Writing for the IJFAB Blog

The IJFAB Blog editors are always seeking new submissions for the blog. Here is an update of who the editors are, how to contact us, some general guidelines for blog posts, and an open call for creativity in proposing new content for the blog.

Who edits the IJFAB Blog?

Current IJFAB Blog editors are: Gabriela Arguedas Ramírez, Mercer Gary, Elizabeth Lanphier, and Emma Tumilty. All the current blog editors are working in different areas of feminist bioethics and in different institutional and geographical settings. More information about each of us is found below. You are welcome to reach out to an editor directly if one of us has interests that especially align with your content, or if you aren’t sure who is the best fit for your piece, you can reach out to all or any one of us. We collaborate with each other when editing pieces for the blog.

Gabriela is professor of Bioethics at the School of Philosophy, University of Costa Rica (UCR), and a researcher at the Women’s Studies Research Center, at UCR. She works on feminist bioethics, including issues on reproductive justice, environmental ethics, the link between anti-feminism and neoconservatism; and global bioethics. More information about her and how to get in touch can be found here.

Mercer (she/her) is a feminist philosopher and bioethicist working at a public university in the Deep South of the United States. She writes on questions in care ethics, the impact of emerging technologies on human relationships, and how feminists should negotiate changing value structures. She also has enduring interests in disability bioethics and carceral healthcare ethics. More information and how to get in touch can be found here.

Elizabeth (she/her) is a clinical ethicist and philosopher at a pediatric hospital and public medical college in the Midwest of the United States. She works on topics related to trauma-informed care, clinical ethics consultation, narrative theory and practice in healthcare and bioethics, and topics in reproductive, pediatric, and carceral healthcare ethics. More information and how to get in touch can be found here.

Emma (she/her) is a Bioethicist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Melbourne, Australia and an Honorary Associate Professor at Deakin University. She draws feminist bioethics and scholarship and her expertise and experience in community-engaged health service research to address questions of health justice in research and clinical spaces. More information and how to get in touch can be found here.

What are the general guidelines for blog posts?

We welcome blog posts on any topics related to feminist approaches to bioethics from around the world. One does not need to primarily be working in bioethics or identify as a bioethicist, but topics should relate to bioethical issues and involve a feminist lens (recognizing different conceptualizations of both bioethics and feminism abound).

Optimally, posts should be between approximately 800-1,200 words long, and no more than 2,000 words. (For reference, this post is just under 1,000 words.) Posts should be written for an interdisciplinary and international audience, recognizing that many readers will be interested in your topic but not experts in it, nor necessarily familiar with your disciplinary or geographical settings. Please hyperlink references, and when possible, include relevant images (with accompanying alt-text descriptions). If you would like readers to be able to connect with you directly about your work or post please provide links to available contact pages or include contact details you would like shared in the post.

What is the Blog’s Artificial Intelligence Policy? 

We do not publish written or visual AI-generated content. This includes all posts and visuals on the site created by the blog editors. AI-generated content is distinct from using AI-tool or smart functionality to correct or edit spelling or grammar of author-produced content. Authors using AI tools for additional components of their blog post not covered here, or within the research the post discusses, should disclose this to the blog editors. The blog editors reserve the right to refuse publication of work suspected of undisclosed use of generative AI. If you have a question about the blog’s AI policies or their implementation, please contact the blog editors directly. 

What kind of content is a good fit for the blog?

While this is not meant to be an exhaustive list, blog posts can:

• Provide a short and accessible overview of new published scholarship (i.e., in the form of an explainer, illustrating a practical application, etc.)

• Provide an analysis or discussion on a topic that may not fit well with traditional bioethics academic publishing, but be of interest to feminist bioethics scholars.

• Analyze a current event through a feminist bioethics framework (i.e., raising up something in the news, or that should be in the news)

• Share a skill, knowledge, or tool that may be useful to feminist bioethicists. Past examples include posts on engaging in social media as a feminist bioethics scholar, or submitting a public comment.

• Be a scholar spotlight: an interview style format that features a feminist bioethics scholar and their work. We welcome nominations and self-nominations for featured scholars.

• Engage in creative formats that you want to test out in a flexible digital medium. Please reach out with your innovative ideas!

• Be in different languages. While the blog is primarily in English, our editorial team can support editing in several different languages. Though we cannot guarantee the ability to offer appropriate editorial support in all languages, we welcome inquiries about posts in other languages and we will collaboratively identify the best way forward. 

We look forward to hearing from you with your ideas and contributions for the blog!