Sexist Language is No Joke
Though this post is about sexist language, I will start with a brief foray into linguistics and philosophy of language t...
October 17, 2022
Why I’m Not Backing Down From Fighting for Our Right to Abortion
On the morning of Friday, June 24, 2022, over half of the population of the United States was stripped of a fundamental ...
August 3, 2022
In Memoriam: Martha Holstein, PhD
Martha Holstein, PhD, aging studies scholar, feminist ethicist, mother, grandmother, colleague, and friend, died on Nove...
March 28, 2022
#FreeBritney: Autonomy, Conservatorships, and Mental Health in America
By Jennifer L Young, PhD, Julia E H Brown, PhD, Nicole Martinez-Martin, JD, PhD In a small but significant change ...
August 2, 2021
Overturning National Eviction Bans is Institutionalized Racism and Sexism
by Keisha Ray, PhD One of the social determinants of health is housing. Although in my work I discuss&nbs...
May 5, 2021
Doctor Performs Hysterectomies on Immigrant Detainees
by Craig Klugman In a startling whistleblower report, Dawn Looten who is a licensed nurse practitioner at the Irwin Coun...
September 17, 2020
Considering Systemic Discrimination in Tenure
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. Last week I was speaking with a friend who works at another university and we were discussing on...
August 11, 2020
#MedBikini: A Lesson in Irony and the Pitfalls of Policing Professionalism
by Andrew Helmers, MDCM, MHSc (Bioethics), MSc, FRCPC The Journal of Vascular Surgery (and Irony) published a rather odd...
July 27, 2020
Yes, Virginia, Ethics Does Recognize Humor
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. A Facebook connection, we can call them Virginia, recently posted an image of a metal ring with ...
February 6, 2020
Top Ten Bioethics Stories of 2019
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. and Keisha Ray, Ph.D. The end of the year usually brings a media blitz of top ten lists for the ...
December 29, 2019
Medical Photos, CPR Dolls, and Car Crash Dummies: When Women Aren’t Represented in Researc...
by Keisha Ray, Ph.D. In May a twitter user posted a picture depicting the muscular system of a female that includ...
July 22, 2019