Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they
@shelleytremain.bsky.social
Ph.D. in Philosophy, coordinate BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY blog, disabled feminist killjoy, ed. of _The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability_ and _Foucault and the Government of Disability_, author of _Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability_.
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I spend a lot of time searching for things like "fascist health gurus" and the algorithms have noticed.
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I spend a lot of time searching for things like "fascist health gurus" and the algorithms have noticed.
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A talk I gave earlier this year has, unfortunately, become relevant again this week so I've published it here.
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The Fascist Echo in Labour's "Over-diagnosis" Inquiry
Why Wes Steeting's new inquiry is about more than just renewed austerity
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December 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A talk I gave earlier this year has, unfortunately, become relevant again this week so I've published it here.
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💫 Highly recommend diving into the new amazing work on the mental hygiene movement in India by my colleague Dr. Shilpi Rajpal. From her concluding remarks:
"This research has investigated an era when the mind sciences gained control and defined every aspect
of the so-called ‘ideal citizen’.... ⏬
"This research has investigated an era when the mind sciences gained control and defined every aspect
of the so-called ‘ideal citizen’.... ⏬
Shilpi Rajpal has written an article on the birth of global mental health in India! Read it at the link below. 💥
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December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
💫 Highly recommend diving into the new amazing work on the mental hygiene movement in India by my colleague Dr. Shilpi Rajpal. From her concluding remarks:
"This research has investigated an era when the mind sciences gained control and defined every aspect
of the so-called ‘ideal citizen’.... ⏬
"This research has investigated an era when the mind sciences gained control and defined every aspect
of the so-called ‘ideal citizen’.... ⏬
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"Following three years of negotiations, 62 cultural items previously held in Vatican museums and vaults for a century landed at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport just before noon on Saturday."
"Following three years of negotiations, 62 cultural items previously held in Vatican museums and vaults for a century landed at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport just before noon on Saturday."
Indigenous cultural belongings return to Canada from Vatican after long journey | CBC News
A delegation from the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and four First Nations youth accompanied 62 the cultural items on a flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Montreal.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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"Following three years of negotiations, 62 cultural items previously held in Vatican museums and vaults for a century landed at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport just before noon on Saturday."
"Following three years of negotiations, 62 cultural items previously held in Vatican museums and vaults for a century landed at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport just before noon on Saturday."
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It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
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Today’s renaming of military bases for Confederates, re-installing of Confederate statue, denigration of Black holidays, refusal to acknowledge Black contributions while decimating civil rights by an openly white nationalist administration is all to signal the “restoration” of the racial order.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Today’s renaming of military bases for Confederates, re-installing of Confederate statue, denigration of Black holidays, refusal to acknowledge Black contributions while decimating civil rights by an openly white nationalist administration is all to signal the “restoration” of the racial order.
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Legendary architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96
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Frank Gehry: Legendary US architect dies aged 96
Frank Gehry was acclaimed for his love of jagged angles and use of industrial materials.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Legendary architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96
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This whole convo is fantastic - 1.5 hours of very informative chat on climate justice vs the gross economics of tech
Ft @naomiaklein.bsky.social @profwhw.bsky.social @profhvdv.bsky.social, hosted at @ccj-ubc.bsky.social
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Ft @naomiaklein.bsky.social @profwhw.bsky.social @profhvdv.bsky.social, hosted at @ccj-ubc.bsky.social
youtu.be/27BHQhkK52I
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This whole convo is fantastic - 1.5 hours of very informative chat on climate justice vs the gross economics of tech
Ft @naomiaklein.bsky.social @profwhw.bsky.social @profhvdv.bsky.social, hosted at @ccj-ubc.bsky.social
youtu.be/27BHQhkK52I
Ft @naomiaklein.bsky.social @profwhw.bsky.social @profhvdv.bsky.social, hosted at @ccj-ubc.bsky.social
youtu.be/27BHQhkK52I
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A post at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY about the absolutely exhausting ableism of (nondisabled) feminist philosophers.
