Day: February 9, 2012

“Every Sperm is sacred” amendment

Jender34 Comments

I’m loving this strategy.

After Oklahoma conservatives introduced a “personhood” bill to the state Senate on Monday, Sen. Constance Johnson decided to follow in Virginia Senator Janet Howell’s footsteps and attach an amendment in protest, which would add this language to the bill:

However, any action in which a man ejaculates or otherwise deposits semen anywhere but in a woman’s vagina shall be interpreted and construed as an action against an unborn child.

Thanks, L!

Social Philosophy Conference

redeyedtreefrog1 Comment

This is a terrific conference for women and the regular members of the group include many feminist philosophers. The program usually has lots of feminist content. If this is your field, I strongly recommend submitting something.
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Civic Virtues, Divided Societies, and Democratic Dilemmas

Twenty-Ninth International Social Philosophy Conference
Sponsored by
The North American Society for Social Philosophy
July 26 – July 28, 2012
Northeastern University
Boston, MA

A 300-500 word abstract should be e-mailed to all program committee
members.

Submission Deadlines:
For those living in Canada or the U.S.: March 15,2012.
For those living outside the United States and Canada: Jan. 15, 2012.
Program Committee:
Professor John Koolage of Eastern Michigan, wjkoolage@gmail.com , Professor Gaile Pohlhaus of Miami University, pohlhag@muohio.edu and Professor Theresa Tobin of Marquette University, thersa.tobin@marquette.edu

NASSP Conference Awards for Graduate Students
To promote new scholarship focusing on social philosophy and to encourage student participation, the North American Society for Social Philosophy has established the NASSP Awards for Best Graduate Student Papers. These awards give special recognition to papers to be read by a graduate student at the NASSP annual con-ference. The winners of the annual prizes will each receive $300 upon attendance at the annual International Social Philosophy Conference, and will be honored at the conference.
The prizes are awarded only to conference attendees, though there is no obligation to use the money for conference-related costs. Any graduate student enrolled in a program towards a degree beyond the B.A. or first university diploma is eligible.
Deadline: March 15, 2012
For more information, please go to the NASSP Website@ http://www.pit.edu/~nassp/nassp.html.

NASSP Travel Grants for International Presenters
The NASSP has limited funds for travel to Boston for presenters living outside the U.S. and Canada. If you are interested, please indicate this at the time that you receive the acceptance-mail.