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Piketty and the Primates of Park Avenue; or, Women and Wealth
<p>When I was working on my review essay on Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century (forthcoming in the fall in IJFAB), I was looking around for sources about women’s fate under regimes of extreme inequality—in wealth in particular, given Piketty’s … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/piketty-and-the-primates-of-park-avenue-or-women-and-wealth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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May 26, 20153 min read


“Islamic State burned a woman alive for not engaging in an ‘extreme’ sex act, U.N. official says”
<p>After attacking a village, [the Islamic State] splits women from men and executes boys and men aged 14 and over. The women and mothers are separated; girls are stripped naked, tested for virginity and examined for breast size and prettiness. The … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/islamic-state-burned-a-woman-alive-for-not-engaging-in-an-extreme-sex-act-u-n-official-says/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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May 23, 20152 min read


Disability, the UK General Election, and what it means for bioethics
<p>It may not have escaped your notice that Britain has just had a general election. The result decides the flavour of the government, probably for the next 5 years. The outcome on 8 May was widely unpredicted: the polls had … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/disability-the-uk-general-election-and-what-it-means-for-bioethics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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May 21, 20154 min read


“Confessions of a Bitter Cripple”
<p>Some personal reflections on working in the feminist philosophy of disability from Elizabeth Barnes (University of Virginia): I have sat in philosophy seminars where it was asserted that I should be left to die on a desert island if the … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/confessions-of-a-bitter-cripple/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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May 20, 20152 min read


“Nurse Confessions: Don’t Get Sick in July”
<p>Well, this is just full of horrifying information about the health care system (with a focus on the U.S.). It’s hard to decide what to excerpt, but here are two: Every year in teaching hospitals at the start of July, … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/nurse-confessions-dont-get-sick-in-july/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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May 15, 20152 min read


Gender and Inequality: Panel at LSE’s day-long engagement with Thomas Piketty
<p>I was back in London on Monday for a day-long symposium at the LSE on Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century—this time, with Piketty in attendance. At least, he was there after his late Eurostar train got in from Paris. … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/gender-and-inequality-panel-at-lses-day-long-engagement-with-thomas-piketty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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May 14, 20156 min read


“The Founder Of Mother’s Day Hated What The Holiday Became”
<p>Annoyed that most American holidays were dedicated to honoring male achievements, [Anna] Jarvis started a letter-writing campaign to make it a national holiday, involving wearing a white carnation, visiting your mother and Most from the time, the buy viagra midwayfire.com … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/the-founder-of-mothers-day-hated-what-the-holiday-became/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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May 10, 20151 min read


Okay to vote Clinton just because she’s a woman?
<p>Kate Harding of Dame Magazine says “yes”: There has never been a president who knows what it’s like to menstruate, be pregnant, or give birth. There has never been a president who knows what it’s like to be the target of … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/okay-to-vote-clinton-just-because-shes-a-woman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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May 6, 20151 min read


“Philosophy’s gender bias: For too long, scholars say, women have been ignored.”
<p>A nice piece, perhaps most significant for appearing in the Washington Post, as its thesis is hardly news to readers of this blog (though some of the philosophers it mentions were, I confess, unfamiliar to me). It also includes a link to Project … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/04/philosophys-gender-bias-for-too-long-scholars-say-women-have-been-ignored/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Apr 29, 20151 min read


<i>Holding and Letting Go</i> Reviewed at NDPR
<p>IJFABster Hilde Lindemann’s recent book, Holding and Letting Go: The Social Practice of Personal Identities, has been reviewed in the series of Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, feely available online and by email subscription. An excerpt: In Lindeman’s words, the book is about the … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/04/holding-and-letting-go-reviewed-at-ndpr/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Apr 23, 20151 min read


“Is it moral to save this puppy?”
<p>Peter Singer at Salon on factory farming. There is no feminist dimension to the piece, but it does nicely tie together the bioethical themes of food and climate to be featured in upcoming issues of IJFAB. There You must make sure … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/04/is-it-moral-to-save-this-puppy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Apr 22, 20151 min read


“The Drug that Cried ‘Feminism'”
<p>Branded as “The Little Pink Pill” and “Female Viagra,” flibanserin, Sprout Pharmaceuticals’ only drug, was recently resubmitted to the Food and Drug Administration for approval for hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), a questionable condition promoted by pharmaceutical companies to sell … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/04/the-drug-that-cried-feminism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Apr 20, 20151 min read


Alice Dreger Live-Tweets Son’s Sex-Ed Class
<p>…and the results are truly quite wonderful. You can learn more about Professor Dreger (Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University) at her Aside from improving sex drive in men, it is also recommended for those who can’t or do not … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/04/alice-dreger-live-tweets-sons-sex-ed-class/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Apr 17, 20151 min read


Deadline Extension to 1 June: “See How She Runs: Feminists Rethink Fitness”
<p>The deadline for submissions to IJFAB‘s upcoming special issue “See How She Runs: Feminists Rethink Fitness” has been extended to 1 June, 2015. From the CFP: Fitness is a neglected concept in bioethics but fitness is of key importance to women’s health … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/04/cfp-see-how-she-runs-feminists-rethink-fitness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Apr 13, 20152 min read


Write in White Ink: <br />A Response to “#FreetheNipple?” by Patrick J. Welsh
<p>When I shared on Facebook the piece on Scout Willis that PJ mentions, a woman friend of mine commented sarcastically on it, something like: ‘Thanks, Joy—I’ve seen my first nipple on Facebook.’ I took this to mean: ‘Thanks for continuing … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/04/write-in-white-ink-a-response-to-freethenipple-by-patrick-j-welsh/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Apr 13, 20153 min read


#FreetheNipple?
<p>Okay, so I posted about this before on the occasion of Scout Willis’s topless foray through the Lower East Side, and hesitate to do so again because I am not sure I have much new to say. Nevertheless, since the issue has … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/04/freethenipple/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Apr 13, 20155 min read


Chronicle Data
<p>The Chronicle of Higher Education has recently added a feature to their website that they are calling Chronicle Data, and it is worth a look. Not only does it Sildenafil amerikabulteni.com viagra prices provides significant benefits to restore the penile … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/04/chronicle-data/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Apr 7, 20151 min read


“Disability Rights Panel Discussion with Rushdie and Kittay”
<p>“Emory Distinguished Professor Salman Rushdie and Eva Kittay, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University, join English The produces are available at any authorized viagra shop usa medical pharmacies. A third model consist of balloon-like cylinders implanted in the … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/04/disability-rights-panel-discussion-with-rushdie-and-kittay/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>
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Apr 6, 20151 min read


In Memory of Anne Donchin (1930-2014)
<p> I do not wish [women] to have power over men; but over themselves. —Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792 We learned, with great sadness, that Anne Donchin had passed away. She is a … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/04/in-memory-of-anne-donchin-1930-2014/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Apr 2, 20154 min read


Misrepresented Evidence and Early Genital Normalization Surgery
<p>One of the most urgent and important issues in the treatment of neonates with atypical genitalia (at times referred to as intersex or disorder of sexual development DSD) is the question of genital normalization surgery. For years, medical professionals thought … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/03/misrepresented-evidence-and-early-genital-normalization-surgery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Mar 31, 20152 min read
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