Willow Starr
@willow-starr.bsky.social
nurturing hifi resistance & solidarity :: philosophy professor @ Cornell University :: she/they 🏳️⚧️
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Willow Starr
@willow-starr.bsky.social
· Jun 17
Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20)
@being.transinphilosophy.org
· Jun 17
Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org
#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
⚡️ OUT NOW ⚡️
Eastern APA people: come hang!
2026 Eastern APA goers: We’re hosting a session on the status of trans people in the profession, and an alt-smoker Friday night at a local queer club. Hope to see you there 🫶🏼
January 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Eastern APA people: come hang!
Yep, that’s MAGALOGIC tbh
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Yep, that’s MAGALOGIC tbh
It’s almost like HRT is more humane and cost effective for treating gender dysphoria than torture and counseling 🤯
EXCLUSIVE: A forced detransition policy had disastrous effects in one Georgia prison, according to the manager of the medical unit there.
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
EXCLUSIVE: Forced Detransitions ‘Nearly Toppled’ Medical Unit in Georgia Prison During Care Ban — Assigned
In the midst of a lawsuit, a Georgia prison resumes gender affirming care for trans inmates.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s almost like HRT is more humane and cost effective for treating gender dysphoria than torture and counseling 🤯
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CALL FOR PITCHES! Our Spring 2026 edition “the #1 issue: the job market” needs you. See the full CFP on our website. The theme is the job market and the content is however you all need and want to engage with that 💥
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
CALL FOR PITCHES! Our Spring 2026 edition “the #1 issue: the job market” needs you. See the full CFP on our website. The theme is the job market and the content is however you all need and want to engage with that 💥
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Inside: @talia-mae.bsky.social interviewed by @n1c0n1c0.bsky.social, sex and love via Plato by Josh Kramer; an how to guide to queering ethics by @beegs1.bsky.social; a piece on how trans experience informs @willow-starr.bsky.social's work in philosophy of language 3/
October 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Inside: @talia-mae.bsky.social interviewed by @n1c0n1c0.bsky.social, sex and love via Plato by Josh Kramer; an how to guide to queering ethics by @beegs1.bsky.social; a piece on how trans experience informs @willow-starr.bsky.social's work in philosophy of language 3/
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Here are the _public_ email addresses for the reporters and the standards editor listed on the WSJ site.
Standards editor:
[email protected]
Journalists who wrote the article:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Politely and peacefully demand a retraction and an apology.
Standards editor:
[email protected]
Journalists who wrote the article:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Politely and peacefully demand a retraction and an apology.
Transgender people are owed a retraction and apology from @wsj.com. The lie has already become canon to millions and it seems the least they could do.
From the Charlie Kirk press conference:
September 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Here are the _public_ email addresses for the reporters and the standards editor listed on the WSJ site.
Standards editor:
[email protected]
Journalists who wrote the article:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Politely and peacefully demand a retraction and an apology.
Standards editor:
[email protected]
Journalists who wrote the article:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Politely and peacefully demand a retraction and an apology.
@floresophize.bsky.social & @n1c0n1c0.bsky.social nail how words get caught up in political struggles and how dominant culture uses that to do its thing.
“These days, however, merit is repeatedly contrasted with DEI, which at one point stood for diversity, equity, and inclusion but is increasingly a rightwing bogey. This sets up the fallacious inference that anyone other than white men don’t really deserve their jobs.”
When Words Are Stolen
The real stakes of semantic fights.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
@floresophize.bsky.social & @n1c0n1c0.bsky.social nail how words get caught up in political struggles and how dominant culture uses that to do its thing.
the zine is getting around out there. make your own pass them around 🖨️💜
did you hear that you could read and print Being Trans in Philosophy today?! seriously, like woahhh!! being.transinphilosophy.org
the zine @diversityread.bsky.social 10th anniversary conference (happy bday!!) by @nonamename.bsky.social, SF pride @not.dingherself.com, & SPP @willow-starr.bsky.social
the zine @diversityread.bsky.social 10th anniversary conference (happy bday!!) by @nonamename.bsky.social, SF pride @not.dingherself.com, & SPP @willow-starr.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
the zine is getting around out there. make your own pass them around 🖨️💜
Restoring the biological truth that sex is messy and complex, and we are all better off when medicine, science and social policy reflect this.
