to justify ongoing gender imbalances merely by saying that very few women submitted or applied. There is usually more that can be done.
We’ve talked a bit on this blog about “stereotype threat” but there is also evidence of a phenomena called “stereotype promise.” “Stereotype promise” is the promise of being viewed through the lens of a positive stereotype that leads one to perform in such a way that confirms the positive stereotype, thereby enhancing performance. See more here at Sociological Images.
Do you think white men in our disciple benefit from stereotype promise?
The APA Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) is creating posters and other merchandise that will soon be available for purchase at Cafe Press. The poster below is a mock-up of a series of at least three “Philosophy: Got Women?” posters that are currently under construction. Each of the three posters will have new and unique composite photos of women in philosophy. If you know of women philosophers (historical or contemporary) who you think should be included (including yourself!) in these composite photos, please send a high-quality image and corresponding name to apa.csw.mail@gmail.com. [updated to correct email address]
The deadline for submitting names with photos is March 15, 2012.
It happens every year. The winner of the Westminster Dog Show gets described in terms of their style and character, and I just can’t see why it applies. It’s presented as though the top dog wins because of their style and character, but one gets the eery sense that the dog wins and then the traits are just invented.
Surely that’s wrong. My puzzlement here might be just like that of people who swear there’s no different between red plonk and anything else. So let’s try: why does this set of description
Malachy is not a speedy dog. While his six competitors sped around the ring at Madison Square Garden, Malachy moved so deliberately that he only had to make a half circuit on the green carpet. It did not matter. Beneath his long coat and lion’s mane — and behind that distinctive pushed-in face — was the club’s ultimate champion…
“He’s a very happy dog,” Fitzpatrick said. “He’s an extrovert in the ring.”
Malachy defeated the other toy dogs Monday and had 24 hours to relax. “I kept him quiet all day to save his energy for tonight.”
Last year, Malachy also made it to Best in Show, but lost to a Scottish deerhound.
“Malachy’s a little more mature this year,” said Fitzpatrick, who had a broken arm last year.
Iris Love, also a co-owner, said that she was wearing a yellow blouse in Malachy’s honor, one that is sprinkled with images of a dragon, which is her dog’s insignia.
“This is the year of the dragon,” she said, then proclaimed: “We are in the presence of an imperial Pekingese. That doesn’t happen very often.”
Fitzpatrick knows that his Pekingese was a bit different from the other dogs. He is small, about 12 pounds. Maybe a half-pound of it was hair. But when he was asked about Malachy’s clear lack of speed, he responded with a bit of testiness about his dog’s rivals.
“Their gait should be slower,” he said…
But, then, it was the little Pekingese, with his unhurried, short-legged style, who won. “His demeanor was spotless,” Vogels said. “He was flawless.”
apply to this wooly catepillar dog?
Apologies for the video, but it’s the only one I could find that did the parade that won him the trophy:
Non-philosophers might want to know that there are philosophical questions involved in the issue I am raising. They have to do with the bases we have for describing each other and then extending the descriptions to members of other species.
Disabled people are right to be concerned about the practical impacts of government cuts, and right also to be worried about what government spin does to public perceptions of disability. At the heart of both of these is something even more worrying. The current prime minister has said “I passionately believe that the welfare system should be there to support the needy and most vulnerable in our society”, yet the actions of his government demonstrate clearly its willingness to reinforce the persistent idea that disabled people are not the most vulnerable in society, but just the most dispensable.
The Guardian data blog looks at who actually gets DLA (Disability Living Allowance) one of the crucial benefits under threat, and the “Spartacus Report” offers a detailed argument against the Government’s proposals. Our previous post on this suggested ways to take action.
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