Matthew J. Cull
@matthewjcull.bsky.social
Philosopher at Trinity College Dublin. Author of What Gender Should Be (Bloomsbury) 2024.
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https://matthewcull.wixsite.com/philosophy
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New paper, forthcoming in Transgender Studies Quarterly: A Plea for Pluralism.
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A metaphilosophical reflection on the state of trans philosophy, calling for trans philosophers to embrace the pluralism that predominates in the field.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New paper, forthcoming in Transgender Studies Quarterly: A Plea for Pluralism.
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Restarting this after a summer break with new time (to be determined). Lmk if you want to join and I'll add you to the list 🏳️⚧️
I am running a weekly reading group on trans philosophy (& related topics), online & open to philosophers and non-philosophers alike. We read both already published papers and work in progress by group members. We're currently meeting Mondays 4-5 UK time. Lmk if you want to join. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️⚧️
October 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Restarting this after a summer break with new time (to be determined). Lmk if you want to join and I'll add you to the list 🏳️⚧️
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New issue of Hypatia, 40.3, is now published: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
August 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
New issue of Hypatia, 40.3, is now published: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Postdoctoral Fellow working on Abortion Care, based in Law and working with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra. @agomoni.bsky.social
Apply here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The Law School within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on the Wellcome funded Discovery Award Medicine without Doctors.
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August 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Postdoctoral Fellow working on Abortion Care, based in Law and working with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra. @agomoni.bsky.social
Apply here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Apply here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Moral offsetting
Don't worry folks, she linked to an LGBTQ+ donation page so that makes it all ok.
August 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Moral offsetting
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I am once again contemplating this banger.
August 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I am once again contemplating this banger.
Social! Ontology! It's ontology, but social!
August 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Social! Ontology! It's ontology, but social!
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The fact that the one game made by an explicitly communist co-op game studio now has three successor studios making a self-proclaimed sequel to it, and dispute the legitimacy of the other two is, of course, the most communist outcome possible.
The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made - on.ft.com/4ojvxw4 (free link for first three)
A really interesting, indefinably disturbing long read. I just have one question: who has all the time for these games? I mean...
A really interesting, indefinably disturbing long read. I just have one question: who has all the time for these games? I mean...
The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
How the success of a singular video game led to crises for almost all its creators
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August 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The fact that the one game made by an explicitly communist co-op game studio now has three successor studios making a self-proclaimed sequel to it, and dispute the legitimacy of the other two is, of course, the most communist outcome possible.
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Captions for the photo of me talking on the SWIP panel at joint session are welcome. Photo credit: @drjoeslater.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Captions for the photo of me talking on the SWIP panel at joint session are welcome. Photo credit: @drjoeslater.bsky.social
"But Baedecker, for all his wayward charm, is a notoriously unreliable guide."
July 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"But Baedecker, for all his wayward charm, is a notoriously unreliable guide."
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In London for the British Academy conference* on the Ethics of Health Communication, talking about our (Fiona Woollard, Matt Cull) project on inclusion in perinatal & postnatal care!
*organised by my fab colleague Ben Davies!
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*organised by my fab colleague Ben Davies!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...
#philsky #Philosophy
The Ethics of Health Communication
How should doctors and other health officials communicate effectively and ethically with the public? This conference brings together a variety of speakers working at the intersection of philosophical ...
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June 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
In London for the British Academy conference* on the Ethics of Health Communication, talking about our (Fiona Woollard, Matt Cull) project on inclusion in perinatal & postnatal care!
*organised by my fab colleague Ben Davies!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...
#philsky #Philosophy
*organised by my fab colleague Ben Davies!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...
#philsky #Philosophy
R&R telling me I should be more sympathetic to Cull and their work. I’m trying, okay??
June 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
R&R telling me I should be more sympathetic to Cull and their work. I’m trying, okay??
