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Céline Leboeuf

@cc_leboeuf

10 months

Reposting my @aeonmag op-ed on #bodypositivity (winner of an @apaphilosophy prize for public philosophy)!

Body positivity is fixated on beauty – here’s how to fix that | Psyche Ideas

Body positivity is stuck in the shallow. We should move beyond beauty and towards health, pleasure and acceptance

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5 months

@victorckumar In the comments, you recognize there are other ways to have meaningful lives. Did you not think that this statement condemns a whole host of people who can’t have children (including adopt children) to second-tier lives? What’s the point of creating this (insulting) hierarchy?

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3 years

Philosophers! What’s the philosophical problem you care the LEAST about?

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3 years

Philosophy Twitter! Any philosophical text ever move you to tears? If so, which one?

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2 years

Six years ago today, I submitted my #philosophy dissertation. It’s not the favorite thing I’ve written. Not by far. A word of advice to all the grad students tempted by perfectionism in their dissertations: just get the job done! ✅

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3 years

Will my copy of Basic Writings survive my teaching #Existentialism for the fourth time? 📚

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7 months

Philosophers! I’m teaching a feminist philosophy course this fall. Instead of doing articles and book chapters as I usually do, I might do 2-3 books. Which books would you choose? 📚

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3 years

Me: mind-body. Stopped teaching it in intro cuz there’s only so much enthusiasm I can fake.

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1 year

Philosophers! In your writings, do you feel like you’re working through a personal issue? If so, what is it?

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3 years

Philosophy Twitter: most painful philosophical read?

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2 years

My promotion is official so I get to change my Twitter bio! 🎉

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1 year

Greetings from Harvard’s Philosophy Department! Had a great time talking with the current grad students about life as a faculty member and presenting my new research. And so happy to reconnect with faculty and other former grads! 😊

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3 years

For me: the end of the Apology and of the Phaedo.

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1 year

Celebrating my Ph.D. graduation with my family! 👩🏽‍🎓🎉

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1 year

one photo that makes you go "i did that"

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2 years

Gearing up for teaching my #philosophy course on death for the third time this fall. Will be seeking suggestions this week. First question: best texts on grief (in philosophy or literature)? 📚

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2 years

It’s official! I’m #tenured !!! 🎉🎉🎉 Thanks to my mentors in grad school ( @Sean_D_Kelly , @nancyfaybauer , and @tommie_shelby ) for helping me get launched on this path and to my department’s support at FIU!

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2 years

In the deep end…

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3 years

Was thrilled to speak today at the Vatican alongside ⁦ @BryanVanNorden ⁩ and many other great thinkers in philosophy, psychology, the social sciences, and theology!

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2 years

Last week, two doctors visited my philosophy of #death class. One said that the most powerful words between dying and their loved ones were: I am grateful for… I am sorry for… I love you. A reminder for all, regardless of our stage in life. ❤️

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3 years

Tired of assigning all of The Myth of Sisyphus in my unit on the meaning of life in Phil Death. What should I do instead?

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6 months

Reflecting on contemporary philosophical writing this evening and how it’s so often sanitized and lacking in voice. So…I wonder… who’s a philosopher you would want to meet based on their writing style (not the details of their life or what you’ve heard about their personality)?

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8 months

From last night. Prize ceremony ⁦ @apaphilosophy ⁩ ! 🏆

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3 years

You know that angsty existentialist phase teens go through? I had mine at 7.

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3 years

The article I’m proudest of got two rejections (including a desk rejection) before getting an R&R and being published. A 3-year journey (besides 2 years of early versions in my diss). Other pieces I don’t like as much were written + published more quickly. Similar experiences?

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2 years

Why or why when we get to women philosophers in my courses do students suddenly feel like they're on a first-name basis with the authors? Why does Beauvoir become Simone? And Wolf become Susan? 😠

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2 years

33rd first day of school! #BackToSchool #Teachers #TeachersofTwitter 📚📝🎉

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@cc_leboeuf

6 months

Yesterday a student accidentally called me “Beauvoir” instead of “Leboeuf.” My life is now complete. 🪄

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@cc_leboeuf

1 year

Philosophy professor question: I always refer to authors using their surname only (e.g., Camus). But occasionally, I receive student essays that add titles (e.g., Mr. Camus). Thoughts? Any problems with this?

