The Biopolitics of Vibratory Resonance
I’m speaking at the University of Cardiff on November 30th. This is the text of my talk; the intro is printed below. Traditionally, in Anglo-American and Continental philosophy, music is addressed as the object of philosophical analysis: it is…
The root cause of the sexual assault/harassment epidemic: Though prohibited de jure, culture de facto entitles men to the use of women’s bodies as sexual property
In the last few weeks, each day seems to bring news that yet another handful of prominent men are serial sexual assailants and/or harassers. As a feminist political philosopher, I know that this is not a matter of bad apples,…
Novelty, Speculation, Heartbreak: How pop music conceives of “the future” (1983-2017)
I’m giving a talk at the end of the month at the Future Sounds of Pop Music conference in Bern. Here’s the (too)full text of the talk. I’ve reprinted the introduction below. Looking at US and UK pop from the…
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