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Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Tremain on the Exhausting Ableism of Feminist Philosophers
Yesterday was International Day of Persons with Disabilities, or International Day for Persons with Disability, or International Day for Disabled People, depending on where one is located on the wo…
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December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A post at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY about the absolutely exhausting ableism of (nondisabled) feminist philosophers.
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Help us increase the accessibility of the upcoming sixth edition of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series by contributing institutional funding/support!
Help us increase the accessibility of the upcoming sixth edition of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series by contributing institutional funding/support!
Show Your Support for Philosophy Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6)
With Jonathan Wolff’s retirement earlier this year, came the end of Oxford University’s support for the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series. Henceforth, the prim…
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December 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Help us increase the accessibility of the upcoming sixth edition of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series by contributing institutional funding/support!
Help us increase the accessibility of the upcoming sixth edition of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series by contributing institutional funding/support!
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Last night's NDP French language debate exposed a party that doesn't seem serious about rebuilding after the departure of Jagmeet Singh
The party's livestrteam links were faulty, and candidates weren't particularly engaging, mainly because the collective level of French was atrocious🧵
The party's livestrteam links were faulty, and candidates weren't particularly engaging, mainly because the collective level of French was atrocious🧵
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Last night's NDP French language debate exposed a party that doesn't seem serious about rebuilding after the departure of Jagmeet Singh
The party's livestrteam links were faulty, and candidates weren't particularly engaging, mainly because the collective level of French was atrocious🧵
The party's livestrteam links were faulty, and candidates weren't particularly engaging, mainly because the collective level of French was atrocious🧵
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"Kinew’s government, among others, have begun shifting towards progressive carcerality, and the expansion of policing and punishment often hidden behind political figures who are deemed 'diverse.'"
~Black Indigenous Harm Reduction Alliance
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~Black Indigenous Harm Reduction Alliance
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Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba
In Manitoba, Wab Kinew’s NDP government passed Bill 48 strengthening policies to incarcerate houseless peoples. The Protective Detention and Care of Intoxicated Persons Act came as no surprise for …
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November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Kinew’s government, among others, have begun shifting towards progressive carcerality, and the expansion of policing and punishment often hidden behind political figures who are deemed 'diverse.'"
~Black Indigenous Harm Reduction Alliance
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~Black Indigenous Harm Reduction Alliance
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As a hip hop artist and journalist, Wab Kinew documented the harms of policing on young people
As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
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As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...
Wab Kinew wants more cops in schools—despite his own work exposing their harm
YouTube video by The Breach
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November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
As a hip hop artist and journalist, Wab Kinew documented the harms of policing on young people
As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...
As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...
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Co-wrote this piece with the brilliant @nisrinelamin.bsky.social
and Ismail Adam of the Darfur Diaspora Association, on Canada's complicity in the war in Sudan and the genocide in Darfur, for @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
and Ismail Adam of the Darfur Diaspora Association, on Canada's complicity in the war in Sudan and the genocide in Darfur, for @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
In the genocide in Sudan, Canada has a hand in the violence ⋆ The Breach
The massacres of civilians in Sudan are being fuelled by Canadian weapons, mining interests, and refugee restrictions. It’s time for Canada to end its complicity
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November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Co-wrote this piece with the brilliant @nisrinelamin.bsky.social
and Ismail Adam of the Darfur Diaspora Association, on Canada's complicity in the war in Sudan and the genocide in Darfur, for @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
and Ismail Adam of the Darfur Diaspora Association, on Canada's complicity in the war in Sudan and the genocide in Darfur, for @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
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Version of Paisley Currah's "The Anti-Trans Playbook" that is not behind a paywall.
#trans #feminism #justice
Version of Paisley Currah's "The Anti-Trans Playbook" that is not behind a paywall.
#trans #feminism #justice
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November 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Version of Paisley Currah's "The Anti-Trans Playbook" that is not behind a paywall.
#trans #feminism #justice
Version of Paisley Currah's "The Anti-Trans Playbook" that is not behind a paywall.
#trans #feminism #justice
A post on the *draft program* of the upcoming edition of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change: Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDiSocCh6)!
The final program will be posted soon at which time registration will open!
