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RESEARCHMetaphysics & Philosophical MethodologySearching for Social Properties (Philosophy & Phenomenological Research 2023): A paper about what it takes for a property to be social.
Social Properties (The Routledge Handbook of Properties, 2024) A survey of the existing literature on the social construction of properties. Feminism, Ontological Deflationism, and Normative Structure (In Progress): A paper about the compatibility of ontological deflationism and structural realism in feminist metaphysics.
Emancipatory Methodology in Feminist Metaphysics [with Elizabeth Barnes] (In Progress; invited submission to Ethics): A paper about the role of political commitments in descriptive projects in feminist metaphysics. Normative Metaphysics (In Progress) A paper about the methodological move from what should be the case to what is the case, considered in the context of ontological projects in feminist metaphysics. |
Philosophy of SexualityScenes as Games: Agency, Autonomy, and Value in BDSM (forthcoming at Hypatia): A paper about the metaphysics & ethics of BDSM scenes, analyzed as games.
Conceptualizing "Kink" (In Progress) This paper engages second-wave feminist criticisms of kink: I argue that many of these critiques remain relevant and pressing, given popular conceptions of kink. I then argue that we have good reasons not to use 'kink' to refer to unethical activities. Philosophy of OppressionSystem Caging (In Progress)
A paper about the material nature and harms of systemic marginalization.
Public PhilosophyWhy We Shouldn't Compare Transracial to Transgender Identity [with Robin Dembroff] (Nov. 2020, Boston Review)
Unlike gender inequality, racial inequality primarily accumulates across generations. Transracial identification undermines collective reckoning with that injustice. |