Feminist Philosophy Puns

Hi..My name is Surraiya Baloch, I am from Pakistan. I want to work in feminist philosophy. I have submitted my M.Phil thesis and now I want to focus on my PhD. The problem is that there is literally no one in my country who is working in the field of feminist philosophy (specifically the definition of a woman). I want someone who can guide me to work in a right direction and can help me in shaping my thought in feminist philosophy. I have contacted different feminist philosophers globally but the issue is I cannot ask them for except few comments and questions and the correspondence is usually through emails which takes a lot of time. Can anyone here nudge me in the right direction or suggest some useful links? I would really appreciate it.

The philosophy department of the University of Amsterdam fires four professors renowned internationally in their fields. Victor Kal (existential meaning humans), Maarten Coolen (embodied consciousness), Michiel van Lambalgen (logic) and Martin Stokhof (language).

These four old men are to be replaced by four new and refreshing teachers to improve diversity of the team. These four teachers are all specialized in the following postmodern subjects: gender theory, critical race theory, feminist metaphysics and postcolonial theory.

“If you look at new teachers like Mari Mikkola, Monique Roelofs, Jana Cattien and Daniel Loick, you see that they are working on new and very exciting philosophical problems and approaches. Philosophical education and research is always subject to change and must also keep moving," says Roessler. "Thereforce we have to accept that in case of changes some lectures will be cancelled, but as a result new lectures will be offered."

• Mari Mikkolapast
  Her past research has largely focused on feminist philosophy, and more specifically on feminist metaphysics and gender.
• Monique Roelofs
  Specialises in teaching and research in the fields of aesthetics, art and politics, critical and political theory, feminist philosophy, critical race theory, decolonial thought and contemporary continental philosophy.
• Jana Cattien
  Her areas of specialisation are feminist philosophy, gender theory, critical race and postcolonial theory.
• Daniel Loick
  Political Philosophy, Feminist Theory, Feminist Philosophy, Sexual Violence

Translated from Dutch article (here)

I suppose you could call this a "history of feminist philosophical movements".

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-political/

It's really fascinating, but it's focused on feminist philosophy - think published works by scholars, and doesn't really cover any kind of pop culture views. Still, I think it's a valuable read - it's really covering a lot of academic philosophical feminism.

I'm a lawyer and an analytic philosopher who has little background in feminism (although highly interested). As such, I like to study topics where these two disciplines merge (law and analytic philosophy broadly construed). I recently realized feminist philosophy of law/jurisprudence can be an excellent and very interesting topic, but have no idea if it is an established topic in academia. I've had no luck finding texts that are both philosophical and have implications for the law.

Is there something you can recommend me?

Thanks in advance. I read English, Spanish and German pretty well. Feel free to throw anything that you find interesting at all.

I want to understand more the ideas and motives behind the feminist movement today.

If anyone read 'catch 67' by Micha Goodman on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict I am looking for something similar, with feminism as the topic. If not, I am talking about a book where tge author spent time doing research on the actual perspective of different kinds of feminists (and even antifeminists, it would be a plus)

The best would be a book written by an actual feminist, but it is not a requirement.

I listen to a lot of 'Philosophize This!' and I came across Simone de Beauvoir who became one of my favorite philosophers based on the overview that I got about her. What I want to do is contextualize what I've heard and listen to disagreements between feminist philosophers since Simone's ideas are so new to me. My lack of knowledge makes it hard to disagree with her on anything or to memorize what she actually said without losing too much meaning. Please don't recommend fiction, I'm looking for philosophy and theory!

During the debate, Hilary Clinton mentioned the fact that she is a woman and specifically indicated that she is the best candidate solely because she is a woman several times tonight.

As someone who identifies as a feminist, I find this condescending and entirely counter productive. That fact that you are a woman no more qualifies you for any job than does being a man. The cornerstone of feminism is that a person should be judged not by their sex but by their deeds. By so flippantly using her sex as a qualification for the presidency, Hilary is setting feminism back.

Further, in 2008, there was strong and very vocal push back to the Obama campaign for "playing the race card". Critics, by liberal and conservative, demanded that the Obama campaign never use his race to appeal to voters. Which, at least as far as Obama himself is concerned, led to him literally telling the public not to vote for him only because he is black.

If at any point Barack Obama had said anything akin to what Hilary said tonight, he would have been crucified by the press. The fact that Hilary gets away with this is indicative of an inherent media bias and, once again, is counterproductive to female empowerment.

I would love to be able to see the value in this tactic but so far I have found none.

Reddit, Change My View!!!!

UPDATE: Sorry for the massive delay in an update, I had been running all this from my phone for the last ~10 hours and I can't edit the op from there.

Anywho:

• First, big shoutouts to /u/PepperoniFire, /u/thatguy3444, and /u/MuaddibMcFly! All three of you gave very well written, rational critiques to my argument and definitely changed (aspects of) my view. That said, while I do now believe Sen. Clinton is justified in her use of this tactic, I still feel quite strongly that it is the wrong course of action with respect to achieving a perfect civil society.

• It is quite clear that my definition of feminism is/was far too narrow in this context. As has now been pointed out several times, I'm taking an egalitarian stance when the majority of selfproclaimed feminists are part of the so-called second wave movement. This means, I think, that this debate is far more subjective than I originally thought.

