Workshop at the Cuny Grad Center on Walkerian Virtues
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My Latest Piece at HuffPost: “What’s So Bad About Being Good”
My Latest Piece at HuffPost Examines what’s so bad about “acting like a man” and “acting like a Lady” from an Aristotelean and feminist perspective. You can check out the article Here. Excerpt is below. Please share with others. Gendered virtues also perpetuate patriarchy. To have “feminine virtues” like chastity, modesty and obedience is what
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HuffPost Live Interview: Violence on Queer Black Women
I joined an important discussion about violence against Black Queer Women on HuffPost Live today. The episode was hosted by Marc Lamont Hill and guests included myself, Darnell Morre, Eboni Rafus, and Irene Monroe.
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My SAAP Talk
This past weekend, I attended and presented a paper at the 41st meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy in Denver, Colorado. My paper was “Acting Mean: Queering Hegemonic Masculinity through the Cultivation of Virtues.” It’s a shorter version of a larger project I am working on. The audience was gracious and
My SXSWedu Presentation: TEXTnology In The Classroom
I presented “TEXTnology in the Classroom” at SXSWedu 2014. The workshop was based on my texting experience in my philosophy classes and consisted of sharing best practices on how to use texting in the classroom.
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Glenn Burke, Not Jason Collins, Was The First Openly Gay Athlete in Major Sports
This pass Sunday, Jason Collins, became the first actively openly gay athlete in the four major sports in the United States when he played for the Brooklyn Nets against the Lakers. However, our limited view of history may have us all wrong about what the historical moment we thought was occurring. In 1976, a
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