Happy birthday Iris Murdoch--one of the fierce, playful, and brilliant metaphysical animals in this terrific book (I'm halfway through and loving it) #philsky #biography

Apologies, but I need to repost this NYT quote from Mick Jagger in which he says he is reading Kant. Since posting it, it has been pointed out to me that I missed an opportunity for not one but two . . . puns? First h/t to @ywcath.bsky.social & Hedwig: You Kant always get what you want. And...👇

This just in: Mick Jagger admits in a NYT interview that he is reading philosophy, specifically Kant, because it is fashionable. Well, vaguely, but still. Also: so many arguments! #philsky

I posted this a year ago to honor Melissa Hortman, who was murdered #OTD last year for her political principles. Like her, I was a #BostonUniversity #philosophy grad from Minnesota. I hope, like her, to use my philosophy to fight for justice. Thinking of her all day. #philsky #womeninphilosophy

Thanks to the great team at GASTROPOD for this wonderful conversation in which I got to do one of the things I love most--talk about Lydia Maria Child's *agricultural activism.* In a nutshell: how to fight slavery by growing beets! How I HATED beets as a child. But now . . .

Cynthia Graber@cagraber.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I know a lot of people kind of pick and choose which episodes of podcasts they listen to, so if we have listeners on here who don't particularly like beets (I don't!) I still hope you're listen to our beet episode because of LYDIA MARIA CHILD WHO IS AMAZING gastropod.com/feel-the-bee...

Another quote from Mary Church Terrell on pacifism and justice, especially relevant given this week's USSC decision: "There is only one way... to establish and maintain peace. Each and every government must treat all its citizens justly, no matter what their color may be... 👇

Perfect #MayDay reminder—thank you!

womensartbluesky.bsky.social@womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Käthe Kollwitz, Working Woman (with Earring), 1910 etching #WomensArt #MayDay, also known as Labour Day is a celebration of the working classes #InternationalWorkersDay

Researching Black women pacifists, I found this powerful Mary Church Terrell quote. She identifies as a pacifist, then says: "But all pacifists are not cut according to the same pattern...I do not advocate peace at any price. The only kind of peace I like is one that is a just & honorable one."👇

Looking forward to reading this—congratulations! #philsky

Morgan Golf-French@zenothankyou.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My new article is now online and Open Access! 🥳🥳🥳 In it I trace the history of German thinking about slavery and abolition with a special focus on how German debates about abolition were entwined with Enlightenment ideas about sympathy. In doing so, I hope to... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I'm continuing to learn about Black women's internationalism . . . #OTD in 1945, Mary McLeod Bethune was the only woman of color at the UN founding conference, which she hoped would allow Black Americans become "integrated into the structure of the peace and freedom of all people everywhere.”👇

I'm reading Mary Church Terrell's 1899 speech in which she articulates "Lifting as we Climb" as her association's motto . . . and love this admonition to her white listeners. Even better in her original handwriting 👇! #blackwomenshistorymonth #bwhm #pacifistwomen

Black Women's History Month continues! Here's another book that has helped me understand the leadership & the struggle-- looking forward to reading @marthasjones.bsky.social's newer "The Trouble of Color" as well #bwhm

Absolutely true also of philosophy #philsky

Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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Käthe Kollwitz--sculptor, feminist, pacifist--died #OTD in 1945. It has always felt unbearably sad that she died just before the war ended. I took this picture of her "Mother with her Dead Son" in Berlin's Memorial to Victims of War and Tyranny last year. So many more victims to mourn this year.

Went searching for my favorite nature photo from last year for #EarthDay, and I think it is this one.

We see this in researching women in philosophy too—if they do something for a male colleague, their own original work gets ignored. Thanks for brining Royer to our attention!

