Lucienne Spencer

I've had the privilege of writing a chapter for the Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine with Dr Ellie Byrne and Dr Ian James Kidd! 🙌 Check out our chapter on 'Epistemic Injustice in Medical Contexts' here 👉https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-94-017-8706-2_92-1

Excited to be guest lecturing today on 'Epistemic Injustice in Psychiatry' for the MSt in Practical Ethics, at the University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk! Many thanks to Jonathan Pugh @uehiro.ox.ac.uk for the invite! ✨

Can't wait!

Dear members, We write to you with the following statement, which has been published on our website: The Society for Women In Philosophy UK (SWIP UK) condemns the recent Supreme Court ruling on 16 April 2025 determining that the term ‘woman’ in the Equality Act 2010 refers to a binary and biological notion of ‘sex’, and the subsequent interim guidance published by the EHRC on 25 April 2025. This ruling and the guidance undermine the human rights and safety of trans, non-binary, and intersex people and are also detrimental to cis women. Trans women are women, and belong in feminist organisations. There is no fight against sexism and misogyny separate from the fight against cissexism and transmisogyny. SWIP UK membership, in line with our recognitions and aims, has for many years been open to trans women and to other trans and/or non-binary people who feel the category of ‘woman’ is relevant to their experiences, and this will not change under any circumstances. The legal landscape is currently very unclear and rapidly changing. We are in the process of finding out what concrete steps, if any, we need to take to ensure the continuation of our current approach to membership. We will involve members in this in accordance with our bylaws. We plan to respond to the EHRC consultation which closes at the end of May, and anyone who would like to support our efforts on this is invited to get in touch with us via our websites contact form. Finally, we want to recognise what a difficult time this is, especially for those directly targeted by this ruling, and we send a message of solidarity and support to everyone affected. The SWIP UK Executive Committee.

Statement from the Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP) UK regarding the Supreme Court ruling on the interpretation of the Equality Act, also on the website: www.swipuk.org #philsky

Thanks Sally!

I'm going on tour! First stop is Uni of Birmingham on April 9th with Alan Winfield and Paris Alexandros Lalousis 👏 Then, on the 10th, I'm at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social with Jae Ryeong Sul and @komarine.bsky.social 🤩. Then I go home. It's not a very long tour...

Special Issue: Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology

Today's #projectEPIC post is from @ljspencer.bsky.social and summarises the excellent special issue that developed from the Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology Project:

epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/03/spec...

#epistemicinjustice #phenomenology #mentalhealth

Prof. Havi Carel at Duquesne University Phenomenology Center
Virtual 43rd Annual Phenomenology Symposium of the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center: “Phenomenology of Illness Today” on March 21, 2025.
www.britishphenomenology.org.uk/prof-havi-ca...
#Phenomenology

You can do it!! 💪🏻

Workshop report: Feeling and Being Understood (Day 1)

On the #projectEPIC blog today is one part of two (because I do like to spoil you) on a report from the PHaR conference "Feeling and Being Understood". In the post, I summarise the incredible workshops we took part in: epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/02/work...

International Conference of the Centre for African Phenomenology
Call for Papers for the 1st CAP Annual International Conference with the theme Agency and Embodiment, South Africa, September 2025.
www.britishphenomenology.org.uk/internationa...
#phenomenology

Love this book ❤️

Between essence and diversity: Challenges for phenomenological Autism research - Emily Hughes, David Ekdahl, Sofie Boldsen, 2025 Written from the perspective of phenomenological philosophy, this article evaluates recent claims that phenomenology has an important contribution to make in re...

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Thank you, love these!!!

Lyndsey Stonebridge on the Life and Mind of Hannah Arendt Philosophy Bites · Episode

open.spotify.com/episode/6WvS... my awesome colleague @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social in conversation with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social on Arendt

Philosophical Psychology Volume 38, Issue 2 of Philosophical Psychology

Fantastic new issue of Philosophical Psychology published today, with 24 new articles (10 open access), covering anything from mental representations to posthumous autonomy... www.tandfonline.com/toc/cphp20/3... Enjoy! #philsky

The John Locke Lectures The John Locke Lectures

In case anyone is in Oxford in the early summer, it would be lovely to see you at my Locke Lectures, running each Wednesday at 5pm from 30th April to 4th June (details in the link).

