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J.B. Delston
@jdelston.bsky.social
Assistant professor of philosophy @UMSL: ethics, applied ethics, social and political philosophy, feminism. Author of Medical Sexism. https://sites.google.com/view/jdelston/
The only person I call King
June 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Bloomsbury purchased Lexington Books so my book has a new website. Check it out here: www.bloomsbury.com/us/medical-s...
Medical Sexism
Doctors routinely deny patients access to hormonal birth control prescription refills, and this issue has broad interest for feminism, biomedical ethics, and ap…
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June 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter"
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June 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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I absolutely loved being in conversation with Samir Chopra, @kkthomason.bsky.social and @jdelston.bsky.social in this panel. I really think it's worth watching if you are interested in so-called "negative emotions"! I learned a ton.
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APA On Demand: “Mixed Emotions: Confronting Feelings that Get a Bad Rap” replay now available - American Philosophical Association
The panelists for the online event were as follows:
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May 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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I submitted my piece on a whim to a gender theory contest… and I won!

The work is titled

Policed Minds: The Assault on Neurodivergent Black Boyhood.

You can read it here
Policed Minds: The Assault on Neurodivergent Black Boyhood
Policed Minds:The Assault on Neurodivergent Black Boyhood
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May 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I learned so much today from @kkthomason.bsky.social @saraprotasi.bsky.social and Samir Chopra at our APA panel on "bad" emotions. Look for the recording soon on the APA On Demand Video Library! www.apaonline.org/events/Event...
American Philosophical Association
The panelists for this event are as follows:
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May 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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If you are an American Philosophical Association member, come chat about "bad" emotions this Thursday at 10am Pacific! @kkthomason.bsky.social and Samir Chopra are the other panelists, and @jdelston.bsky.social will moderate.
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American Philosophical Association
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May 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Congratulations to @UMSL Philosophy student Sarah Boslaugh for her presentation prize at this week's UGS! "STIGMA TOWARD PREP IS HIGHER AMONG MEN & ON SUBSCALES REFERENCING SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE" (Sarah E. Boslaugh, Brandon Park, & Dr. Rachel P. Winograd) #philsky #UMSLproud
May 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Over the past two years, only 16% of authors in the most elite philosophy journals have been women. Link to full post with details in comments.
April 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Today at 3pm is the final UMSL Philosophy Colloquium: “Explaining Ourselves”, Samuel Dishaw (Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Louvain University in Belgium). Lucas Hall 205.
April 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Friday and Saturday!
April 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Looking forward to chopping it up with folks at the Critical Humor Studies Association conference this week. criticalhumorstudies.org/conferences/
Conference – Critical Humor Studies Association
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April 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
April 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Looking forward to giving two talks today and to the student presentations tomorrow! #medicalsexism #philsky #bioethics
April 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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If you want to review one of these books, or another that may be of interest to an IJFAB audience, or you have a book coming out, get in touch!

www.ijfab.org/blog/2025/04...
Book Reviewers Needed | IJFAB Blog
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April 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Looking forward to being the keynote for this philosophy conference--thanks for the writeup addressing my research, Pacific! pacindex.com/2025/04/03/p... #philsky
Pacific University’s 27th Annual Philosophy Conference
Pacific University’s annual undergraduate philosophy conference begins on April 18    Annually, Pacific University holds a two day philosophy conference. Since 1997, this conference …
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April 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I have a bad feeling about this...wait, what is a "bad feeling"? Find out more with @kkthomason.bsky.social , @saraprotasi.bsky.social, Samir Chopra and me in my capacity as a member at large with the Virtual Programming Committee of the APA. This panel has been in the works forever! #philsky
Come chat about negative emotions with me, @kkthomason.bsky.social, and Samir Chopra. Thanks, @jdelston.bsky.social, for organizing!
Hey #philsky come to my panel on negative emotions! Organized by the great @jdelston.bsky.social and featuring @saraprotasi.bsky.social and Samir Chopra. It's for APA members only, so pay your dues and join us!
www.apaonline.org/events/Event...
April 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Come chat about negative emotions with me, @kkthomason.bsky.social, and Samir Chopra. Thanks, @jdelston.bsky.social, for organizing!
Hey #philsky come to my panel on negative emotions! Organized by the great @jdelston.bsky.social and featuring @saraprotasi.bsky.social and Samir Chopra. It's for APA members only, so pay your dues and join us!
www.apaonline.org/events/Event...
American Philosophical Association
The panelists for this event are as follows:
www.apaonline.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Hey #philsky come to my panel on negative emotions! Organized by the great @jdelston.bsky.social and featuring @saraprotasi.bsky.social and Samir Chopra. It's for APA members only, so pay your dues and join us!
www.apaonline.org/events/Event...
American Philosophical Association
The panelists for this event are as follows:
www.apaonline.org
April 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My second blog of the APA @apaphilosophy.bsky.social post in as many months is out today. It concerns inequity in medicine and health care with a precision health lens blog.apaonline.org/2025/04/10/m...
Medical Bias as Hierarchy
Just ten hours after giving birth to her second child via C-section, Kira Johnson died of haemorrhagic shock at Cedars-Sinai hospital, surrounded by some of the best medical care providers in the worl...
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April 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Really amazing pieces with neat ideas. It was an honor to judge the prize of someone who I respect so much. ❤️
The 2025 Munson Awards are out!
Graduate prize: “Protecting the Partity: In Defense of Companions in Guilt,” by DeWitt 'Witt' Spiller
Undergraduate prize: “Rationalityism: A Hierarchy of Discrimination and Oppression” by Eleanor Grissom Thanks to our judge, @tomy.bsky.social! #UMSLProud #philsky
April 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The 2025 Munson Awards are out!
Graduate prize: “Protecting the Partity: In Defense of Companions in Guilt,” by DeWitt 'Witt' Spiller
Undergraduate prize: “Rationalityism: A Hierarchy of Discrimination and Oppression” by Eleanor Grissom Thanks to our judge, @tomy.bsky.social! #UMSLProud #philsky
April 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We are looking forward to hosting Dr. Robert Lippert from the National Park Service on Thursday at 1pm in MSC Chamber for Engaged Philosophy Speaker Series. The exhibit will be on view April 1-15 on MSC Bridge #philsky #UMSLproud
April 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What an inspiring event! Join Activism Hour on Tuesdays for more resistance work bio.site/activism
March 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM