emmie malone 🏳️⚧️
@emmiemalone.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Mostly working on genre, popular music, and fashion. Also interested in the global history of philosophy, trans philosophy, and applied ethics! https://sites.google.com/view/emmie-malone/
And to eat at Kodawari, which has been a highlight every time I’ve been!
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
And to eat at Kodawari, which has been a highlight every time I’ve been!
was very lucky to see the Paul Poiret exhibit at the Museum of Decorative Arts!
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
was very lucky to see the Paul Poiret exhibit at the Museum of Decorative Arts!
some pictures from my trip to Paris for the Fashion, Meaning, and Language conference at the French Institute for Fashion! It was great getting to see friends, meet new people, learn, and enjoy the city!
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
some pictures from my trip to Paris for the Fashion, Meaning, and Language conference at the French Institute for Fashion! It was great getting to see friends, meet new people, learn, and enjoy the city!
reminded of something I wrote two years ago
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
reminded of something I wrote two years ago
love that like 70% of the answer is just to rightfully treat aesthetics as core lol
![A quote from the article: “Rachel [Silverbloom] has capitalized on her love for film to start a Philosophy Film Club and is about to take her students on a field trip to our nearest independent cinema.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qjxnsexrklmagnrjxkusdlxu/bafkreiaozd3yasnghp2jdzxelppx3qjspjdsny3sdqvk6bujbhgbox46vq@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
love that like 70% of the answer is just to rightfully treat aesthetics as core lol
got to fulfill a lifelong dream of dressing as velma and getting to talk philosophy of scooby doo for halloween! 🎃 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
got to fulfill a lifelong dream of dressing as velma and getting to talk philosophy of scooby doo for halloween! 🎃 🎃
The book is distinguished by a few features. 1) it is organized around concepts and not artforms. Most introductory aesthetics books do the latter but we argue that doing so tends to orient you towards talking about the nature of the various artforms, which can be hard motivate to students…
October 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The book is distinguished by a few features. 1) it is organized around concepts and not artforms. Most introductory aesthetics books do the latter but we argue that doing so tends to orient you towards talking about the nature of the various artforms, which can be hard motivate to students…
The book is a volume of new essays written by some of the best aestheticians working today and doing some of the coolest work!
October 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The book is a volume of new essays written by some of the best aestheticians working today and doing some of the coolest work!
@politephilosopher.bsky.social got this fun picture from during my talk on the aesthetics of musical screaming. I couldn't resist the idea of kivycore or turning peter kivy's professional headshot into a hardcore flyer lol
October 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
@politephilosopher.bsky.social got this fun picture from during my talk on the aesthetics of musical screaming. I couldn't resist the idea of kivycore or turning peter kivy's professional headshot into a hardcore flyer lol
if you are at the ASA annual meeting, I will be presenting on trans aesthetics and passing this afternoon as part of the Feminist Caucus Committee's panel "Threads of Resistance: Fashion & Politics"!
October 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
if you are at the ASA annual meeting, I will be presenting on trans aesthetics and passing this afternoon as part of the Feminist Caucus Committee's panel "Threads of Resistance: Fashion & Politics"!
if you're in baltimore for the ASA this weekend, come see me talk about musical screaming tomorrow morning on the panel about hardcore! Not to toot my own horn, but my slides are really cool!
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
if you're in baltimore for the ASA this weekend, come see me talk about musical screaming tomorrow morning on the panel about hardcore! Not to toot my own horn, but my slides are really cool!
Had so much fun talking to SJSU’s philosophy club about the philosophy of costumes for their Halloween event yesterday! Of course, we were all in costume for the talk (I was a witch)! My philosophy of art student made this really fun flyer too!
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Had so much fun talking to SJSU’s philosophy club about the philosophy of costumes for their Halloween event yesterday! Of course, we were all in costume for the talk (I was a witch)! My philosophy of art student made this really fun flyer too!
It’s a clutch. It’s a large heart shaped shearling clutch. What is the occasion for this?? It’s too casual to bring anywhere requiring a clutch. It’s too large to carry for long. It revels in its frivolousness and there’s something admirable about that! It’s aspirational! I too aspire to frivolity!
October 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It’s a clutch. It’s a large heart shaped shearling clutch. What is the occasion for this?? It’s too casual to bring anywhere requiring a clutch. It’s too large to carry for long. It revels in its frivolousness and there’s something admirable about that! It’s aspirational! I too aspire to frivolity!