Come work with Kenneth and I! The required specialisation is actually super broad: if you want to do interesting and fun work on the nature of corporations please apply. Bonus points if you can do empirical work: we’ll stand by in awe and clap every time you use a number philjobs.org/job/show/291...
Postdoctoral Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
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June 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Come work with Kenneth and I! The required specialisation is actually super broad: if you want to do interesting and fun work on the nature of corporations please apply. Bonus points if you can do empirical work: we’ll stand by in awe and clap every time you use a number philjobs.org/job/show/291...
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I wrote a really short piece for Hypatia about being an abolitionist and a survivor and why philosophers are such jerks (Literally I started writing this after giving a talk about the book I wrote with Barrett Emerick since Q&A made me feel like utter shit) doi.org/10.1017/hyp....
But What about the Really Bad People? Anti-Carceral Feminism and Surviving Violence | Hypatia | Cambridge Core
But What about the Really Bad People? Anti-Carceral Feminism and Surviving Violence
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June 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I wrote a really short piece for Hypatia about being an abolitionist and a survivor and why philosophers are such jerks (Literally I started writing this after giving a talk about the book I wrote with Barrett Emerick since Q&A made me feel like utter shit) doi.org/10.1017/hyp....
The ECB is struggling to get women to play cricket at all, so great to hear that they've banned a subset of them from taking part 🙄
May 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The ECB is struggling to get women to play cricket at all, so great to hear that they've banned a subset of them from taking part 🙄
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this pair of conference photos from David Chalmers' website says it all
May 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
this pair of conference photos from David Chalmers' website says it all
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A friend who is a trans woman and who plays women’s football received an email from the FA about the decision which contains this paragraph.
Free therapy to cope with the fact you’ve been transphobic bigots, fucking brilliant.
Free therapy to cope with the fact you’ve been transphobic bigots, fucking brilliant.
May 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A friend who is a trans woman and who plays women’s football received an email from the FA about the decision which contains this paragraph.
Free therapy to cope with the fact you’ve been transphobic bigots, fucking brilliant.
Free therapy to cope with the fact you’ve been transphobic bigots, fucking brilliant.
A small tip, a small *hint* for any journalist who has an interview request for a member of a marginalised group: make sure you don’t have a bunch of dehumanising tweets about that group on your twitter feed.
April 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A small tip, a small *hint* for any journalist who has an interview request for a member of a marginalised group: make sure you don’t have a bunch of dehumanising tweets about that group on your twitter feed.
I made it a good 1000 pages into Knausgaard's big new series, but I think I am finally done with it. I kept thinking it might be more than facile readings of """big ideas""" if I kept going but that is *how he gets you*
April 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I made it a good 1000 pages into Knausgaard's big new series, but I think I am finally done with it. I kept thinking it might be more than facile readings of """big ideas""" if I kept going but that is *how he gets you*
Found a Fanon quotation in a recently released book which appears to have been copied from Quotable Quotes at *Goodreads dot com*. Going back to the original one finds the relevant text split across several pages, and changed on several rather important issues of interpretation. Incredible work!
April 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Found a Fanon quotation in a recently released book which appears to have been copied from Quotable Quotes at *Goodreads dot com*. Going back to the original one finds the relevant text split across several pages, and changed on several rather important issues of interpretation. Incredible work!
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New post for TDOV! I've uploaded copies of all the resources on trans-inclusive perinatal care published for the NHS in 2021 by the Brighton & Sussex Gender Inclusion Midwives. Plus, some newer resources and information. It's important that we continue to share and build on this important work.
Free resources: Perinatal care for trans people
On 8 February 2021, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust published a series of groundbreaking resources on perinatal care for trans people, written by their Gender Inclusion Midwife t…
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March 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
New post for TDOV! I've uploaded copies of all the resources on trans-inclusive perinatal care published for the NHS in 2021 by the Brighton & Sussex Gender Inclusion Midwives. Plus, some newer resources and information. It's important that we continue to share and build on this important work.
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