My Brilliant Wife

Since I’ve been married, I have tried to explain to Rachel why I am so brilliant. I say, “listen, I am an idiot, and you are brilliant, but you married me, so that makes you an idiot and me brilliant for convincing you to do so.” Take that as you want, besides her one time, lifetime poor decision to marry me, she continues to astound me. For some reason, conferences with cool titles and especially presentations with cool titles always make me excited. I’m even more excited when my wife gets asked to speak at one of these cool sounding conferences. This conference coming up next weekend? Diotima: A Graduate Conference for Feminist Philosophy. Here are the titles of the papers being presented.

“Genetic Enhancement and Structural Inequality,” Chris Chalmers (Dalhousie University); Commentary by Angie White

“Constructing the Private Realm: Law as the Technology of Founding man in the Greek City-State, Jessica Sims (University of Oregon),”; Commentary by Ronald Baumiller

“Pink Ribbon Marketing is Healthy for Business and Unhealthy for Women,” Rachel Colquhoun (UWO); Commentary by Katy Fulfer

“Feminist Epistemology and Developmental Ethics, ” Anna Malavisi (Michigan State University); Commentary by Aviva Shiller

Key Note Address: “Particularity, Epistemic Responsibility, and the Ecological Imaginary,” Lorraine Code, Distinguished Research Professor Emerita of Philosophy at York University

“Listening to Little John: Towards a Less Articulate Present,” Jake Brooks (Hampshire College); Commentary by Kate Lawless

“A Philosophy of Conception,” Susan Dielman (York University); Commentary by Angel Petropanagos

Faculty Address: “Evolution, Ecology and Human Possibilities,” Gillian Barker, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario

Besides not knowing what half the words mean in those titles, this conference sounds awesome. My wife, a Colquhoun, kicking serious ass, and I’m super proud of her. When the paper is presented, I’ll post it on here.