GenderSci Lab director Sarah Richardson (@profrichardson.bsky.social) has a new paper out, extending her work on "sex contextualism"!
A GenderSci Lab Blog Q&A about the paper is linked below in the comments.
🔗 Access the new paper here: journals.publishing.umich.edu/ptpbio/artic...
A GenderSci Lab Blog Q&A about the paper is linked below in the comments.
🔗 Access the new paper here: journals.publishing.umich.edu/ptpbio/artic...
Sex and the Riddle of Variability
Scientific research associations, funders, and publishers have recently introduced sex inclusion mandates requiring the use of male and female specimens in preclinical research designs and the analysi...
journals.publishing.umich.edu
July 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Restoring the biological truth that sex is messy and complex, and we are all better off when medicine, science and social policy reflect this.
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My brave coworkers at MIT put together a statement re: Alex Byrne's confirmation that he co-authored the HHS report recommending against gender-affirming care for trans youth (www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...)
Please read the letter and sign at: dearprofessorbyrne.wordpress.com
Please read the letter and sign at: dearprofessorbyrne.wordpress.com
Dear Professor Byrne
dearprofessorbyrne.wordpress.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My brave coworkers at MIT put together a statement re: Alex Byrne's confirmation that he co-authored the HHS report recommending against gender-affirming care for trans youth (www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...)
Please read the letter and sign at: dearprofessorbyrne.wordpress.com
Please read the letter and sign at: dearprofessorbyrne.wordpress.com
Supporting trans kids is so easy when you’re in their actual life. The bullies in the White House and Supreme Court think the State should be used to destroy them instead. Fuck them. We will find ways to support them anyway ✨
Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20)
@being.transinphilosophy.org
· May 24
“When [my tween] socially transitioned in the second grade, years ago now, other kids in the class didn’t blink an eye. Zero bullying. Now bullies run the show—in dominant online spaces in our discipline, in our state legislature, in the U.S. government.” @beegs1.bsky.social #beingtransinphilosophy
June 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Supporting trans kids is so easy when you’re in their actual life. The bullies in the White House and Supreme Court think the State should be used to destroy them instead. Fuck them. We will find ways to support them anyway ✨
Blocker bans are abuse.
TW: harm to children.
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban
This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...
www.tandfonline.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Blocker bans are abuse.
⚡️ OUT NOW ⚡️
Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20)
@being.transinphilosophy.org
· Jun 17
Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org
#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
June 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
⚡️ OUT NOW ⚡️
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When I left the discipline, I was one of two trans femmes of color with a PhD in philosophy and I could not see, or even imagine, a department that would hire me. Leaving ended up being on of my best decisions, an opportunity to leave an abusive relationship on my own terms.
June 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
When I left the discipline, I was one of two trans femmes of color with a PhD in philosophy and I could not see, or even imagine, a department that would hire me. Leaving ended up being on of my best decisions, an opportunity to leave an abusive relationship on my own terms.
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“You would think philosophy would aim to make trans people more safe. But chasers always shoot themselves in the foot.” WE LAUNCH TOMORROW💥
June 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“You would think philosophy would aim to make trans people more safe. But chasers always shoot themselves in the foot.” WE LAUNCH TOMORROW💥
Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20)
@being.transinphilosophy.org
· Jun 16
“Because even if philosophy is always too late, when the owl of
Minerva flies at dusk she knows, ‘One is not born, but rather
becomes, woman.’ And sometimes you don't become one.” WE LAUNCH TOMORROW ⚡️
Minerva flies at dusk she knows, ‘One is not born, but rather
becomes, woman.’ And sometimes you don't become one.” WE LAUNCH TOMORROW ⚡️
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trans experience dictated by trans people in philosophy. I know! Kinda revolutionary 🎯🥹. Can’t wait for this zine to launch ⚙️💎
Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20)
@being.transinphilosophy.org
· May 23
Trans people and our loved ones are not okay -- in, with, and because of academic philosophy. #beingtransinphilosophy tells these stories firsthand.
