Gen Eickers
@geneickers.bsky.social
Critical/Feminist Philosophy of Mind of Emotion, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Technology @ Uni Osnabrück - Working on Scripts, Social Norms, Interaction, Emotion, Gender & Transness, Social Media
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📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964...
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964...
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
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Another example of the burdens created when tech companies behave as untrustworthy social actors - people then go to great lengths to protect themselves even when it’s not necessary, at personal cost and compromising their ability to use the technology that does work
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Another example of the burdens created when tech companies behave as untrustworthy social actors - people then go to great lengths to protect themselves even when it’s not necessary, at personal cost and compromising their ability to use the technology that does work
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I resent LLMs for many reasons, but forcing me to act like a cop to keep fake garbage out of publication is high on the list. I want to read people’s work in a spirit of generosity and curiosity again (‘I wonder what cool ideas might be in here?’) instead of ‘I got you now, you lying little shit’
November 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I resent LLMs for many reasons, but forcing me to act like a cop to keep fake garbage out of publication is high on the list. I want to read people’s work in a spirit of generosity and curiosity again (‘I wonder what cool ideas might be in here?’) instead of ‘I got you now, you lying little shit’
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Trailblazer in trans scholarship: professor emeritus earns award for life's work www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...
Trailblazer in trans scholarship: professor emeritus earns award for life's work - YFile
Known for groundbreaking work in gender theory, Michael Gilbert/Miqqi Alicia Gilbert has been recognized for a lifetime of advancing transgender visibility, rights and inclusive education.
www.yorku.ca
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Trailblazer in trans scholarship: professor emeritus earns award for life's work www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...
Heute in Wien! trans Philosophie Workshop mit @sigmondrime.bsky.social & mir :-)
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November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Heute in Wien! trans Philosophie Workshop mit @sigmondrime.bsky.social & mir :-)
urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/...
urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/...
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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1/ In case you missed it: on Sunday evening, Jason Stanley was invited to speak at the Jewish Community of Frankfurt to commemorate the November Pogrom of 1938 (referred to as 'Kristallnacht' in English). His talk was cut short after members of the audience shouted him down. German interview below:
Streit um Gedenken zum 9. November: „Leute im Publikum haben mich angeschrien“
Der US-Philosoph Jason Stanley sollte in der Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt eine Rede halten. Sie wurde abgebrochen. Stanely ist schockiert.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
1/ In case you missed it: on Sunday evening, Jason Stanley was invited to speak at the Jewish Community of Frankfurt to commemorate the November Pogrom of 1938 (referred to as 'Kristallnacht' in English). His talk was cut short after members of the audience shouted him down. German interview below:
Keynoting this cool workshop on affective and epistemic injustice tomorrow! 💕
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Keynoting this cool workshop on affective and epistemic injustice tomorrow! 💕
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This is terrible. Teen Vogue were a vital source of political critique and social commentary.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This is terrible. Teen Vogue were a vital source of political critique and social commentary.
My paper “trans perspectives in philosophy of mind” is out now in APA Studies on Feminism and Philosophy!
#philsky #philosophy #transphilosophy
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#philsky #philosophy #transphilosophy
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October 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My paper “trans perspectives in philosophy of mind” is out now in APA Studies on Feminism and Philosophy!
#philsky #philosophy #transphilosophy
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#philsky #philosophy #transphilosophy
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I'm hiring! A 2-year postdoc on my ERC project "KNOW-HOW" at the Cogito: Epistemology Research Centre University of Glasgow. (Deadline for applications 9 November.) Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Details below
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Research Associate in Philosophy
College of Arts and HumanitiesSchool of Humanities Research Associate in PhilosophyVacancy Reference: 184814Salary: Grade 7, £41,064 - £46,049 per annum We have an opportunity for a Research Associ...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I'm hiring! A 2-year postdoc on my ERC project "KNOW-HOW" at the Cogito: Epistemology Research Centre University of Glasgow. (Deadline for applications 9 November.) Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Details below
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
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Und es gibt Hochschulleitungen, die diese Anfragen tatsächlich an die Fachbereiche weiterreichen (Halle) und beantworten (Merseburg). Und offenbar viele Kolleg:innen, die ganz brav (oder ganz doof oder ganz freudig) selbst Meldung erstatten.
Die AfD Sachsen-Anhalt fragt gezielt nach Listen postkolonialer Seminare und Lehrstühle. Wie die Universitäten beginnen, sich gegen die Angriffe zu wappnen.
