Editor’s Note: As part of our mini-series on pedagogy–which kicked off with Kate MacKay’s reflection last week on unyielding dogmatism in the classroom–IJFAB Blog features a two-part consideration by a professor and a student on issues arising from classes in which … Continue reading
Hi, folks. This is just a quick announcement of our upcoming 4-part mini-series. We will be focusing on issues that arise in planning and handling discussions of oppression in the classroom. The reason why this place is hit is because … Continue reading
Let me start by echoing Talia Mae Bettcher that transgender women are women and transgender men are men (Bettcher, 2013). The definition of “woman” includes all those individuals who identify as a woman and the definition “man” includes all those … Continue reading
IJFAB Blog would like to draw your attention to this superb bit of work by Florencia Luna in the Canadian Journal of Bioethics, “From the Middle Ages to the 21st Century. Abortion, Assisted Reproduction Technologies and LGBT Rights in Argentina.” Abstract … Continue reading
In a turn that should not be all that surprising given that Teen Vogue has published on evidence-based sexual health and Cosmopolitan has published serious work on sexual harassment and assault, the young person’s fashion and beauty magazine Marie Claire … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: From time to time, IJFAB Blog features content that isn’t directly about bioethics but is most assuredly about feminism and gender. This helps us to get our own frameworks clear, whether because we agree with the author or are … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: If you have work in feminist bioethics, broadly construed, please submit to FAB Congress, meeting in conjunction with the World Congress of Bioethics later this year in India. These opportunities to be with the global bioethics community and do … Continue reading
We bloggers and readers been writing and talking amongst ourselves lately about children, weight, fat shaming, and concerns about policing and medicalizing kids’ bodies. Once you start down this path, it’s really hard to stop. And where does this lead? … Continue reading
The new issue of IJFAB is out with some spectacular articles on topics ranging from childbirth to epistemic injustice to patient noncompliance to Saudi Arabian bioethics. Scroll down to the bottom for the table of contents! The UT Press Blog … Continue reading
Written by Robyn Bluhm of MSU with input from, and speaking for, the other MSU-affiliated IJFAB folks: two Editors of the International Journal of Feminist Bioethics (Jamie Nelson and Hilde Lindemann) and the Editor of the IJFAB Blog (Alison Reiheld). IJFAB is currently hosted at Michigan … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This blog by Associate Professor of Religion Karey Harwood is the second in our miniseries reflecting on the Trump administrations’s support for expanded conscientious objection in medicine. For background readings, see the Editor’s introduction to the series. For another … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This is the first entry in our short series of blogs reflecting on the medical conscience policy of the current US President and his Administration. See the Editor’s introduction to this miniseries for more background on both this issue … Continue reading