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@cc_leboeuf

8 months

Two philosophy conferences…10 years apart! 2014 SPEP and 2024 APA. Look at that baby face! 🥰🥰🥰

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@cc_leboeuf

10 months

Excited to have been recognized by the APA for my op-ed on #bodypositivity ! 🎉

APA Blog

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New Post: APA announces Fall 2023 prize winners

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1 year

On sabbatical until January 2024! Peace out! ✌️ #academiclife

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1 year

Was funny to be back at Harvard last week and speak in the same room where I defended my dissertation seven years ago today! Photo of younger self engaging in defense. ⚔️

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8 months

In non-philosophy-related-news, good morning from me and Carol! 🌞 #miami

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@cc_leboeuf

7 months

Was going through old photos and found these of my (once) annual Simone de Beauvoir impersonation! 😂

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Céline Leboeuf

@cc_leboeuf

3 years

Here's my newest essay on Medium!

Why Live?

The Three Authors Who Saved Me During an Existential Crisis

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@cc_leboeuf

2 years

Iris Marion Young double-bill today: "Five Faces of Oppression" in Phil Gender and Race and "Throwing Like a Girl" in Phenomenology. I wish I'd met Young. Love her work so much. Do others teach those texts? Which classes?

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Céline Leboeuf

@cc_leboeuf

9 months

In non-philosophical news, happy 7th adoptaversary to me and Carol! 🥳

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@cc_leboeuf

6 months

No, it’s not Halloween… but rather the last meeting of Philosophy of Death! And I baked for my students! 💀💀💀

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@cc_leboeuf

1 year

I’ve embarked on my fifth time teaching Existentialism with my new copy of Basic Writings! Thanks Twitter for inspiring Pengyuan Wang to send me a copy! ✨

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1 year

Haven’t posted on a while… But wanted to share these beautiful pictures from Cornell, where I’m about to present on Beauvoir at the Phil Dept’s History Proseminar!

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@cc_leboeuf

3 years

Another well-loved book. Plus there are drawings of nudes inside. 😂

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@cc_leboeuf

4 months

Super psyched to be headed to the Marc Sanders Philosophy in the Media Fellowship!!! 🤗

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@cc_leboeuf

2 years

Wish I could tweet all of Book II of Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations. But one gem: “In man’s life his time is a mere instant…life is warfare, and a visit in a strange land…What can escort us on our way? One thing, and one thing only: philosophy.”

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1 year

Teaching a six-week summer Existentialism course. Lectures are 3.5h. Even with a group activity, my voice gave out today after 3h. Medium-sized room but frigid. Anyway…tips on maintaining voice stamina?

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2 years

Working on a book-length version of my “Why Live?” essay.✍🏽 Wanted to share it again in case you missed it!

Why Live?

The Three Authors Who Saved Me During an Existential Crisis

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1 year

Philosophers! What’s your most ridiculous trait? (Me: my dog has an Instagram account with pictures of her drinking cocktails and wine.)

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9 months

what are five topics you can talk about for 30 minutes with zero prep 1. Simone de Beauvoir 2. Stoicism 3. Nicomachean Ethics 4. Carol, the movie 5. Carol,my dog, named after the movie

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what are five topics you can talk about for 30 minutes with zero prep 1. richard pryor 2. the novels of agathie christie 3. the discography of björk 4. my kid 5. how and why chain restaurants used to be better

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7 months

I've taught Nancy Bauer's "Beauvoir on the Allure of Self-Objectification" in Existentialism and Phil Gender and Race, and...now I get to teach it in my very own Beauvoir course today! Excited! 💖

N. Bauer, Beauvoir on the Allure of Self-Objectification - PhilPapers

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@cc_leboeuf

7 months

Yay!!! So excited to be joining this cohort of Philosophy in the Media Fellows! Can’t wait for the workshops! 🎉🥳🎊

Hi-Phi Nation

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7 months

So proud to announce the 2024 Marc Sanders Foundation Media Fellows, who will be learning to write op-eds, longform magazine articles, trade books, and producing podcasts. @latifnasser @joshuarothman @KieranSetiya @MiaLobel @LarissaMacFarqu @WordNerdMargo

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1 year

Beauvoir’s Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter changed my life forever. Never would have gone into Philosophy. First read it at sixteen.

