Anne Donchin 1930-2014 Co-Founder, International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Professor Emerita of Philosophy (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) Professor of Philosophy, Philanthropy, and Women’s Studies, 1982-2001 (IUPUI) Director, Women’s Studies, 1990-1992 (IUPUI) Coordinator, Women’s Studies, 1983-1985 (IUPUI) Ph.D. (University of Texas, 1970) M.A. … Continue reading
Anne Donchin 1930-2014 Co-Founder, International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Professor Emerita of Philosophy (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) Professor of Philosophy, Philanthropy, and Women’s Studies, 1982-2001 (IUPUI) Director, Women’s Studies, 1990-1992 (IUPUI) Coordinator, Women’s Studies, 1983-1985 (IUPUI) Ph.D. (University of Texas, 1970) M.A. … Continue reading
Okay, so there’s nothing specifically feminist about this one, but it makes a nice point about the importance of thinking about the foods we produce and eat in broader terms than just their touted Once you have asked “Am I … Continue reading
After seeing this New York Times’ piece last week, “Transplant Brokers in Israel Lure Desperate Kidney Patients to Costa Rica,” I was surprised to hear a transplant nephrologist on WNYC discussing the advantages of the the Iranian system, in which … Continue reading
Check out SUNY Professor Janell Hobson’s excellent piece on female pop star videos in the context of Ferguson. What are your thoughts? … Continue reading
Studies show that infectious disease often affects one gender more than another — but that knowledge isn’t being put into practice…. On Aug. 14, the Washington Post reported that across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone collectively, women have comprised 55 … Continue reading
From philosopher Catherine Womack: In health care, we’re always looking for a magic pill or new technology to save us. But in this case, the focus on experimental drugs — who gets them, how much there is of them, when … Continue reading
Michelle Goldberg’s recent article for The New Yorker, “What Is a Woman? The dispute between radical feminism and transgenderism,” is an account of the fight between certain radical feminists and transgender women over whether or not transgender women should be … Continue reading
The current outbreak of Ebola in west Africa has prompted a fair amount of debate around the ethics of epidemic control, containment, and intervention. Some of this discussion looks at what kind of intervention (use of experimental treatment? compassionate use? … Continue reading
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A new piece in Nature raises important points for scientists working in fetal epigenetics to consider when writing up and communicating their work. The authors urge consideration of how the results will be used to target the behavior of pregnant … Continue reading
A thought-provoking piece at Slate.com. The logic behind the past push for registries rested on what seem like common sense assumptions. Among the most prominent were, first, sex offenders were believed to be at a high risk for reoffending—once a … Continue reading