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Sara Protasi

@saraprotasi.bsky.social
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Professional philosopher and amateur dancer. I think about emotions, morality, beauty, disability. Author of The Philosophy of Envy. She/they. saraprotasi.weebly.com philpeople.org/profiles/sara-protasi #philosophy #philsky

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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New podcast interview for the American Psychological Association. Jens Lange and I explain why envy is not all bad!
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Happy to announce the publication of a coauthored paper with @allyhps.bsky.social. This was a long time coming! The paper is open access. #philosophy #PhilSky #disability
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Piss on Pity? A Qualified Defense of Pity and Compassion Towards Disabled People | Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Concede for the sake of the argument that the aim of philosophy (and cognate fields) is about finding out more truths. That should be people extra-weary of using AI in research. Recently my partner used Clause for help planning a day in Seoul.
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Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I’m excited to share that my new book on Mary Midgley is available to preorder! It’s due out December 10: www.bloomsbury.com/us/mary-midg... #marymidgley #philsky @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Hey Bluesky, I'm looking for cool quotes on sleep for my book on the value of sleeping with @princetonupress.bsky.social! Please post them here or PM me.
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I had a great time talking with Neha Gajbhiye about some of my work and life experience as a philosopher/dancer. She asked insightful questions. #PhilSky #philosophy #AcademicSky
synergiapod.substack.com
EP 7: Philosophy of Sleep, Vulnerability, and the Good Life, with Sara Protasi
In this episode, Neha speaks with Dr.
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Perfection is static. There's nowhere else to go.
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I am looking for some review articles on dreaming, particularly: 1. the state of the art from the perspective of cognitive sciences. 2. the relation between dreaming and how we make sense of our waking experience. This is an urgent request so please share this widely. Thanks! #PhilSky #AcademicSky
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
An example of how *not* to present different perspectives on a complex issue. Most of the article assumes uncritically the idea that deafness is a horrible thing in need of eradication. *One* paragraph on a deaf (and possibly Deaf?) scholar who argues otherwise. Then end on overjoyed "blessed" mom.
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Congratulations to all the 2026 ACLS fellows. I'm honored to have contributed to the review process and happy that the ACLS is able to maintain its commitment to inclusive excellence. Contribute to this project and to ACLS's advocacy efforts here: www.acls.org/support/ @acls1919.bsky.social
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Recent Fellows
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Sono lieta di condividere una breve intervista che ho fatto per una rivista italiana sul mio lavoro sul valore del dormire. #filosofia #philsky #philosophy
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Perché dobbiamo continuare a dormire
La filosofa Sara Protasi spiega perché il dormire ha valore estetico, politico e sociale e cosa rivela sulle disuguaglianze.
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
“Fueling brains”. The overvaluation of intellectual abilities over ethical ones start so early. How about we nurture some hearts.
The sign of a preschool and childcare center reads: fuelingbrains academy.
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I'm not much on social media these days, so as to not give in to despair, but want to share that I'm back to doing research after a long hiatus (teaching+holidays), and I'm so chuffed I made 19 powerpoint slides in 2 hours (2799 words & cool pics/GIFs). Yay! #philsky #philosophy #Academia #research
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Genevieve Murray-Dinsmore @genevieveno1.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Excellent #report about the #Genocide in #Sudan. Shame on the UK & USA and the #UAE for their neglect of this horror. #African Countries also remain SILENT. 😡😭😡 observer.co.uk/news/interna...
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‘We saw so many bodies that we lost count’: uncovering the hidden horror of El Fasher | The Observer
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I second this advice. I’ve been a donor since I was in grad school, and a monthly donor for several years now. It’s a great organization that does work in all the (too many) places that need it.
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Donate to MSF
Support our cause by donating to Doctors Without Borders
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Oden @oden-gjallarhornet.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Deadly attack on #kindergarten reported in #Sudan www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Deadly attack on kindergarten reported in Sudan
Drone strikes on a town in South Kordofan on Thursday are said to have killed at least 50 people.
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I had no idea there are so many philosophy podcasts. I envy people with the ability and time to listen to many of them!