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The final program will be posted soon at which time registration will open!
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Draft Program of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6), Online, Jan. 28-30, 2026
Here is the draft program of the upcoming edition of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change: Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6). Registration for the conference will ope…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A post on the *draft program* of the upcoming edition of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change: Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDiSocCh6)!
The final program will be posted soon at which time registration will open!
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The final program will be posted soon at which time registration will open!
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A mother of 8 was sexually abused by an ICE officer.
She went public with the abuse, and was deported the very next day.
Her lawyer says she had a stay on her deportation order
They disappeared her so she couldn’t speak out.
Silvia Reyna Mendoza deserves justice.
ICE should be abolished.
She went public with the abuse, and was deported the very next day.
Her lawyer says she had a stay on her deportation order
They disappeared her so she couldn’t speak out.
Silvia Reyna Mendoza deserves justice.
ICE should be abolished.
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A mother of 8 was sexually abused by an ICE officer.
She went public with the abuse, and was deported the very next day.
Her lawyer says she had a stay on her deportation order
They disappeared her so she couldn’t speak out.
Silvia Reyna Mendoza deserves justice.
ICE should be abolished.
She went public with the abuse, and was deported the very next day.
Her lawyer says she had a stay on her deportation order
They disappeared her so she couldn’t speak out.
Silvia Reyna Mendoza deserves justice.
ICE should be abolished.
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Article on socioeconomic outcomes of transgender and non-binary people in Canada based on data from 2021 Census
Article on socioeconomic outcomes of transgender and non-binary people in Canada based on data from 2021 Census
Socioeconomic outcomes of transgender and non-binary people in Canada
Based on data from the 2021 Census, this article uses age-standardized statistics to provide a sociodemographic portrait of the transgender and non-binary populations in Canada. It examines poverty ra...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Article on socioeconomic outcomes of transgender and non-binary people in Canada based on data from 2021 Census
Article on socioeconomic outcomes of transgender and non-binary people in Canada based on data from 2021 Census
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Image: Trump with two reporters inside Air Force One, aggressively pointing a finger at one of them
Image: Trump with two reporters inside Air Force One, aggressively pointing a finger at one of them
‘Unforgivable’: Trump’s ‘piggy’ insult is stoking more outrage than usual
The clip of the US president on Air Force One last Friday has taken off without much help from the media itself
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November 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Image: Trump with two reporters inside Air Force One, aggressively pointing a finger at one of them
Image: Trump with two reporters inside Air Force One, aggressively pointing a finger at one of them
As promised, here is the latest installment of Dialogues on Disability: my interview with Will Conway!
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Image: Will sitting in a coffeeshop looking down at his coffee cup on the wooden table
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Image: Will sitting in a coffeeshop looking down at his coffee cup on the wooden table
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Will Conway
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-eighth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled p…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
As promised, here is the latest installment of Dialogues on Disability: my interview with Will Conway!
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Image: Will sitting in a coffeeshop looking down at his coffee cup on the wooden table
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Image: Will sitting in a coffeeshop looking down at his coffee cup on the wooden table
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours"
Prosecutors have not filed ANY criminal charge against the people arrested that night:
Reports @propublica.org
Prosecutors have not filed ANY criminal charge against the people arrested that night:
Reports @propublica.org
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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November 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours"
Prosecutors have not filed ANY criminal charge against the people arrested that night:
Reports @propublica.org
Prosecutors have not filed ANY criminal charge against the people arrested that night:
Reports @propublica.org
The latest issue of Foucault Studies is hot off the press! Link to the issue in this BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY post!
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Latest Issue of Foucault Studies Is Out!
The Fall 2025 issue of Foucault Studies has been published today. You can find the issue here: Foucault Studies is the only international journal in the English language devoted to the work an…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The latest issue of Foucault Studies is hot off the press! Link to the issue in this BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY post!
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Big news about the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series and Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 in particular!
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News About Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6
As December approaches, readers/listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY may be wondering why they have been given so little information about the upcoming sixth edition of the Philosophy, Disability, …
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November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Big news about the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series and Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 in particular!
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