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Carol Hay (she/her)

@carolhay.bsky.social
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Professor & Chair of Philosophy at UMassLowell. First-gen academic. Author of ETHICS FOR EVERYONE (Norton, 2028) & THINK LIKE A FEMINIST (Norton, 2020). Director of Mentoring Workshop for Women* in Philosophy. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ ✊🏼 🤬 www.carolhay.org

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Nico @n1c0n1c0.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I need all my gender abolitionists to submit to this by August 15: philevents.org/event/show/1... @floresophize.bsky.social @carolhay.bsky.social
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Social Categories of the Future
Recent years have seen an explosion of work on social categories, including gender, race, disability, and sexual orientation. But little attention has been paid to what these and other categories migh...
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Call for Abstracts: Social Categories of the Future philevents.org/event/show/1... Gonna be a good one, folx!
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Social Categories of the Future
Recent years have seen an explosion of work on social categories, including gender, race, disability, and sexual orientation. But little attention has been paid to what these and other categories migh...
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
When yer bestie is the girl who makes goddamned sure the Pride flag aint coming down ❤️‍🔥 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/u...
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Boston University Pulls Pride Flags, Raising Free Speech Worries
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Queers! Clear your calendars! 2nd annual QUEER Aɸ conference at UCSC--this year right before SF Pride!! 🏳️‍🌈✊🏼🏳️‍⚧️ queeranalyticphilosophy.weebly.com
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QUEER Aɸ
​We cordially invite all queers to the second annual Queer Analytic Philosophy Conference, hosted by UC Santa Cruz, June 22-24, 2026. The aim of the conference is to foreground philosophical work...
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Who knew philosophers of cognitive science were so hot?!?? 🥵 @n1c0n1c0.bsky.social
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Coauthor extraordinaire 🤩
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Newest member of the APA's committee for LGBTQ People in the Profession 👆🏻
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APA Committee Appointments for 2026 Announced - American Philosophical Association
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Some things are worth logging back onto instagram for
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Now in German 🤓
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
girls will be girls
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Caro Flores @floresophize.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Extremely stoked to be organizing this conference highlighting philosophy done from queer perspectives at UC Santa Cruz this April! Especially glad to still have this happen given, you know... everything. Registration here, with a remote option: forms.gle/bhPt4xQ2jR5q...
Program for Day 1 of Queer AF conference @ UCSC, April 12-13. PDF version available at the bottom of this page: https://philevents.org/event/show/125782Program for Day 2 of Queer AF conference @ UCSC, April 12-13. PDF version available at the bottom of this page: https://philevents.org/event/show/125782
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Immigrationequality.org has an emergency helpline for trans people who are detained by Immigration officials. Save this number to your contacts. Spread the word. 917.654.9696
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- Immigration Equality
For over 25 years, we have worked to secure safe haven, the freedom to live openly, and equality for the LGBTQ community.
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
"And I wonder what all of you will decide to do now, besides gaping like fools, while we tables are burning—ablaze from the very fires you helped set." @talia-mae.bsky.social dailynous.com/2025/02/10/w...
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While Tables Burn: On the (Non) Existence of Trans People and the Failure of Philosophy (guest post) - Daily Nous
“There are indeed consequences when we punch down or pretend that what is, in fact, a hostile attack, is merely ‘inquiry for inquiry’s sake.’ Aside from the emotional wounds we inflict on actual peopl...
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Cali kitty not a fan of atmospheric rivers
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
About to take off on a flight. To the surprise of literally no one, sitting in a middle seat bw 2 women means that I am automatically ceded both armrests. Fuck manspreaders all day every day.
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
This is apparently from @dansavage.bsky.social and it made me cry.
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Dinah channels the collective mood 🫠
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Gonna deactivate the fascist megaphones (FB, IG) for a minute. Entertain me here, loves?
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
I posted that diatribe against organized religion on the facebook wall of a guy I went to grad school with. Guess I touched a nerve. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
When I first read this I really appreciated Brooks' description of what it feels like to let go of the hyper-rationalist fixation on making sense of the world through reason alone, because I've been lucky enough to go through something similar. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/o...
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Opinion | The Shock of Faith: It’s Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be
The word “faith” implies the possession of something, whereas I experience faith as a yearning for something beautiful that I can sense but not fully grasp.
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
🎄✔️
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
Call for Mentees/Mentors: 7th Biennial Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Women* in Philosophy Please spread the word--and encourage any women, non-binary, or trans* scholars you know to apply! marcsandersfoundation.org/the-mentorin...
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The Mentoring Workshop - The Marc Sanders Foundation
The Mentoring Workshop For Early Career Women* Faculty in Philosophy We are delighted to announce that the Seventh Biennial Mentoring […]
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
Fellow feminists! Whatchya doing in May? You wanna go to Iceland to talk about #MeToo stuff with a bunch of other amazing feminists?? Of course you do. Call for abstracts below!! Deadline Nov 20. emfem.hi.is/olddilemmas/...
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Old Dilemmas, New Voices: Feminist Ethics and #MeToo - Ethics in Motion
Old Dilemmas, New Voices: Feminist Ethics and #MeToo A conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, May 26–28, 2025 Nearly 5 years have passed since the #MeToo movement‘s worldwide impact. In the meantime, many ...
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
I worry that some people love rags-to-riches tales of first-generation academics because they feed the lie of meritocracy and the false promise of class mobility. So I’ll talk about how I got lucky until I’m blue in the face. www.firstgenphilosophers.com/contribution...
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Carol Hay - How I Got Lucky — First-Gen Philosophers
My experiences as a first-generation philosopher have been shot through with luck. I grew up in the middle of the Canadian prairies, in an 800-person town so remote it had neither paved roads nor st...
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 12/04/2024
Coming this fall: Think Like a Feminist in German!
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 11/04/2024
Talked about porn today with the good folks at @mamamuse.nyc ✨ mamamuse.nyc/voices/beyon...
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Folks who've had success using THINK LIKE A FEMINIST in the classroom--would you mind shooting me a quick DM? TYSM!
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
We're hiring! AOS: Asian/nonwestern and/or philosophy of race! Pls spread the news, and hit me up with any questions. careers.pageuppeople.com/822/lowell/e...
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 21/08/2023
Folks teaching philosophy of sex & love! I know you're currently mired in syllabus prep for the fall, but if you happen to be teaching this winter or spring, I have a new anthology for you!! global.oup.com/.../the-philosophy-o…...
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 18/07/2023
Feminist musings on the Barbie movie--now in Spanish! theconversation.com/como-aprendi-a-…
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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · 17/07/2023
Wherein my hot pink hot flashes of #Barbie nostalgia intermingle with musings on femmephobia: theconversation.com/how-i-learned-t…
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