Introducing Bluestocking: The BTG Reading Group

Announcement

It is our pleasure to introduce bimonthly book discussions to commence in November 2021!

In keeping with BTG's vision of mainstreaming women's works in philosophy, we will regularly close-read an important work by a woman philosopher. Reclaiming the often derogatory term “bluestocking,” which codes reading as male and derides women who do it, this activity will give us the opportunity to:

• Discover the ideas of women philosophers, both famous and obscure;

• Explore texts we've always wanted to read, but have not had the time to do so;

• Revisit works that we're familiar with, gleaning new insights about them; and

• Indulge the oft-ignored impulse for pleasure-reading.

The following is the tentative schedule of works and lead discussants. By next year, we hope to open Bluestocking to your choice of works and volunteer discussants:

1. November 19, 2021: "Complaint" by Sara Ahmed (Dr. Noelle Leslie dela Cruz, De La Salle University)

2. January 22, 2022: "The Right to Sex: Feminism in the 21st Century" by Amia Srinivasan (Ms. Rowie Azada-Palacios, University College London and Ateneo de Manila University)

3. March 19, 2022: "On the Question of Women’s Liberation” by He-Yin Zhen (Dr. Christine Tan, Yale-NUS, Singapore)

4. May 21, 2022: "Camera Obscura: Of Ideology" by Sarah Kofman (Dr. Jean P. Tan, Ateneo de Manila University)

5. July 16, 2022: "Intersectionality as Critical Theory" by Patricia Hill Collins (Kelly Louise Agra, University College Dublin and University of the Philippines-Baguio)

Reading guide questions and Zoom links will follow as the date for each discussion nears.

Be with us as we embark on this exciting new initiative!