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Here is the short and pretty version of a paper I published at the beginning of the year in which I argue that sleeping is valuable aesthetically, interpersonally and intrinsically. Happy to say that a short book on this topic is forthcoming with Princeton U press. #philsky #philosophy #sleeping
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David Rondel @davidrondel.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
My colleague @proflos.bsky.social and I have a new publication: "What's So Great About Consistency?" Have a look! #philsky philpapers.org/rec/MARWSG
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Carlos Mariscal & David Rondel, What's So Great About Consistency? - PhilPapers
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 04/12/2025
Immigrants begging to be deported are languishing in ICE’s Aurora detention facility. Deportation, once seen as a loss, is much needed relief from detention for some. **They are making detention so bad that people beg to be deported. Think about that.** coloradosun.com/2025/11/18/i...
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Immigrants begging to be deported are languishing in ICE’s Aurora detention facility
Despite the Trump administration’s mass deportation policy, immigrants have languished behind bars in Colorado, largely in the dark about when they will be freed.
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Chris @multiplicityct.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Sara's work is excellent, looking forward to listening to this podcast on an upcoming commute!
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I had a good time conversing with Will Gildea about my work on envy. If you listen to it, let me know what you think! #philsky #philosophy
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Warning, this movie is about a lot of sad stuff, especially if you’re a parent!
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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
There's about a month left to submit something to the Asian Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural conference! Consider submitting an abstract, and encouraging early-career scholars (especially those from or based in Asia) to submit an essay for the APSA Essay Prize.
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Asian Philosophy of Science Association (APSA) Conference 2026
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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share! uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
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2026 Conference
Call for Papers: Science and Technology in the Anthropocene April 2 – 3, 2026 A conference about human experience in a world with non-biological intelligent systems and the environmental prob…
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
My colleagues @aritubert.bsky.social and @jttiehen.bsky.social make the news!
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Such a cool series!
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I had lots of fun talking to Faith Salie last summer and realized only belatedly that her Audible Original "Envy Enlightened" is out. She is a charming and powerful narrator, but also a careful thinker, and I highly recommend a listen! #philsky #philosophy
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Envy Enlightened
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. It's been said that of all the seven deadly sins, envy is the one that's no fun at all. It makes us feel small, ashamed, even angry with the world, or ourse...
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Michael Brownstein @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The great @saraprotasi.bsky.social giving excellent comments--with feeling!--on Somebody Should Do Something at the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics annual conference. @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
“In Somebody Should Do Something three philosophers show how anyone can help create social change. The key, they argue, is to realize that when we join forces with others, our actions can lead to butterfly effects” link.vox.com/view/608adc6...
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I'm back with another edition of Your Mileage May Vary, my advice column offering you a different framework for thinking through your ethical dilemmas. If you have a question you'd like me to answer, hit reply to this email!
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
I'm looking forward to discussing "Somebody Should Do Something" by @dryan149.bsky.social @madva.bsky.social and @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social today at PPE Society. (It's so accessible and well-written I plan to gift it to socially engaged friends for Christmas!) #philsky #philosophy
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
New paper out, a commentary to a target paper by Tzu-Wei Hung www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The image is just an image of the journal, 
Australasian Philosophical Review
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Currently restructuring and rethinking a bit my talk on the value of sleeping. Excited to hear feedback from the audience of the University of Nevada Reno tomorrow. Should be fun!
View from 12th door of a hotel room. Large tall buildings (one with a large graffiti, barely visible) and beautiful clouds in the distance.
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I’m not much on social media lately but I’m proud to share this article about @univpugetsound.bsky.social My colleague Tanya Erzen is a mensch. www.pugetsound.edu/stories/seco...
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A Second Chance
Tiana Wood-Sims ’24 chose the clear nail polish flecked with gold glitter. That little bit of bling might be a small pleasure for someone outside the razor-wire fences of the Washington Corrections Ce...
