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APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, Vol. 17, No. 1, Fall 2017 NEWSLETTER | The American Philosophical Association Feminism and Philosophy FALL 2017 VOLUME 17 | NUMBER 1 FROM THE EDITOR Shay Welch: Existential Eroticism. A Serena Parekh Feminist Approach to Understanding Women’s Oppression-Perpetuating Choices ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER ON Reviewed by Mara Marin FEMINISM AND PHILOSOPHY Mariana Ortega: In-Between: Latina SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the Self NEWS FROM THE CSW Reviewed by Katrina England MUSINGS Lauren Swayne Barthold: A Hermeneutic Ásta Approach to Gender and Other Social Identities To Do Metaphysics as a Feminist: Reflections on Feminist Methodology in Reviewed by Tina Fernandes Botts Light of the Hypatia Affair Johanna Oksala: Feminist Experiences Reviewed by Chris Jingchao Ma BOOK REVIEWS Erin C. Tarver and Shannon Sullivan: Kelly Oliver: Hunting Girls: Sexual Violence Feminist Interpretations of William James from the Hunger Games to Campus Rape Reviewed by Seth Vannatta Reviewed by Summer Renault-Steele Laurie J. Shrage and Robert Scott Stewart: Diana Tietjens Meyers: Poverty, Agency, Philosophizing About Sex and Human Rights Reviewed by F. Vera-Gray Reviewed by Lynda Lange Cheshire Calhoun: Moral Aims Martha Nussbaum: Anger and Forgiveness: Reviewed by Lisa Tessman Resentment, Generosity, Justice Reviewed by Mechthild Nagel VOLUME 17 | NUMBER 1 FALL 2017 © 2017 BY THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION ISSN 2155-9708 APA NEWSLETTER ON Feminism and Philosophy SERENA PAREKH, EDITOR VOLUME 17 | NUMBER 1 | FALL 2017 FROM THE EDITOR SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND Serena Parekh INFORMATION NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY 1. Purpose: The purpose of the newsletter is to publish This issue includes a new section entitled “Musings,” which information about the status of women in philosophy and includes a talk recently given by Ásta. It is her reflection to make the resources of feminist philosophy more widely on what’s come to be called the “Hypatia Affair” and available. The newsletter contains discussions of recent seeks to shed light on what the Affair means for feminist developments in feminist philosophy and related work in methodologies going forward. Because the mission of this other disciplines, literature overviews and book reviews, newsletter is to provide a space for thoughtful discussions suggestions for eliminating gender bias in the traditional of issues that are relevant to feminist philosophers, I’ve philosophy curriculum, and reflections on feminist included it in this issue. About the Affair, she writes, “Note pedagogy. It also informs the profession about the work that we are not talking about freedom of speech here. of the APA Committee on the Status of Women. While At issue is not whether an author can argue for offensive articles published are usually around ten pages, we can claims or be insensitive in their argument. At issue is what also publish longer ones. All submissions must follow the academic excellence in feminist philosophy scholarship APA guidelines for gender-neutral language. Please submit consists in.” This is certainly an issue of great importance essays electronically to the editor at [email protected]. to the feminist philosophy community. All manuscripts should be prepared for anonymous review. References should follow The Chicago Manual of Style. In addition, the newsletter contains ten reviews of recent feminist scholarship. The books reviewed here reflect 2. Book Reviews and Reviewers: If you have published the diversity of approaches in contemporary feminist a book that is appropriate for review in the newsletter, scholarship: Anglo-American/analytic, continental please email the editor a flyer of your book and the name philosophy, history of philosophy, and non-Western and contact information of your publisher. We are always philosophy among others. Many thanks to all those who seeking new book reviewers. To volunteer to review books submitted articles, reviewed books, and to those who acted (or some particular book), please send the editor a CV as reviewers of submissions for this issue of the newsletter. and letter of interest, including mention of your areas of Please consider submitting an article for publication in this research and teaching. newsletter and/or volunteering to review a book. 3. Where to Send Things: Please send all articles, comments, suggestions, books, and other communications to the editor: Dr. Serena Parekh, Northeastern University, [email protected]. Please also send any announcement or ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER ON CFPs you would like to include in the newsletter. FEMINISM AND PHILOSOPHY 4. Submission Deadlines: Submissions for spring issues are due by the preceding September 1; submissions for fall The Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy is sponsored issues are due by the preceding February 1. by the APA Committee on the Status of Women (CSW). The newsletter is designed to provide an introduction to recent philosophical work that addresses issues of