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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 22h

The upcoming interview covers many topics including rethinking one's past philosophical work through a new anti-ableist lens!

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Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, October 15, 2025

“I have read almost all of your interviews and they are always wonderful. … I am really looking forward to the next installment of Dialogues on Disability.” — Adrian Piper “… a major con…

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3d

Thread.
Ive been told I'm "overreacting" and "hysterical" (literally what some men have said to me on here and on twitter) to care about these ableist usages.
Like I tell my students, use whatever language you choose. Others are free to know/judge you by those choices, too.

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 4d

Not to be *that* obnoxious academic, but the term "moron" was invented by eugenicists to classify high-functioning "feebleminded" people, and most often targeted at women who were sexually promiscuous.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4d

It almost ceases to be ideological, I think anti-moron could be a lane for a political party.

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for reposting this.

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 5d

Some news about the upcoming edition of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change (PhiDisSocCh) conference series!

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Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6)!

As readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY may recall, I organized the first five editions of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conferences (links to the videos of which are availa…

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 9d

We made a reading list for you.

Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we offer an extensive reading list about border and police ab...

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 8d

NYC! New zine just dropped! "Who is this Zohran Mamdani Guy Running for Mayor?"

It's got important dates, what he plans to do as mayor, how he'll pay for it, why a little socialism is good for us: the regular people, etc!

And of course you can print your own!
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Hand holding black and white illustrated hand lettered zine titled "Who is this Zohran Mamdani Guy Running for Mayor?". Portrait of Mamdani on the bottom right.

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 8d

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RIP Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall, conservationist and chimpanzee researcher, dead at 91 | CBC News

Jane Goodall, the world-famous primatologist, activist and environmentalist whose discoveries about chimpanzees forever changed what it means to be human, has died at 91.

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 10d

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September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation/Orange Shirt Day: The Story of Orange Shirt Day

Image: a circle that comprises four pairs of hands with fingers outstretched. At the centre of the circle, in capital letters, the words “EVERY CHILD MATTERS”. THE STORY OF ORANGE SHIRT…

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 12d

"This book should change the way Beauvoir scholars and feminist philosophers more generally think about Simone de Beauvoir’s contribution to culture."

Beauvoir and Belle: A Black Feminist Critique of "The Second Sex" by Kathryn Sophia Belle

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Beauvoir and Belle: A Black Feminist Critique of “The Second Sex”

In Kathryn Sophia Belle’s deliberately bold Beauvoir and Belle: A Black Feminist Critique of “The Second Sex”, the author asks, &...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14d

This is what is happening when the cameras are running

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 14d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 15d

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"Refuse the question and in doing so refuse the assertion that precedes it."

(How) Should The Question “Are Trans People Delusional?” Be Addressed?

Many readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY will recognize that the title of this post includes the question that trans philosopher Talia Bettcher posed in a YouTube video of the same nam…

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 17d

Unfortunately, the argument is quite ableist.

Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 17d

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CFP: Books that Combine Crip Studies and Trans Studies

CFP: Books that Combine Crip Studies and Trans Studies

Bloomsbury Academic is seeking books that integrate crip studies and transgender studies for Bloomsbury Academic’s Trans Studies book series, written by scholars from any discipline in the h…

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 20d

Special issue of Humana.Mente on Philosophy and Disability

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Philosophy and Disability, Special Issue of Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies

1. A Cartography of Philosophy on/of Disability – Introduction by Chiara Montalti & Brunella Casalini ( 2. The Epistemological Significance of Blindness in Plato’s Rep…

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 20d

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Hip-hop group Kneecap barred from entering Canada | CBC News

The hip-hop trio Kneecap has been deemed ineligible to enter Canada, Parliamentary Secretary for Combating Crime Vince Gasparro said in a video posted to his X account on Friday.

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 20d

The latest installment of Dialogues on Disability: My interview with Caroline Christoff!

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Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Caroline Christoff

Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-sixth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled ph…

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 22d

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"Why I'm hosting a concert for Palestine at Wembley Arena" by Brian Eno
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Why I’m hosting a concert for Palestine at Wembley Arena | Brian Eno

I hope tonight’s gig will have the same galvanising effect as the 1988 Nelson Mandela concert – and give people courage to speak out about Gaza, says music producer Brian Eno

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Rebecca @softgothkitten.bsky.social · 24d

EVERYONE should read this !!

Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 24d

More opposition to ableist language by people on the left, in particular Rebecca Solnit and the left publication _The Nation_ (among others) in which her work appears.

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Solnit and How Oppositional Ableism is Nevertheless Ableism

If you are a new reader/listener of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY or unfamiliar with work that I have published in other contexts, you likely do not know that, over a number of years, I have devoted a gr…

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 24d

More opposition to ableist language by people on the left, in particular Rebecca Solnit and the left publication _The Nation_ (among others) in which her work appears.

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Solnit and How Oppositional Ableism is Nevertheless Ableism

If you are a new reader/listener of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY or unfamiliar with work that I have published in other contexts, you likely do not know that, over a number of years, I have devoted a gr…

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28d

Hi @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, we're friendly, we've been on each other's shows. We both agree Kirk's murder is horrific. Q: was Kirk "practicing politics in exactly the right way" when he called for me to be deported because he didn't like my Covid views on MSNBC?
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 28d

Charlie Kirk dying is not a watershed POLITICAL moment, it's a watershed MEDIA moment. They are right now enshrining him in politics.

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 29d

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Is Canada a Safe Haven If You are Disabled and LGBTQ+?

Is Canada a Safe Haven If You are Disabled and LGBTQ+?

Some Canadian and other LGBTQ+ philosophers have circulated posts on various platforms about a document issued by Haven, a group at University of Toronto-Scarborough that works on immigration polic…

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · Sep 9

Latest post by Tracy Isaacs at Vegan Practically!

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Is McDonald’s new McVeggie worth supporting?

McDonald’s Canada has been trying out a new veggie offering. According to the McD’s website, the McVeggie “features a breaded veggie patty made with a blend of vegetables (includi…

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Alex Morss 🦇🏴‍☠️♾️ @alexmorss.bsky.social · Sep 8

1,200 leading film industry names have pledged to not to work with any Israeli film institutions, festivals, cinemas, broadcasters or production companies implicated in genocide & apartheid against Palestinians.
Open letter signed by actors, directors, musicians, screen writers & other film workers.

Yorgos Lanthimos, Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri and Josh O’Connor Among 1,200 Industry Names Pledging Not to Work With Israeli Film Institutions ‘Complicit in War Crimes’

Yorgos Lanthimos, Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri, Josh O'Connor, Ava DuVernay and Hannah Einbinder are among those to sign the pledge

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Carney is doing everything Trump wants or abstaining from going against his ideology, even if just rhetorically....We are dealing with an openly right-wing government that venerates Kevin Roberts, the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 and Trump's administration."

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Why Does Carney Value Project 2025?

A meeting of the minds or thoughtful diplomacy?

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