Dr Louise Richardson-Self

Dr Louise Richardson-Self

@lvself.bsky.social

Feminist philosopher, University of Tasmania 🏳️‍🌈 🩷💜💙 (she/her) #philsky https://sites.google.com/site/louiserichardsonself/

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Dr Louise Richardson-Self
@lvself.bsky.social

"The (under)diagnosis of #endometriosis: epistemic and affective injustices in the medical niche" is in print! Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lucyosler.bsky.social #philsky #philosophysky

tandfonline.comThe (under)diagnosis of endometriosis: epistemic and affective injustices in the medical nicheThis paper examines the systemic underdiagnosis of endometriosis as a case study of how the medical niche scaffolds epistemic and affective injustices against cisgender women. Drawing on Fricker’s ...

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DiverseGrief
@diverse-grief.bsky.social

Your are warmly invited to attend a workshop titled "Imagining Diverse Grief" that is taking place at Cardiff University on 28 and 29 June 2027. Registrations are open now! philevents.org/event/show/1... #philsky #grief

philevents.orgImagining Diverse GriefGrief matters to everyone. It is a fundamental, universal experience in response to bereavement and non-bereavement losses, but it affects different people in different ways. Although philosophical re...

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DiverseGrief
@diverse-grief.bsky.social

This week on the Diverse Grief Blog: Louise Richardson-Self (@lvself.bsky.social) reflects on complicated grief, grief scripts, and the harms of bionormativity. diverse-grief.com/2026/09/18/g...

diverse-grief.comGrieving Off-Script: Making Sense of Blended Family Bereavement - Diverse GriefBy Louise Richardson-Self I lost a parent in 2013. This loss was complicated – not simply because grief is complicated, but because our relationship was complicated. I lost my ex-step-dad. He dropped ...

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Mark Eli Kalderon
@markelikalderon.bsky.social

Open letter about philosophy job losses at Nottingham. Please consider signing docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

docs.google.comOpen Letter: Opposing Compulsory Redundancies in the Department of Philosophy, University of NottinghamWe, the undersigned, call on the University of Nottingham to reverse its plans to impose compulsory redundancies on its staff in the Department of Philosophy. The University threatens to cut around o...

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Justin Caouette, Ph.D.
@justincaouette.bsky.social

We’re hiring! Please share widely. The PC philosophy department is hiring for a TT position with an AOS in Philosophy of AI and an AOC in the History of Philosophy. Link in comments. I’m not on the hiring committee but I am happy to answer any questions you may have. #philsky #philosophy

Dr Louise Richardson-Self
@lvself.bsky.social

I had a great time chatting to Heather about her current research on closed-mindedness!!

Australasian Association of Philosophy@aaphilosophy.bsky.social

Heather Battaly (University of Connecticut), speaks with Louise Richardson-Self (University of Tasmania), about her book project on Closed-Mindedness & why fixing it sometimes means changing the environment, not just the person in it. AAP's Women in Philosophy series. #philsky @lvself.bsky.social

youtu.beHeather Battaly in conversation with Louise Richardson-SelfYouTube video by Australasian Association of Philosophy AAP
Dr Louise Richardson-Self
@lvself.bsky.social

I'll be presenting some new research at the “Narrative, Imagination, and Well-Being” workshop on 25/9/26 with the Macquarie University Minds & Intelligences Research Centre, organised by the excellent @reginafabry.bsky.social Register: events.humanitix.com/workshop-nar... #philosophysky #philsky

events.humanitix.comWorkshop: Narrative, Imagination, and Well-BeingThis workshop facilitates an interdisciplinary conversation about narrative and imagination and their impact on individual and collective well-being.

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Dr Kathrine Cuccuru
@aphilosopher.eurosky.social

PHILOSOPHY BOOKCLUB! Featuring Sophie Grace Chappell, reading from her Trans Figured Saturday 12 September Doors: 10.30; Event: 11.00-12.30 Blackness Library, 225 Perth Road, DD2 1EJ

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The Philosopher
@philosopher1923.bsky.social

Announcing: On Philosophy, Autumn 2026!! All events are free and online, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except Oct. 26th is 3pm ET) featuring Hari Ramesh, Manon Garcia, Gala Rexer, Henrike Kohpeiß, Rafeef Ziadah, Travis Holloway, Michaele Ferguson, and so many more! Join us! #Philosophy #PhilEvents

Dr Louise Richardson-Self
@lvself.bsky.social

"This matters because lived experience is not simply a personal story. It is knowledge developed through ongoing learning that emerges from engagement with systems, institutions and the realities of everyday life." theconversation.com/lived-experi...

theconversation.comLived experience is often dismissed – but we should recognise it as a form of expertisePeople living with disabilities or through poverty and racism develop deep practical knowledge of how institutions function. They should be seen as experts.
Dr Louise Richardson-Self
@lvself.bsky.social

Off the back of the Women's Liberation at 60 conference earlier this month, I'm further developing my paper on Andrea Dworkin's conception of 'sexual intelligence' — & I'm really excited to be presenting it at the AAP in a couple of weeks!! Her reputation as a hetero-sex hater is way too reductive!

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Margot Finn
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social

'About 150 academic roles are set to go at the south-west institution, which said it was targeting areas that are “no longer sustainable” or have seen changes in student demand.' History and English are name-checked. 1/3

timeshighereducation.comUniversity of Exeter cuts an ‘existential threat to humanities’Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go

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Lisa Bortolotti
@lisabortolotti.com

Next at #EPICJune2026 Alice Monypenny asks whether erosion of self trust is necessarily one of the costs of #epistemicinjustice #philsky

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Lisa Bortolotti
@lisabortolotti.com

At #EPICJune2026 Ellie Byrne develops ameliorative strategies to address #epistemicinjustice based on what she calls “ground empathy” #philsky

Dr Louise Richardson-Self
@lvself.bsky.social
Perry Zurn@perryzurn.bsky.social

Coming soon! The "Trans Philosophy" special issue of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly! Co-edited with Talia Mae Bettcher, and featuring Jacob Hale on the cover. Will post again when the links go live next week, but was too excited to wait. @dukepress.bsky.social

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The Journal of Philosophy of Disability
@jphildis.bsky.social

#NewArticle #OpenAccess "Centering Gender Euphoria" by @quillkukla.bsky.social is available now! Read the full article here: doi.org/10.5840/jpd2... #PhilSky #Philosophy #genderstudies #transstudies

doi.orgCentering Gender Euphoria - published on May 23, 2026The concept of gender dysphoria, typically understood as a pathological experienced mismatch between one’s “inner gender identity” and one’s body, has been central to defining and “diagnosing” transness. Gender euphoria, which I define as joy, excitement, or pleasure in one’s gendered embodiment (including the social reception and emplacement of one’s gendered body), is an important notion in trans communities, but it has received little attention from academics, health care systems, or mainstream culture. Beginning from the reality and central importance of euphoria allows us to better understand everyone’s gendered experience and embodiment, and to avoid the substantial conceptual and ethical harms inflicted by a mental health model of trans identity that centers dysphoria. Organizing our understanding of trans identity, desires, and experiences around trans joy is conceptually clarifying; helps ground better medical and legal policy; and is more accurate than when we organize it around trans tragedy and pathology, even while we retain our realism about the fact that trans tragedy and dysphoric suffering are real and important.

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Feminist Legal Studies
@flsjournal.bsky.social

📣🏳️‍⚧️ Call for Papers We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives. Details below. Please share.