Megan Burke
@mburkephd.bsky.social
philosopher. feminist. 🏳️🌈
📘 Becoming a Woman: Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Trans Existence 📕 Simone de Beauvoir: The Basics 📙 When Time Warps: The Lived Experience of Gender, Race, and Sexual Violence
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📘 Becoming a Woman: Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Trans Existence 📕 Simone de Beauvoir: The Basics 📙 When Time Warps: The Lived Experience of Gender, Race, and Sexual Violence
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given that my intellectual world is changing a lot because of getting the 🪓, i started a #layoffera Substack 😝 i’m hoping it will be a good space for conversation, even if just with myself, for a book project i’ve had in the works on ENM. memyselfandothers.substack.com
Megan Burke | Substack
Simone de Beauvoir fangirl, philosopher, former tenured professor, and seeker of flawless macarons. Mostly here to obsess over the ethics of ethical non-monogamy, but you might catch me musing and ran...
memyselfandothers.substack.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
given that my intellectual world is changing a lot because of getting the 🪓, i started a #layoffera Substack 😝 i’m hoping it will be a good space for conversation, even if just with myself, for a book project i’ve had in the works on ENM. memyselfandothers.substack.com
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Highly recommend Megan Burke’s BECOMING A WOMAN: SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR & THE POLITICS OF TRANS EXISTENCE. Burke draws on Beauvoir’s existentialist ethics of ambiguity to argue for trans first-person authority (trans FPA) & the “commitment to gender self-determination” as social practices.
April 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Highly recommend Megan Burke’s BECOMING A WOMAN: SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR & THE POLITICS OF TRANS EXISTENCE. Burke draws on Beauvoir’s existentialist ethics of ambiguity to argue for trans first-person authority (trans FPA) & the “commitment to gender self-determination” as social practices.
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"It is a common assumption in philosophy that absolutely everything is up for grabs... there is something right about that. What I am now inclined to doubt, however, is that... any one philosopher can [ethically] open a critical challenge to absolutely anything..."
While Tables Burn: On the (Non) Existence of Trans People and the Failure of Philosophy (guest post) - Daily Nous
“There are indeed consequences when we punch down or pretend that what is, in fact, a hostile attack, is merely ‘inquiry for inquiry’s sake.’ Aside from the emotional wounds we inflict on actual peopl...
dailynous.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"It is a common assumption in philosophy that absolutely everything is up for grabs... there is something right about that. What I am now inclined to doubt, however, is that... any one philosopher can [ethically] open a critical challenge to absolutely anything..."
Consider signing and circulating this statement of support for my department as we are facing full annihilation by the CSU. It’s a cruel move and a worrisome sign about the reality and future of higher ed.
www.change.org/p/saving-ssu...
www.change.org/p/saving-ssu...
Sign the Petition
Saving SSU Philosophy
www.change.org
February 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Consider signing and circulating this statement of support for my department as we are facing full annihilation by the CSU. It’s a cruel move and a worrisome sign about the reality and future of higher ed.
www.change.org/p/saving-ssu...
www.change.org/p/saving-ssu...
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The #SSU cuts weren't random, but drawn from across the liberal arts and sciences. Pre-professional programs were spared. The agenda is to replace higher education with vocational education, and not just at SSU. CA Legislature: In an age of misinformation, we need higher education. #SonomaState
January 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The #SSU cuts weren't random, but drawn from across the liberal arts and sciences. Pre-professional programs were spared. The agenda is to replace higher education with vocational education, and not just at SSU. CA Legislature: In an age of misinformation, we need higher education. #SonomaState
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Stoked for this!
Just arrived in the mail: new book by Beauvoir scholar @mburkephd.bsky.social on becoming and the politics of trans existence!
January 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Stoked for this!
according to SSU President, cutting my department (philosophy) and WGS (and many other programs) “will help us ensure long-term fiscal stability,” and will help the campus “meet the changing needs of future generations of students” ….
what a sad state we’re in.
what a sad state we’re in.
Sonoma State University announced it will take extraordinary steps to close a $24 million budget hole by eliminating six academic departments, ending nearly two dozen degree programs, canceling Division II athletics and laying off more than 60 faculty and staff – including tenured professors.