May 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Trans experience dictated by trans people in philosophy. I know! Kinda revolutionary 🎯🥹. Can’t wait for this zine to launch ⚙️💎
Making America Great Again by killing women and scapegoating trans women as the real threat. Patriarchy is the gender ideology we all need protection from.
#abortion #maga #gender #women #trump #pulitzer
#abortion #maga #gender #women #trump #pulitzer
Life of the Mother
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, doctors warned that women would die, but lawmakers who passed state abortion bans didn’t listen. The worst consequences are now becoming clear.
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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If you open the anti-trans HHS report’s appendix in NotePad, you’ll see that it was compiled by Alex Byrne.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
May 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you open the anti-trans HHS report’s appendix in NotePad, you’ll see that it was compiled by Alex Byrne.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
Chat, Mahmoud v. Taylor is so bad. The argument amounts to claiming that religious freedom conflicts with merely knowing about LGTBQ+ people and our lives. At least (checks notes) 6 justices seem poised to accept this argument 😭
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
How Sam Alito Inadvertently Revealed His Own Homophobia From the Bench
So what was the message of Uncle Bobby’s Wedding?
slate.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Chat, Mahmoud v. Taylor is so bad. The argument amounts to claiming that religious freedom conflicts with merely knowing about LGTBQ+ people and our lives. At least (checks notes) 6 justices seem poised to accept this argument 😭
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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"As she spoke, the M-word—murdered—hung heavy in the auditorium... She wanted to be very clear, Williams continued: The abortion did not kill her daughter, the mother of a 6-year-old son; the healthcare professionals who were well-equipped to keep her alive but failed to do so did."
Abortion Bans Upended Their Lives—Now They’re Fighting Back, One Story at a Time
Across the country, abortion storytellers are putting the struggle for reproductive freedom into powerful new words.
www.thenation.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"As she spoke, the M-word—murdered—hung heavy in the auditorium... She wanted to be very clear, Williams continued: The abortion did not kill her daughter, the mother of a 6-year-old son; the healthcare professionals who were well-equipped to keep her alive but failed to do so did."
Making America Great again by starving our kids and disabled people, all so trans kids can be excluded from school activities. (*upside down American flag*)
1. Trump has officially defunded school lunches in Maine for kids and disabled adults because of transgender people.
Trump is holding the funds hostage and will allow kids to go hungry unless Maine discriminates.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Trump is holding the funds hostage and will allow kids to go hungry unless Maine discriminates.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trump Defunds School Lunches In Maine Over Transgender People
To use the term coined by conservative talking heads, Trump is holding school lunch money “hostage.”
www.erininthemorning.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Making America Great again by starving our kids and disabled people, all so trans kids can be excluded from school activities. (*upside down American flag*)
My dear friend @katemanne.bsky.social has lent me her platform to talk about Sam Nordquist, anti-trans violence, and America. All the content warnings on this one. Read and subscribe to Kate's Substack: open.substack.com/pub/katemann...
April 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My dear friend @katemanne.bsky.social has lent me her platform to talk about Sam Nordquist, anti-trans violence, and America. All the content warnings on this one. Read and subscribe to Kate's Substack: open.substack.com/pub/katemann...
All faculty, instructors and grad workers should be joining AAUP, and all Faculty Senates should be passing resolutions like Rutgers to form Mutual Defense Compacts within their academic alliances (Ivy, Big 10, etc.).
Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern
The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
All faculty, instructors and grad workers should be joining AAUP, and all Faculty Senates should be passing resolutions like Rutgers to form Mutual Defense Compacts within their academic alliances (Ivy, Big 10, etc.).