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1 year

Happy World Book Day. 📚🎉🌍 Today, let's celebrate the joy of reading and the power of books to inspire, educate, and entertain. What book has changed your life? #WorldBookDay2023

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3 years

I'm a little late to the game. But just finished This Life by @martinhaegglund . Most profound work of contemporary philosophy I've read in years! Learned so much and helped me make better sense of my commitments in life.

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1 year

Soaking up as much sunshine 🌞 before heading to a much cooler and probably rainier Cambridge tomorrow for the Harvard Philosophy Professionalization event!

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9 months

Guess what? “Why Philosophy?” has reached 100 subscribers! 🎉 Stay tuned for the fourth post today! 😃

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@cc_leboeuf

1 year

How I’m spending my Saturday night. No matter how many times I read it, I never tire. 💀

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@cc_leboeuf

1 year

Whenever I watch my students take an exam, I think of this passage from Lucretius: “It is pleasant, when on the vast sea the winds are stirring up the water, to look at the great struggles of another person from the land.” I was afforded this pleasure three times today!

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2 years

Saw a woman walking in Union Sq while #reading The Second Sex. 📖 Happy to be in #NewYork ! 🤗

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5 months

Having done my best to disengage from the children-as-supreme-meaning-of-life debate from this afternoon, I leave you with photos of one of my great joys: viewing the sunset from my balcony in May! 🌇 A demain, people of X/Twitter!

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@cc_leboeuf

2 years

Before committing to philosophy for good, I was an astronomy and astrophysics major. Having a blast—pardon the pun—at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville! 🚀🚀🚀

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1 year

Headed to the Barnacle in Coconut Grove for Woofstock! 🐕 🌻 Last year — no joke — Carol and I competed in the dog/dog owner lookalike contest…and won! 🏆

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3 years

It’s here! Many thanks to ⁦ @_PengyuanWang_ ⁩ for my new copy of Basic Writings! Will be useful for teaching. 😄

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1 year

I’ll start us off. Most of my stuff is about embodiment. So I’ll go for body image in some way, shape, or form.

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6 months

Don’t write on Kant. But studying his works has meant a lot. My first text was his Idea for a Universal History in high school, then for my baccalaureate exam in France, I wrote on Perpetual Peace. Then I did a lot Kant at Harvard (duh). Anyway, happy bday, Immanuel! 🎉🥳🎊

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3 months

Thanks @aeonmag for sharing my latest article! I felt some trepidation sharing my journey. But I hope it helps with seeing the value of self-care! 🥰

Aeon Magazine

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In healing my relationship with food and cooking, I saw how caring for myself was the first step toward caring for others

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4 months

Attempt at raising the bar for philosophical fashion before Day 1 of the Phil Media Fellowship. 😁

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3 years

I’ve read some fiction by philosophers. Any memoirs by philosophers or with philosophical themes that you recommend?

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1 year

Does baking banana bread mini muffins for my students count as teaching prep? 😋

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6 months

Just realized that I declared a philosophy major 20 years ago this month! Can’t say I’ve never turned back. (I was briefly an astrophysics major during my junior year. I also left grad school to become a writer at one point.) Still, philosophy has inspired me the whole time! 🙏🏽

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Last day teaching my Simone de Beauvoir course! 🎉 Concept Map time! ⏱️

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#NewProfilePic

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2 years

@PhilosophyDose_ William James: “Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.”

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2 years

Gearing up for teaching my #philosophy course on death for the third time this fall. Seeking suggestions this week. Second question: I do a unit on facing one’s mortality and use The Death of Ivan Ilych and Heidegger. I love the pairing. Additions?

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2 years

Has a #book changed the course of your life? If so, what was it? 📚

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@cc_leboeuf

1 year

Drop a cool photo of you doing your job.

Gregory B. Sadler 🦉 (no blue check, just owl)

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1 year

Drop a cool photo of you doing your job.

