http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com News feminist philosophers can use Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:09:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many decades ago one occasionally  would see  "Interludes" on the BBC.  They covered up the gaps that were necessitated by the early technology. Enjoy this one.  It does get more exciting toward the end, but principally in the cat's terms, not ours, unless you were also dying to get the waste basket contents ... http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/a-sunday-feline-interlude/ According to Nicholas Kristoff in the NY Times, Beatrice Biira graduated this year  from Connecticut College because of a goat. Here's part of the story: ... in Niantic, Conn., the children of the Niantic Community Church wanted to donate money for a good cause. They decided to buy goats for African villagers through Heifer ... http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/buy-goats/ "Children who go out today will need to wear their raincoats."  This might look like a simple statement of fact, but most children so advised by a parent would surely know that they are being told to do something if they go outside.  What looks like a simple statement of ... http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/which-act/ Marie Stopes was a leading British campaigner for family planning, and Marie Stopes clinics are a major provider of family planning services in the UK. Like many early advocates of family planning, Stopes held some appalling eugenicist views, even disowning her son for marrying a near-sighted woman and breeding ... http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/on-the-necessity-of-ingesting-semen/ There's a thoughtful discussion in a recent New York Review of Books entitled "Free Speech and the Menace of Hysteria."  Though he passes by without comment the title's term  that associates the womb with a mind out of control (groan), Jeremy Waldron does provide an interesting review of a book by Anthony Lewis, Freedom for the Thought That ... http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/free-speech-and-hate-speech/ For the first snort, see here. Some of the recent discussion on this blog has reminded me of an article from the NY Times that was so startling to me at the time that I remembered it well enough to easily retrieve it.  What was so amazing to me at the time was ... http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/the-second-snort-philosophy-women-and-the-problem/ There's a post over at Experimental Philosophy contemplating the dearth of women in the field, and wondering how to do better. If you have any thoughts on the topic, please go join in. http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/experimental-philosophy-and-the-absence-of-women/ There are probably too many thoughts for one post here, but here goes. Following on from the discussion about women bloggers (see here here and here), liberal conspiracy brings us this post, which is full of interesting points. In particular, the author makes some observations about the fact that strategies for ... http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/abortion-whose-debate/ Feminist philosophers lead busy lives. They need to relax sometimes, but meditation is so time-consuming. As is art. So many thanks to the folks at Instant Origami for bringing us a shortcut. (Thanks, Jender-Parents!) http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/instant-meditation/ The new Philosopher's Carnival is up, and Stoat's got something in it-- yay, Stoat! So do our friends Gender, Race and Philosophy: The Blog. http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/philosophers-carnival/