Sonoma State eliminating dozens of degree programs, laying off faculty amid $24M deficit
Sonoma State is one of several California State University campuses facing steep enrollment declines and cutting its budget.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
according to SSU President, cutting my department (philosophy) and WGS (and many other programs) “will help us ensure long-term fiscal stability,” and will help the campus “meet the changing needs of future generations of students” ….
what a sad state we’re in.
what a sad state we’re in.
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Just arrived in the mail: new book by Beauvoir scholar @mburkephd.bsky.social on becoming and the politics of trans existence!
January 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Just arrived in the mail: new book by Beauvoir scholar @mburkephd.bsky.social on becoming and the politics of trans existence!
my colleagues and collaborators in WGS at Sonoma State deserve support 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Sonoma State is eliminating the Women's & Gender Studies department (and majors in Philosophy, Physics, Art History, Environmental Science, Geology, Economics among others).
If you care about WGS here are ways you can help: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
If you care about WGS here are ways you can help: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Facing Huge Deficit, Sonoma State University Makes Massive Cuts, Ends Athletics
Facing a $23.9 million deficit, Sonoma State University will enact large budget cuts, including laying off faculty and eliminating its intercollegiate athletics program.
www.forbes.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
my colleagues and collaborators in WGS at Sonoma State deserve support 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Sonoma State president proposes eliminating philosophy and other departments and majors...
Philosophy Major and Department at Risk in Sonoma State Budget Bloodbath - Daily Nous
The philosophy major at Sonoma State University is among several degree programs slated for elimination at Sonoma State University, and the philosophy department is one of six that will be closed, acc...
dailynous.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Sonoma State president proposes eliminating philosophy and other departments and majors...
well. today my entire department (all tenured faculty) received notice that our department was being eliminate and we were being layed off. no more philosophy at a public institution that claims to value liberal arts and social justice. not exactly how i imagined my academic career but here we are
January 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
well. today my entire department (all tenured faculty) received notice that our department was being eliminate and we were being layed off. no more philosophy at a public institution that claims to value liberal arts and social justice. not exactly how i imagined my academic career but here we are
i always look forward to reading anything by @perryzurn.bsky.social. can’t wait for this one.
December 13, 2024 at 4:00 PM
i always look forward to reading anything by @perryzurn.bsky.social. can’t wait for this one.
I didn’t imagine thinking about post-nonmonogamy while doing that research/reading thing for a new book project on ethical nonmonogamy. But I came across Post-Nonmonogamy and Beyond by @andreazanin.bsky.social and I’m so glad I did. Voice, style, content… I felt held by it all the entire time.
December 12, 2024 at 9:21 PM
I didn’t imagine thinking about post-nonmonogamy while doing that research/reading thing for a new book project on ethical nonmonogamy. But I came across Post-Nonmonogamy and Beyond by @andreazanin.bsky.social and I’m so glad I did. Voice, style, content… I felt held by it all the entire time.
doing a rapid 48 hour stop in London next week before 4 days in Edinburgh (never been!)
food, fun, etc. recs welcome.
food, fun, etc. recs welcome.
November 27, 2024 at 1:33 PM
doing a rapid 48 hour stop in London next week before 4 days in Edinburgh (never been!)
food, fun, etc. recs welcome.
food, fun, etc. recs welcome.
My new book with
@politybooks on Beauvoir, trans antagonisms, and gender freedom is now out in the UK.
US release is January 2025. 🏳️⚧️
@politybooks on Beauvoir, trans antagonisms, and gender freedom is now out in the UK.
US release is January 2025. 🏳️⚧️
November 25, 2024 at 8:55 PM
My new book with
@politybooks on Beauvoir, trans antagonisms, and gender freedom is now out in the UK.
US release is January 2025. 🏳️⚧️
@politybooks on Beauvoir, trans antagonisms, and gender freedom is now out in the UK.
US release is January 2025. 🏳️⚧️
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Through a careful examination of Simone de Beauvoir's philosophical and political commitments, Becoming a Woman explores the significance of her notion of becoming not only as affirmative of trans women, but also as an ethical demand to affirm trans possibilities.
See more: www.politybooks.com/...
See more: www.politybooks.com/...
November 23, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Through a careful examination of Simone de Beauvoir's philosophical and political commitments, Becoming a Woman explores the significance of her notion of becoming not only as affirmative of trans women, but also as an ethical demand to affirm trans possibilities.
See more: www.politybooks.com/...
See more: www.politybooks.com/...