Amy Marvin
@amymarvin.bsky.social
fascinating philosopher & lgbtq studies prof / writing a book on ruinous obsessions with trans people (under contract w/ Oxford University Press)
essays: https://philpeople.org/profiles/amy-marvin/
essays: https://philpeople.org/profiles/amy-marvin/
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Amy Marvin
@amymarvin.bsky.social
· Jun 18
New essay: "Atmospheres of Conversion" - We argue that trans films (The People's Joker & I Saw the TV Glow) frame anti-trans conversion as central to cis society and that creating trans art spaces is one way to fight back! Written with @echosequence.space Preprint here: philpapers.org/rec/MARAOC-16
You know you’re going through hard economic times when people stop posting videos of their 1000+ degrees glowing hot knife
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You know you’re going through hard economic times when people stop posting videos of their 1000+ degrees glowing hot knife
Can’t believe they didn’t play any E Nomine
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Can’t believe they didn’t play any E Nomine
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a movie is a dream you can share with your friends
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
a movie is a dream you can share with your friends
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CALL FOR PITCHES! Our Spring 2026 edition “the #1 issue: the job market” needs you. See the full CFP on our website. The theme is the job market and the content is however you all need and want to engage with that 💥
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
CALL FOR PITCHES! Our Spring 2026 edition “the #1 issue: the job market” needs you. See the full CFP on our website. The theme is the job market and the content is however you all need and want to engage with that 💥
Philosophers told me that I had to do the work of reconstructing this person’s arguments and defending the morality of my life to this person because she’s a serious feminist scholar
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Philosophers told me that I had to do the work of reconstructing this person’s arguments and defending the morality of my life to this person because she’s a serious feminist scholar
Had a week where I fainted in the Caribbean, had all my travel stuff taken from me and then returned, and (most perilously) ate at an Applebees
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Had a week where I fainted in the Caribbean, had all my travel stuff taken from me and then returned, and (most perilously) ate at an Applebees
Kind of assumed Moti Gorin was also involved in this but was waiting for confirmation
We finally know the identities of the 9 anonymous authors of the May HHS report on pediatric gender-affirming care. Surprise! It's stacked with people who make money advocating against pediatric gender-affirming care.
Here's our writeup from May: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here's our writeup from May: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Kind of assumed Moti Gorin was also involved in this but was waiting for confirmation
Might take Isobel to Applebees just because she had never been to one
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Might take Isobel to Applebees just because she had never been to one
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Would anyone be interested if I planned a 10 Years After the Topside Workshop conversation event in NYC this summer
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Would anyone be interested if I planned a 10 Years After the Topside Workshop conversation event in NYC this summer
The Die comic is probably my favorite piece of egg literature
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The Die comic is probably my favorite piece of egg literature
Looks like I’ll be spending a couple weeks in San Francisco this summer, excited about the bread situation. May also visit Michigan for the first time ever
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Looks like I’ll be spending a couple weeks in San Francisco this summer, excited about the bread situation. May also visit Michigan for the first time ever
Charlotte airport feels like it was generated to maximize human collision incidents via the long narrow hallway method
November 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Charlotte airport feels like it was generated to maximize human collision incidents via the long narrow hallway method
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For over 150 years, trans people have used courts to change legal sex. While writing Before Gender, I found what may be the first case in the US: a formerly enslaved trans woman in Georgia in 1869. Her story shows that trans people found legal support long before the word transgender even existed.
November 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
For over 150 years, trans people have used courts to change legal sex. While writing Before Gender, I found what may be the first case in the US: a formerly enslaved trans woman in Georgia in 1869. Her story shows that trans people found legal support long before the word transgender even existed.
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I’ll be at NWSA Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday! Presenting on the Examining Anti-Trans Social Movements panel at 1pm this Saturday.
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’ll be at NWSA Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday! Presenting on the Examining Anti-Trans Social Movements panel at 1pm this Saturday.
Meeting with a publisher tomorrow at NWSA to discuss Book Two 😈
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Meeting with a publisher tomorrow at NWSA to discuss Book Two 😈
Wow an Elixr at Philly airport, this really is the future
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Wow an Elixr at Philly airport, this really is the future
I’ll be at NWSA Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday! Presenting on the Examining Anti-Trans Social Movements panel at 1pm this Saturday.
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’ll be at NWSA Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday! Presenting on the Examining Anti-Trans Social Movements panel at 1pm this Saturday.
Okay who was the person with the line “Gender Studies is about trans men explaining trans women to cis women,” I want to properly cite this quip.
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Okay who was the person with the line “Gender Studies is about trans men explaining trans women to cis women,” I want to properly cite this quip.
Morning view from my office. Guess this is my new “sunny weather”
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Morning view from my office. Guess this is my new “sunny weather”
What if Cuomo tries to primary Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
What if Cuomo tries to primary Schumer
Not sure if it’s a good idea to go to NWSA this week and risk not having a flight back
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Not sure if it’s a good idea to go to NWSA this week and risk not having a flight back
Excited that Google AI has decided to memorialize my status as a quiz show host
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Excited that Google AI has decided to memorialize my status as a quiz show host
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three years since I released this piece after Fernand Deligny. I was commissioned by Poetry Project to compose two tracks on the theme of Utopian R&D, to be played during poetic free writing sessions. it felt appropriate to the invoke the Arachnean.
isobelbess.bandcamp.com/album/wander...
isobelbess.bandcamp.com/album/wander...
Wander Lines, by (is)
2 track album
isobelbess.bandcamp.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
three years since I released this piece after Fernand Deligny. I was commissioned by Poetry Project to compose two tracks on the theme of Utopian R&D, to be played during poetic free writing sessions. it felt appropriate to the invoke the Arachnean.
isobelbess.bandcamp.com/album/wander...
isobelbess.bandcamp.com/album/wander...