The Women In Science Archive@wisarchive.bsky.social · 4mo ago

French polymath Clémence Royer was born 196 years ago today. Now she is most known for her 1862 translation of On the Origin of Species which pushed Darwin's ideas into the realm of human evolution, but in her day she was celebrated for her encyclopedic knowledge. tinyurl.com/5cbam92f #WomenInStEM

Researching Black women's internationalism...the more I learn about Jessie Fauset, the more I want to know. Novelist, editor, translator, diplomat, essayist, talent scout of the Harlem Renaissance and a huge talent in her own right . . . this book is going on the list #BlackWomensHistoryMonth #bwhm

Always glad to see philosophy being used to fight for human rights, this time by philosopher Mathias Risse reminding us that speech acts can be a crime. #philsky www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...

"A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight:" The Day the American President Threatened Genocide

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Another text shout-out to honor Black Women's History Month- a classic work that I really appreciated in trying to understand a fuller story about suffrage than the one I was taught #bwhm #herstory

Discovering in LOC archives today the unbelievable breadth of Mary Church Terrell's education at 1800s Oberlin--essays on suffrage, Tennyson, humor, Benjamin Franklin, slavery, the French Revolution, prejudice, war...clearly a brilliant mind in the making. Here's what she looked like then! #bwhm

Grateful for this source during Black Women's History Month, edited by Tyina Steptoe--writings by Martina Simms, Mary Church Terrell, Aida Overton Walker, Ida B. Wells #blackhistory #womenshistory

Reading German pacifist Helene Stöcker today & this cry from the heart found an echo in my own. #womenshistory #pacifism

It’s Black Women’s History Month, & I’ve been thinking about books that have helped me better understand Black women’s leadership on big questions of justice, rights, & peace. First up: Keisha Blain on how Black women articulated international human rights through their thought & activism #BWHM

No research angle here—just my favorite children’s book for #ChildrensBookDay. I swear this book is what made me go on to get a PhD in philosophy. So. Many. Questions. #philsky

After stumbling on a @archive.org book owned by W.E.B. Du Bois yesterday, I went looking for children’s books about him for #ChildrensBookDay today and can't find any. Help?? Instead: posting this 2026 Jane Addams Children's Book Award winner. Addams & Du Bois were allies, so this seems right!

When Rankin lost her seat after her vote against the US entry into WWI, she said: “Never for one second could I face the idea that I would send young men to be killed for no other reason than to save my seat in Congress.” Imagine that. #pacifism #UShistory @lorissa.bsky.social

Carve Her Name@carvehername.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#OnThisDay, 2 Apr 1917, Jeanette Rankin is sworn in, becoming the first woman to sit in the US Congress. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️

Thank you for this! Rankin was also a lifelong #pacifist, arguing against the militarization and national prejudice that lead to war. Fortunately for us, there is a new biography of Rankin out by @lorissa.bsky.social called "Winning the Earthquake."

Jill Hasday@jillhasday.bsky.social · 4mo ago

On this day in 1917, Jeannette Rankin took her seat as the first woman elected in Congress. She told fellow suffragists: “I may be the first woman member of Congress, but I won’t be the last.” Rankin is still the only woman to have represented Montana in Congress. #WeTheMen

Beautiful! So much powerful philosophizing about Stäel going on including by @kristingjesdal.bsky.social and in this @herplacepod.bsky.social podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... #philsky

Germaine de Staël with Helena Rosenblatt

Podcast Episode · Her Place in Theory · November 4, 2025 · 32m

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Sandrine Berges@sandrineankara.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Not only was this PhD dissertation a really good read, but look at the beautiful printed thesis ❤️ @evelineg.bsky.social

Fabulous! Congrats. Can’t wait.

Kevin M. Levin@civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 4mo ago

You can now pre-order my forthcoming biography of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It should be available directly through @uncpress.bsky.social and other sites in the next few weeks. 🗃️ www.amazon.com/Glorious-Fat...

Researching US Black women's involvement in WWI, reading Addie Hunton and Kathryn Johnson's account of their time supporting Black soldiers in France ... Sometimes @archive.org gives you any old scanned version of a book, and sometimes ... it belonged to W.E.B. Du Bois?? #archives #Blackhistory