• I want to address a criticism that keeps popping up on this thread and that is that Hilary never literally said that being a woman is the sole qualification for her candidacy.

This is inescapably true.

However, though I know for a

I recently decided, after having spent a fair bit of time listening to the course of Arthur Holmes "The History of Philosophy" to basically read all the major books of major philosophers in chronological order. I'd like to forego intermediate and get directly to the primary material.

I wanna see who responded to whom, what fed the thoughts of the major figures, the school of thoughts and so on. This is a long endeavor (depending on how many I select), but I have time, and then I'll move on to Muslim, eastern and the rest.

Now I came across this timeline which is very handy in to decide which philosophers to pick. But... I came at the end and there is no mention of a single feminist (or for that matter, female) philosopher.

So I come here in the hopes that someone might provide something in the same spirit (not an i fographic mind you, but something like school of thoughts, how they relate and who leads them), but for the more recent feminist philosophy. De Beauvoir immediately comes to mind, but who next ? What are the different branches and how did they developped out of each other ? How do you get from De Beauvoir to Butler ?

An additional question might be : is there female philosophers that might be interesting to look at along the timeline (not feminists, just female, but also influencial enough to be included in a timeline of philosophy).

We've read de Beauvoir, Spellman, Irigaray, Cixous, Haraway, Butler, bell hooks, Young, Schneider and a few more.

Of those, I was most interested in Butler (performativity theories), Haraway (Situated Knowledges), Irigaray and Cixous (ecriture feminine).

Irigaray's intelligence scares me. I love listening to her speak—so articulate, precise.

Haraway too, who I think I got a lot out of because I fucked around with Simulacra and Simulacrum for a bit a few months ago. The Persistence of Vision is my favourite section. Circumstances made me read that bit first, and then I went backwards and forwards and put it all together.

Ecriture feminine has helped me embrace my fragmented sense of self more, and I find that I'm less anxious about doing things "the right away". It's easier to trust in the knowing that inevitably, I will find some manner of sense in it all. Or not, but that's also OK.

Also, I realise Cixous was probably talking about female anatomy in a literal sense, the whole bit about the two lips, but I was surprised to feel a sense of freedom from it. It first made me think about my once very phallocentric view of sex, where sex is essentially about penis in vagina, and how my conception of fucking is a lot looser, less rigid now. Then, it occurred to me that throughout my life, I've always had this desire to elevate my zero form of sex from masturbation to copulation (as Lacan would put it), and of course that never made me feel any less fragmented or incomplete or whatever than I did before. I guess that's the "trick" right? We gotta want to want this and thus we reify heteronormative norms/male reason and keep procreating for capital. But yeah, reading that bit made me feel it was really okay, no actually really great, to chill the fuck out and just be. Kinda reminded me of Foucault, and the History of Sexuality, "bodies and pleasure", and the story of Herculine.

At any rate, I bring all of this up because I've seen very vague help posts, and I had no idea how to offer any help. And now that I require some assistance, I'm not sure how to ask for it either. :] :]

There's so much I don't know, and narrowing things down and discovering new relevant buzzwords (related note: sidebar resources has been v useful for this) is hard. So I figure if I talked about a few things that interest me, maybe someone would have an easier time pointing me towards further literature.

The final paper can be about anything, so long as there's a link to the bod

Obviously, both ideologies make a lot of sense and fit my experiences and perception greatly. But for the sake of helping more people understand and accept my ideology, I decided to move onto anarchafeminism. I can definitely help extend it and turn many women to radical feminists, which is an ideal and a largely possibly consequence, but I also want men to fight for women rights and rebel against tradition and societal norms (especially gender roles as it tends to be damaging for both) so that neither are forcefully bound to or blinded by culture. Clearly, I do fit in "gender critical feminism" strongly, so it will be incorporated in many of my views.

Furthermore, many societal norms and expectations and pressures are literally created and enforced by capitalists, many of these norms can become valued and enforced by men, especially traditional men. Considering that anarchafeminism also criticizes this aspect strongly, I lean more towards it, as I have been discussing it with my partner.

I don't think that men can't be feminists. My boyfriend agreed with a lot of what radical feminism preaches and analyses, and even helped me develop some of my feminist ideas and philosophies as well as break them down in more details so that every point is explained and understood. He even agrees that tradition doesn't mean much and that it's often harmful, as well as way more. Feminism is simply misunderstood by many and especially by males.

I'm lucky to have been fighting for women since I was 13 as I grew up in a muslim arab culture where women were severely oppressed and punished for rebellion (though not as severe as other muslim cultures, but it also depended on the family). So, my past has made me aggressive, outspoken, critical as well as cynical, rebellious, and almost fearless. Which is perfect for this ideology. I'm excited to get into the literature and explore more anarchafeminist content.

Hi..My name is Surraiya Baloch, I am from Pakistan. I want to work in feminist philosophy. I have submitted my M.Phil thesis and now I want to focus on my PhD. The problem is that there is literally no one in my country who is working in the field of feminist philosophy (specifically the definition of a woman). I want someone who can guide me to work in a right direction and can help me in shaping my thought in feminist philosophy. I have contacted different feminist philosophers globally but the issue is I cannot ask them for except few comments and questions and the correspondence is usually through emails which takes a lot of time. Can anyone here nudge me in the right direction or suggest some useful links? I would really appreciate it.