Comments for Feminist Philosophers

Comment on Nine Men discuss the semantic pragmatic distinction by Jason Merchant

Jason Merchant — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:11:02 +0000

Let me just post part of my opening remarks from last year’s SALT (2012), hosted by the University of Chicago, as apropos: “We are also proud to have invited four renowned semanticists as our featured speakers this year, Paul Portner, Louise McNally, Anna Szabolcsi, and Jack Hoeksema. I’m sorry to have to say that Jack Hoeksema will not be here, due to a death in the family. The only silver lining from his absence that I can discern is that this SALT will now go down in history as the first SALT at which the majority of the invited talks were delivered by women, a historic first, to say the least, in a field that shares some roots with analytic philosophy.”

Comment on Using Optical Illusions to Combat Implicit Bias by Anon Grad Student

Anon Grad Student — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:36:27 +0000

This is very interesting, thanks! It makes me reconsider how ingrained implicit biases are. I second the above comment on wondering how long the effect lasts.

Comment on Abercrombie and Fitch by Shyane Siriwardena

Shyane Siriwardena — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:22:00 +0000

Thanks for the link to her blog! The buzzfeed link is the one given in post here. Here is it is: http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/abercrombie-fitch-ads-re-imagined-as-attractive-fat

Comment on Abercrombie and Fitch by Rebecca Kukla

Rebecca Kukla — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:18:06 +0000

Can you send the buzzfeed link, Shyane? I saw this yesterday at its original source on her blog, not through buzzfeed, and the comments on that are mostly hugely supportive: http://www.themilitantbaker.com/2013/05/to-mike-jeffries-co-abercrombie-fitch.html

Comment on Ever lay for two months staring at the ceiling?i by Rebecca Kukla

Rebecca Kukla — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:16:21 +0000

I assume this linked to an article about there being no good evidence for the benefits of bed rest? But the link is dead.

This is sort of old news to those of us who closely follow prenatal care issues and it is interesting (but unsurprising) how long it has taken word to get out. Then again, I am commenting on a hypothetical article I couldn’t read, so sorry if my comments are off-kilter :)

Comment on Abercrombie and Fitch by Shyane Siriwardena

Shyane Siriwardena — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:04:24 +0000

Ha! Good for here. This is brilliant.

Did anyone else go have a look at the actual Buzzfeed page? The comments are *appalling*. (Though, sadly, unsurprising.)

Comment on Nine Men discuss the semantic pragmatic distinction by Chung-chieh Shan

Chung-chieh Shan — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:04:10 +0000

Women “carry the most of the burden of taking care of their children”? Sounds like a bias to me. Maybe conferences should pay for child care at home. Or maybe conferences should punish the fathers who aren’t pulling their weight in child care by not inviting them. Not that these should-statements follow *necessarily* from any is-statements. But wait, back to is-statements: do women’s professional work actually suffer more than men’s? Dan Sperber’s initial comment argues otherwise.

Comment on Abercrombie and Fitch by Harriet Baber

Harriet Baber — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:00:27 +0000

And I completely agree with the hand signals. Let’s just see how much mileage Abercrombies gets iwth mean chic.

Comment on Abercrombie and Fitch by Harriet Baber

Harriet Baber — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:59:17 +0000

Her legs are cut. Good for her!

Comment on Wealth inequality in America by wiley

wiley — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:52:51 +0000

This is what recessions and depression ARE.