gender. None of the varied philosophical views presented by authors of newsletter articles necessarily reflect the views of any NEWS FROM THE COMMITTEE or all of the members of the Committee on the Status of Women, including the editor(s) of the newsletter, nor does ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN the committee advocate any particular type of feminist philosophy. We advocate only that serious philosophical COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR 2017–2018 attention be given to issues of gender and that claims of As of July 1, 2017, the CSW comprises Charlotte Witt (chair), gender bias in philosophy receive full and fair consideration. Peggy DesAutels (ex officio), Serena Parekh (ex officio), APA NEWSLETTER | FEMINISM AND PHILOSOPHY Margaret Atherton, Amy Baehr, Karen Detlefsen, Colleen Murphy, Sheryl Ross, Peter Railton, Michael Rea, Lisa MUSINGS Shapiro, and Yolanda Wilson. To Do Metaphysics as a Feminist: NEW CSW POSTERS We are delighted to announce that two new posters will Reflections on Feminist Methodology in be available for purchase soon on the CSW website. Each Light of the Hypatia Affair is a large photo montage of a different design, but both bear the title “Women of Philosophy.” The designs, by Chad Ásta Robinson, are a must buy for departments and offices. SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, [email protected] CSW WEBSITE Thank you all for being here today.1 I thought I would give The CSW website, at http://www.apaonlinecsw.org/, a different sort of talk today. I thought I would talk about continues to offer posters featuring contemporary women doing metaphysics of the social world as a feminist. I would in philosophy as well as news about women philosophers. have talked about how most metaphysicians of the social Links to excellent resources include one to a database on world think our job is simply to describe our social world in teaching, with articles and readings; another to the crowd- a value-free way and how most metaphysicians of the social sourced directory of women philosophers; and one to the world focus on social phenomena such as institutions and APA Ombudsperson for Nondiscrimination, who will receive notions such as joint intention, commitment, and attention, complaints of discrimination and, where possible, serve as whereas if you are a feminist like me (or engaged in other a resource to APA members regarding such complaints. liberatory projects), then you might be more interested in the part of the social world that isn’t about the intentional, SITE VISIT PROGRAM or about explicit commitments. The director and associate directors of the program led a day-long Site Visit Training Workshop on Saturday, April 15, But I’m not going to talk about that today. And the reason during the 2017 Pacific Division meeting in Seattle WA. for that is that my views about how to do metaphysics as a feminist are undergoing a radical transformation, and CSW SESSIONS AT APA MEETINGS chiefly because of the Hypatia affair. The Eastern Division session sponsored by CSW was “Women Do History of Philosophy—Recent Scholarship,” A disclaimer is in order here. I’m on the Board of Associate with talks by Agnes Callard, Marta Jimenez, Chris Meyns, Editors of Hypatia.2 But what I say here today are my and Jessica Gordon-Roth. The CSW also co-sponsored (with personal reflections, not that of the board or the journal. the APA Committee on the Status of Black Philosophers) a session on “Women of Color Feminism,” with presentations I’m going to allow myself to be a bit personal here. It is by Naomi Zack, Joy James, Tommy J. Curry, and Celena unusual for me. My talk is entitled “To Do Metaphysics Simpson. as a Feminist.” And I am a metaphysician by training and temperament. My talk could just as well have been At the Central Division meeting, the CSW sponsored called “Confessions of an Analytic Philosopher” because “Celebrating Sandra Lee Bartky,” with talks by Samantha my training was analytic, although I have for a long time Brennan, Tom Digby, Linda Heldke, Jeanine Schroer, considered myself a post-analytic philosopher. and Lynne Tirrell. Their talks are posted at http://www. apaonlinecsw.org. What attracted me to analytic philosophy was the focus on clarity: What precisely is the claim? What is the argument? At the Pacific Division meeting, the CSW sponsored a I had been studying mathematics but was interested in book symposium on Elizabeth Barnes’s The Minority Body, different questions than those mathematicians study. I was with speakers Leslie Pickering Francis, Dana Howard, and frankly more interested in the sorts of questions many in Eva Kittay. The CSW also co-sponsored several sessions: the continental tradition focus on. But my training was, in “Institutional and Attitudinal Barriers,” “Outreach and terms of methods, very analytic. And one of the attractive Issues of Recruitment/Retention,” and “Inclusiveness in and powerful aspects of the practice of analytic philosophy Crisis: How Do We Address Social and Political Flashpoints that I came across in my training is that no claim and no in Philosophy Courses?” argument is too holy to touch, none too offensive.
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