AfD hetzt gegen Hochschulen: Angriff auf die Freiheit der Wissenschaft
Die AfD Sachsen-Anhalt fragt gezielt nach Listen postkolonialer Seminare und Lehrstühle. Wie die Universitäten beginnen, sich gegen die Angriffe zu wappnen.
taz.de
October 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Und es gibt Hochschulleitungen, die diese Anfragen tatsächlich an die Fachbereiche weiterreichen (Halle) und beantworten (Merseburg). Und offenbar viele Kolleg:innen, die ganz brav (oder ganz doof oder ganz freudig) selbst Meldung erstatten.
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“If you share your knowledge outside the scientific community, then you’re already exerting societal influence, according to Judi Mesman. This isn’t problematic for the prestige of science: ‘Pretending to be neutral doesn’t make sense to me.’”
www.nwo.nl/en/there-is-...
www.nwo.nl/en/there-is-...
‘There is no clear boundary between science and activism’ | NWO
If you share your knowledge outside the scientific community, then you’re already exerting societal influence, according to Judi Mesman. This isn’t problematic for the prestige of science: ‘Pretending to be neutral doesn’t make sense to me.’
www.nwo.nl
October 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“If you share your knowledge outside the scientific community, then you’re already exerting societal influence, according to Judi Mesman. This isn’t problematic for the prestige of science: ‘Pretending to be neutral doesn’t make sense to me.’”
www.nwo.nl/en/there-is-...
www.nwo.nl/en/there-is-...
My paper “Are all emotions social? Embracing a pluralistic understanding of social emotions” was just updated! (Somehow the main argument was swallowed by technology in the previously published version.)
Please use this new version!
passion-journal.org/article/view...
#philsky #emotion #philosophy
Please use this new version!
passion-journal.org/article/view...
#philsky #emotion #philosophy
View of Are all emotions social? Embracing a pluralistic understanding of social emotions
passion-journal.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My paper “Are all emotions social? Embracing a pluralistic understanding of social emotions” was just updated! (Somehow the main argument was swallowed by technology in the previously published version.)
Please use this new version!
passion-journal.org/article/view...
#philsky #emotion #philosophy
Please use this new version!
passion-journal.org/article/view...
#philsky #emotion #philosophy
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Anti-Trans- und Anti-Woke-Narrative für den Philosophieunterricht in einer Fachzeitschrift?
Ja, das gibt es in der ZDPE 1/2025 zum Thema Social Justice. @daluc.bsky.social, @eidexmueller.bsky.social & ich besprechen ausgewählte Beiträge. 1/6
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#Wissenschaftsfreiheit
Ja, das gibt es in der ZDPE 1/2025 zum Thema Social Justice. @daluc.bsky.social, @eidexmueller.bsky.social & ich besprechen ausgewählte Beiträge. 1/6
praefaktisch.de/002e/eine-au...
#Wissenschaftsfreiheit
Eine Ausgabe, viele Fragezeichen – Ein kritischer Blick auf die Ausgabe 1/2025 der Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Philosophie und Ethik (ZDPE)
Von Sophia Hohmann (Bielefeld), Daniel Lucas (Zürich) & Alex Miller-Noe (Köln)
In der Ausgabe 1/25 der ZDPE fragen die Herausgeber, Frank Brosow un
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October 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Anti-Trans- und Anti-Woke-Narrative für den Philosophieunterricht in einer Fachzeitschrift?
Ja, das gibt es in der ZDPE 1/2025 zum Thema Social Justice. @daluc.bsky.social, @eidexmueller.bsky.social & ich besprechen ausgewählte Beiträge. 1/6
praefaktisch.de/002e/eine-au...
#Wissenschaftsfreiheit
Ja, das gibt es in der ZDPE 1/2025 zum Thema Social Justice. @daluc.bsky.social, @eidexmueller.bsky.social & ich besprechen ausgewählte Beiträge. 1/6
praefaktisch.de/002e/eine-au...
#Wissenschaftsfreiheit
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PSA 🔈Our call for abstracts for EPSSE 2026 is now open! Our 2026 annual conference will be hosted in Germany by Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt on 24-26 June 2026 💫
Deadline for abstracts on all things philosophy of emotions: 1 December 2025
www.epsse.org/call-for-abs...
Deadline for abstracts on all things philosophy of emotions: 1 December 2025
www.epsse.org/call-for-abs...