Title: From a Point of View

Abstract in comments.

www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/john-locke-l...

Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare The Universities of Bristol, Nottingham and Birmingham have been awarded a major £2.6 million Wellcome Discovery Award.

Next Monday at the EPIC seminar series (online), we have Fred Cooper speaking about: "Woman Alone: Carmita Wood's archival fragments and the emotions of epistemic injustice". All welcome! epistemicinjusticeinhealthcare.org/epic-seminar... #philsky #EpistemicInjustice

Philosophy and Mental Health Philosophy and Mental Health Part of a new series of UoB #PhilosophyMatters webinars on the importance of Philosophy supported by The Royal Institute of Philosophy

Free webinar during the #PhilosophyMatters fortnight in March 2025: #philosophy and mental health with special focus on #EpistemicInjustice www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/... #philsky

Our Special Issue on the Future of Phenomenological Psychopathology is finally out! 🥳This special issue has emerged from the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project 'Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology' led by@matthewbroome.bsky.social & Giovanni Stanghellini 💪 #philsky

Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

Doctors are too often dismissive of women's symptoms when they present for reproductive health conditions such as endometriosis, adenomyosis, and heavy menstrual bleeding, a parliamentary inquiry has found. Some clinicians have an "ingrained belief" that women— particularly those from ethnic minority groups- exaggerate their symptoms, meaning conditions are left undiagnosed, said the inquiry by the Commons Women and Equalities Committee. "Such medical misogyny and racism is unacceptable," the inquiry report said. The MPs, who heard evidence from a range of witnesses, medical organisations, and charities, identified a "clear lack of awareness and understanding of women's reproductive health conditions" among GPs. Committee chair Sarah Owen said, "Women are finding their symptoms dismissed, are waiting years for life changing treatment, and in too many cases are being put through trauma inducing procedures. All the while, their conditions worsen and become more complicated to treat.

From this week’s @bmj.com, we learn that:

“Drs are too often dismissive of women’s symptoms when they present for treatment for reproductive health conditions such as endometriosis, adenomyosis, and heavy menstrual bleeding”

Shoutout to @drrageshri.bsky.social.

Link: www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Very excited to share that my second dissertation article has been published in 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺!
💫🥳🎉

It focuses on epistemic injustice and recognition in the context of endometriosis (endo), a gendered chronic illness affecting millions worldwide.

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O sentimento de ser Trata-se da tradução do texto seminal de Matthew Ratcliffe The Feeling of Being (Journal of Consciousness Studies, 2005, 12 (8-10):43-60), cuja importância para áreas teóricas como a Filosofia das Emo...

Thrilled to announce that the Portuguese translation of Matthew Ratcliffe's article, "The Feeling of Being," funded by the Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology translation award, is finally out!
www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/Ekstasis/art...
@matthewbroome.bsky.social @eabyrne.bsky.social

Re-inserting 'Love Led Us Here' Muppet TI
-Screeching Miss Piggy
-Distinct lack of Tim Curry

Splicing 'Marley & Marley' Muppet CC
-A scared Michael Cane in a little hat
-Statler & Waldorf, hilarious comedy duo
-'there was something about mankind we loved...I think it was their money! hohoho'

Are you interested in bringing #philosophy to children and young people? Then you should follow @saperep4c.bsky.social and @plato-philosophy.bsky.social! #philsky #edusky

The dynamic duo! 💪

Empathy, hermeneutic justice and delusions from Manuel Reyes @ljspencer.bsky.social @rritunnano.bsky.social

Brilliant paper from Manuel Reyes on delusions - referencing important work by Fricker, Carel, Spencer and Kidd on epistemic injustice @ljspencer.bsky.social