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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
On this #LaborDay we're thinking back to our 2017 episode "A World Without #Work," when we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Liza Veale, to look at depictions of a post-work society—the yearning and the dread, the utopian and dystopian predictions: youtu.be/_CnRN9lrJKI #PhilSky #philosophy
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A World Without Work: Roving Philosophical Report
YouTube video by Philosophy Talk
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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
The first episode in our #WiseWomen series was the first (and so far only) time our Roving Philosophical Report story editor, Angela Johnston, did the roving herself—in this case, to explore the life and times of 4th-century Egyptian philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria: youtu.be/yRWMtzW7nDo
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Hypatia of Alexandria: Roving Philosophical Report
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Trying to not feel guilty for being at the beach and leaving my laptop untouched. Since I’m away from my kids I thought I’d both vacation and write but… maybe I won’t write after all!
A panorama photo (badly made) of a sandy beach in Sabaudia, central Italy. The sky is sunny.
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Gwendolyn @profdolske.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Thank you @hiphination.bsky.social for joining Good Is In The Details! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... #philsky @rudysalo.bsky.social @goodisinthedetails.bsky.social
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I feel lucky that I was able to attend the conference launching the new field of Positive Moral Philosophy. It was organized by Cheshire Calhoun, Jules Holroyd, and Karen Stohr. #philsky #philosophy #PositiveMoralPhilosophy
Jules Holroyd is visible in a screen to the right of the podium, Cheshire Calhoun is on the other side of the podium, introducing, while Karen Stohr is sitting in the audience.
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I absolutely loved being in conversation with Samir Chopra, @kkthomason.bsky.social and @jdelston.bsky.social in this panel. I really think it's worth watching if you are interested in so-called "negative emotions"! I learned a ton. #philsky #philosophy
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APA On Demand: “Mixed Emotions: Confronting Feelings that Get a Bad Rap” replay now available - American Philosophical Association
The panelists for the online event were as follows:
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
If you are an American Philosophical Association member, come chat about "bad" emotions this Thursday at 10am Pacific! @kkthomason.bsky.social and Samir Chopra are the other panelists, and @jdelston.bsky.social will moderate. #philsky #philosophy
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American Philosophical Association
The panelists for this event are as follows:
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I have been impressed and delighted by my students end-of-term presentations @univpugetsound.bsky.social. I'll devote two distinct threads to the different type of presentations. This one concerns my upper-level course on the philosophy of emotions. 1/10
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Come chat about negative emotions with me, @kkthomason.bsky.social, and Samir Chopra. Thanks, @jdelston.bsky.social, for organizing!
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PLATO @plato-philosophy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Join us this evening! Register here: www.plato-philosophy.org/webinars/ Co-sponsored by @apaphilosophy.bsky.social #webinar #student #university #philsky #edusky #edsky
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I enjoyed this essay by Sophie Grace Chappell (is she here?) for The Philosopher magazine. #philsky #philosophy
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"Trans-Inclusive Philosophies" by Sophie Grace Chappell (Keywords: Embodiment; Gender; Truth; Reason; Theory; Lived Experience; Analytic Philosophy)
"Philosophical theorizing is made for human beings, and it should fit human beings, and not the other way around."
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Lydia Moland @lydiamoland.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
That's a wrap on my series of recent books on women in #philosophy for #womenshistorymonth! You can see them individually in my profile--an impressive list, and I'm sure there are others. If we don't think they're there, we won't look; if we don't look we won't find them. Here's to finding more!
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
A bit sheepish about posting again about this paper, but since I have some new followers, I might as well share this very short blog post on it!
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Vanessa Bentley (she/her) @piratev.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Sandra Harding, feminist philosopher of science, passed away. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie... Her work on feminist standpoint theory was so important to me. #philsky #feministsky #philsci #STS
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SANDRA HARDING Obituary (1935 - 2025-03-05) - Amherst, MA - Boston Globe
View DR. SANDRA G. HARDING's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
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Rebeka Ferreira @philosop-her @philosop-her.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nbcn... #theresistance 💪🏽 #philsky #academicsky #edusky
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Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here'
“There are only two opinions on this sign: Everyone is welcome here, or not everyone is welcome here,” argues Sarah Inama, a sixth-grade history teacher.
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