Red is the color of the week. The Kate Spade is almost surreal, neat and ordered but it feels almost like dew drops. Could crush a Christmas party! Alternatively, the ferragamo would crush a much more high end Christmas party. Really strikes a balance of classic and simple but fun and out. 10/10
October 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Red is the color of the week. The Kate Spade is almost surreal, neat and ordered but it feels almost like dew drops. Could crush a Christmas party! Alternatively, the ferragamo would crush a much more high end Christmas party. Really strikes a balance of classic and simple but fun and out. 10/10
Finally, some really great coachtopia pieces. I know that the line is supposed to be their youth line, but these feel fun while being more mature. i do notice in my classes and on the street that the youth are moving away from color, so maybe these make more sense than I think. I love them though!
October 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Finally, some really great coachtopia pieces. I know that the line is supposed to be their youth line, but these feel fun while being more mature. i do notice in my classes and on the street that the youth are moving away from color, so maybe these make more sense than I think. I love them though!
Another really fun Coach duo. I am such a sucker for sequins. I love the evening bag. As I said, I don’t wear much silver, but I could definitely get use out of that going out on a weekend night!
October 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Another really fun Coach duo. I am such a sucker for sequins. I love the evening bag. As I said, I don’t wear much silver, but I could definitely get use out of that going out on a weekend night!
A beautiful pair, a more traditional bucket bag and then the bucket wristlet. You’d hate to break up the kids! There is also a matching backpack up too! I love the print, it’s so fun, but I just don’t think bucket bags are for me.
October 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A beautiful pair, a more traditional bucket bag and then the bucket wristlet. You’d hate to break up the kids! There is also a matching backpack up too! I love the print, it’s so fun, but I just don’t think bucket bags are for me.
A ton of great coach pieces are up this week. Here’s 3 I liked a lot! As much as I post about the wilder or more daring designs, my heart is always with more classic looks I think I could have more excuses to wear. I don’t think I’d wear the yellow but the others are rare gold hardware from coach!
October 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A ton of great coach pieces are up this week. Here’s 3 I liked a lot! As much as I post about the wilder or more daring designs, my heart is always with more classic looks I think I could have more excuses to wear. I don’t think I’d wear the yellow but the others are rare gold hardware from coach!
But the 'specialism' debate also found its way into higher education! It really seems like a larger social issue around widespread specialization and its possible individual and social consequences.
October 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
But the 'specialism' debate also found its way into higher education! It really seems like a larger social issue around widespread specialization and its possible individual and social consequences.
Victorian 'savans' discourse seems to play out in the medical field through a war in the medical journals over the merits of 'specialism', which also sees a very distinct rise in ngram results starting around 1850 and peaking around 1900.
October 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Victorian 'savans' discourse seems to play out in the medical field through a war in the medical journals over the merits of 'specialism', which also sees a very distinct rise in ngram results starting around 1850 and peaking around 1900.
It is very odd! It does seem to be part of a larger conversation in the period (Martineau, Naden and her critics, maybe Wells on my reading). The ngram results for ‘savans’ are very interesting too! Would be really curious to figure out why this discourse took off.
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It is very odd! It does seem to be part of a larger conversation in the period (Martineau, Naden and her critics, maybe Wells on my reading). The ngram results for ‘savans’ are very interesting too! Would be really curious to figure out why this discourse took off.
Also relating to the 'savans' discourse, Constance Naden's "Is the Increasing Predominance of Brain over Muscle Conducive to National Welfare?" (1883) raises a concern about savans that looks a lot like the morlocks and the eloi in H.G. Wells's The Time Machine (1895)!
October 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Also relating to the 'savans' discourse, Constance Naden's "Is the Increasing Predominance of Brain over Muscle Conducive to National Welfare?" (1883) raises a concern about savans that looks a lot like the morlocks and the eloi in H.G. Wells's The Time Machine (1895)!
Is it the Rousseau that causes this? Anyone know why this term took off in the victorian period? It looks like it fell out of favor for 'scientist' but it also seems like the discourse (the question of whether this is good or not) died down too. Why did it end?
October 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Is it the Rousseau that causes this? Anyone know why this term took off in the victorian period? It looks like it fell out of favor for 'scientist' but it also seems like the discourse (the question of whether this is good or not) died down too. Why did it end?
There's a striking explosion in use of the term in the Victorian period. Where does this come from? As near as I can tell, the inflection point seems to be roughly around 1797 and the only publication I can find from then that uses the term heavily is the French language complete works of Rousseau.
October 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
There's a striking explosion in use of the term in the Victorian period. Where does this come from? As near as I can tell, the inflection point seems to be roughly around 1797 and the only publication I can find from then that uses the term heavily is the French language complete works of Rousseau.
the conceivability argument, 1884 edition
September 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
the conceivability argument, 1884 edition