Call for Abstracts | EPSSE
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October 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
PSA 🔈Our call for abstracts for EPSSE 2026 is now open! Our 2026 annual conference will be hosted in Germany by Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt on 24-26 June 2026 💫
Deadline for abstracts on all things philosophy of emotions: 1 December 2025
www.epsse.org/call-for-abs...
Deadline for abstracts on all things philosophy of emotions: 1 December 2025
www.epsse.org/call-for-abs...
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Today we had a very interesting and stimulating seminar at the Center for Ethics as Study in Human Value on Masculinity & Emotional Injustice, taught by @geneickers.bsky.social It's not even October yet, and things are already rolling.
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Today we had a very interesting and stimulating seminar at the Center for Ethics as Study in Human Value on Masculinity & Emotional Injustice, taught by @geneickers.bsky.social It's not even October yet, and things are already rolling.
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September 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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I just recently discovered Kevin Richardson’s blog post on my work on scripts and his thoughts on it: kevinrichardson.org/blog/03-31-2...
— seems like a good opportunity to remind you to tell your uni library to order my book (and other cool new philosophy books) 🙏🏼
— seems like a good opportunity to remind you to tell your uni library to order my book (and other cool new philosophy books) 🙏🏼
September 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I just recently discovered Kevin Richardson’s blog post on my work on scripts and his thoughts on it: kevinrichardson.org/blog/03-31-2...
— seems like a good opportunity to remind you to tell your uni library to order my book (and other cool new philosophy books) 🙏🏼
— seems like a good opportunity to remind you to tell your uni library to order my book (and other cool new philosophy books) 🙏🏼
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BREAKING: Die Polizei Sachsen hat soeben rechtswidrig den Adenauer SRP+ beschlagnahmt. Der Adenauer war auf dem Weg zum CSD Döbeln, die halbe Autobahn wurde dafür abgesperrt, seit Stunden das Team festgehalten. Was ist schon wieder in Kretschmers Bundesland los? Was soll die Rechtsgrundlage sein?
September 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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for some reason analytic philosophers still think it's acceptable to opine about gender while ignoring the last 75 years of research in the philosophy of gender
This is virulently anti-trans: not simply arguing that there's a reasonably natural concept of transition-independent biological sex (fine) but also that there is no reasonably natural biological or social concept whose extensions is trans and cis women dailynous.com/2025/09/19/p...
Philosophers File Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Cases on Transgender Athletes - Daily Nous
A group of 24 philosophers has submitted an amicus curiae brief for two US Supreme Court cases concerning laws about the participation of transgender athletes in sports. The two cases are Bradley Litt...
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September 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
for some reason analytic philosophers still think it's acceptable to opine about gender while ignoring the last 75 years of research in the philosophy of gender
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Chatbots are explicitly being designed “to elicit intimacy and emotional engagement in order to increase our trust in and dependency on them” (me in Wired magazine 🤭). This designed intimacy combined with AI sycophancy creates serious risks for delusional thinking
www.wired.com/story/ai-psy...
www.wired.com/story/ai-psy...
AI Psychosis Is Rarely Psychosis at All
A wave of AI users presenting in states of psychological distress gave birth to an unofficial diagnostic label. Experts say it’s neither accurate nor needed, but concede that it’s likely to stay.
www.wired.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Chatbots are explicitly being designed “to elicit intimacy and emotional engagement in order to increase our trust in and dependency on them” (me in Wired magazine 🤭). This designed intimacy combined with AI sycophancy creates serious risks for delusional thinking
www.wired.com/story/ai-psy...
www.wired.com/story/ai-psy...
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"For transgender and gender-diverse adolescents, gender-affirming health care is not optional—it is lifesaving. This is not rhetoric; it is evidence-based medicine." Powerful piece on the "Moral Injury of Denying Gender-Affirming Care" published in JAMA Pediatrics.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
The Moral Injury of Denying Gender-Affirming Care
This essay describes the author’s response to legislation on gender-affirming care.
jamanetwork.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"For transgender and gender-diverse adolescents, gender-affirming health care is not optional—it is lifesaving. This is not rhetoric; it is evidence-based medicine." Powerful piece on the "Moral Injury of Denying Gender-Affirming Care" published in JAMA Pediatrics.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Off to the Czech Republic for a month, where I’ll be a visiting fellow at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Pardubice. I’m so excited! My Czech is still embarrassingly bad though :-)
September 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Off to the Czech Republic for a month, where I’ll be a visiting fellow at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Pardubice. I’m so excited! My Czech is still embarrassingly bad though :-)
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I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)