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6 months

In action! Today my students covered Kathryn Belle’s article on Sartre and Beauvoir on the race/gender analogy and Shannon Sullivan’s “Race After Beauvoir.” Different handwriting because different people came to the board! 👩‍🏫📚

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1 year

Taking my first dive into the philosophy of food literature over lunch. Just read Kaplan’s intro. Excited! 🍲📚

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2 years

My godmother sent me this #philosophy joke. How I feel after revising a paper for the tenth time…

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2 years

I’m a philosophy professor and writer. But if I had an alternate life, my fantasy job would be a massage therapist. You? What do you currently do for work? And what’s your fantasy job? ✨

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Happy #NationalSiblingDay to my sister, Emmanuelle! Only one in my family who actively enjoys discussing philosophy with me! 😁😁🧍🏽‍♀️🧍🏽‍♀️

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2 years

Anyone have a motivational photo of themselves? This is mine. What’s yours? 💪🏽

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3 years

Me: Anscombe’s Intention

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6 months

Had an amazing time at Miami Beach Pride yesterday! Proud to see colleagues and students from FIU marching in the parade! (Carol didn’t get to go, but she posed with my shoes.) 🌈🌈🌈

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2 years

Sharing another link to my article on #bodypositivity !

Aeon Magazine

@aeonmag

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Is body positivity worth our support, or is it part of the problem? | @philo_celine on Psyche Ideas

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6 months

I usually stick to philosophy here, but I did want to give a shoutout to ⁦ @belladepaulo ⁩ for her book on being #singleatheart ! I have many happy photos of me reading the book last month! Her book made me feel seen in a way I hadn’t in a long time! 🙏🏽

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1 year

Tomorrow’s my last lecture before my sabbatical! 🎉 Ending on a high note with Beauvoir, Fanon, and Ellison on the gaze! 👀

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8 months

Happy #NationalLoveYourPetDay ! This is a photo of me and Carol from last week before I got my extreme haircut… 💕

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1 year

Grateful to be part of this wonderful collection of essays on phenomenology!

Jeff Yoshimi

@JeffYoshimi

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I'm delighted to announce the publication of our free, open access book, "Horizons of Phenomenology", a collection of essays on the state of the field. A brief thread about the book, and the long and ultimately victorious struggle to publish it open access. 1/

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Back in the classroom tomorrow for the first time after my sabbatical. Teaching a Beauvoir course 📚and Philosophy of Death! 💀 Couldn’t have a better combo! 🥳 #Philosophy #teacherlife #AcademicChatter

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Happy 6th birthday to the most philosophical of dogs! Love you, Carol! 📚🐕🎉💛

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Good morning from me and Carol! 🌴🐾🐾🌞

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Happy World Philosophy Day, everyone! :)

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Doing homework before my birthday this weekend!

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Btw, how hasn't Kierkegaard been mentioned? Anscombe is painfully dry. But Kierkegaard...gargh!

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3 years

Finished teaching the death chapter of Being and Time today in Existentialism. 💀Definitely one of my favorite texts to teach, though also the hardest! Anyone else teach it as a stand-alone (i.e., not in a Heidegger course)? Your experience?

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6 months

Please respond! I always want good ideas for my students. 💡

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If you have an undergraduate degree in philosophy, and decided not to pursue further degrees in it, what do you do for a living?

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2 years

Thrilled to be included in this volume!

Feminist Ethics and Social Theory

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Feminist philosophy has always had top notch edited volume game—a product of being locked out by the 70s, 80s, and 90s good old boy gatekeepers of the major journals. This volume is similarly outstanding! Work by those below, plus @cc_leboeuf , @perryzurn , @jenmcweeny , lots more

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I do a creative project in all my philosophy classes. Most students opt for visual art or non-standard philosophical media, such as poems. The projects are the highlight of my courses. 😊

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"As long as it continues to invest in war, NYU is implicated in [its] devastation. Divestment is an issue of dire moral urgency…"

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QT with a pic of you as a child that exudes the same energy as you today

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2 years

Rereading Lorde's "On the Uses of Anger." Interested in secondary sources on her sentence: "I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." Philosophers working on #Feminism ?

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6 months

The eclipse in Miami was not really noticeable! 😩 Instead, I reminisced about the 1999 eclipse that I saw from Paris. This was our dog, Sparky, who we were trying to protect from burning his eyes with a scarf! Wasn’t he so cute? 🥰🐕

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@Savannah__P Just automate the process and hunker down. Have your materials ready and keep on submitting even when the rejections roll in and you may feel discouraged. Don’t get caught up in doubt etc. Keep calm and carry on.

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