Documentary: “After Tiller”

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This past weekend, I went to Vermont to watch the powerful documentary, After Tiller, which is about third trimester abortions and the American doctors who provide them in the wake of Dr. George Tiller’s murder.

It was great to see this film with one of my colleagues (who also teaches gender studies classes) and to stay for the panel discussion afterwards. For one thing, I learned about a great organization called the Concord Feminist Health Center. The next step for me is to figure out how I can get involved with the good work that they do.

Thanks to White River Indie Films for hosting this event!

Georgetown University Philosophy Conference

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This past week, I enjoyed myself at the conference on Emotions and Emotionality at Georgetown University. It was a real treat to engage with a bunch of philosophers who have similar interests; as some of us noted, specialist conferences about philosophy of emotion are rather few and far between! Now I am all fired up to push forward on some related research projects over the summer.

WOGAP

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Since moving to New London, I have been very fortunate to be able to attend multiple meetings of the Workshop on Gender and Philosophy (WOGAP), which are hosted by MIT in Boston. It is a really welcoming group; every time we meet, I learn something cool and get to chat with smart, kind people. This past week, we discussed a fascinating article by Miranda Fricker!