Why one professor uses circus skills to teach students about philosophy Continue reading
December 2, 2021
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Category Archives: diversity
October 28, 2021
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What “Slave Play” Can Teach Us About Art and Ourselves
An incident at Slave Play shows what is wrong with philosophers’ obsession with distinctions Continue reading
October 22, 2021
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The Challenge Of Canceling: Comedy, Chappelle, And The Closer
If Chappelle’s art dines on controversy, cancellation serves it dessert. Continue reading
October 8, 2021
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Why Genderfucking is Awesome
Why overt or even subtle acts of adornment-based rebellion against cisnormativity make things better for everyone. Continue reading
October 1, 2021
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The Performative Wokeness of Netflix’s The Chair
Netflix’s new comedy/drama gets some key things wrong about higher education, including its “sendup” of woke culture. Continue reading
February 26, 2021
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Is Classical Music Racist? An Aesthetic Approach
True diversification will ultimately require aesthetic integration to create something new that appeals to a diverse constituency. Continue reading
August 24, 2020
by Alex King
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Diversify Your Philosophy Of Art Reading List with These 60+ Bipoc Authors
A list of 60+ BIPOC authors and suggested pieces to read Continue reading
June 23, 2020
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The Feminist Revolution Continues: Contributions Of Women to the Visual Arts (CAA) and Aesthetics (ASA)
As we celebrate the endurance and ground-breaking achievements of the past thirty years, I invite you to imagine where post-revolutionary feminist aesthetics will end up in 2030, 2040, and beyond. Continue reading
March 19, 2020
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Getting Past Form: on the Value of Literary Ideas
What follows is a guest post by Patrick Fessenbecker. In a recent column in The New York Times, Ross Douthat contends that English professors aren’t having the right kind of arguments. Reflecting on the analysis of the decline of the … Continue reading
March 7, 2020
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Throwback Movie Review: Nothing but a Man (1964) and Depictions of Racism
What makes My Best Friend’s Wedding interesting in terms of genre is that it engages the genre without inaugurating our protagonist into it. Continue reading
