
Trans Identity with Talia Mae Bettcher
Works Discussed:<\/p>
Talia Mae Bettcher, Beyond Personhood: An Essay in Trans Philosophy<\/p>
Talia Mae Bettcher, \u201cEvil Deceivers and Make-Believers: On Transphobic Violence and the Politics of Illusion\u201d<\/p>
Jennifer Finney Boylan, \u201cI\u2019m a Transgender Woman. This Is Not the Metamorphosis I Was Expecting\u201d<\/p>
Dean Spade, Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law<\/p>
Perry Zurn, Andrea J. Pitts, Talia Mae Bettcher and PJ DiPietro, Trans Philosophy <\/p>
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How should we make sense of the Trump administration’s assault on Trans rights? In episode 125 of Overthink, Ellie and David talk to philosopher Talia Mae Bettcher about her new book Beyond Personhood: An Essay in Trans Philosophy, where she discusses everything from “genderphoria” to her notion of “reality enforcement” (a mechanism of transphobic oppression). In the interview, Dr. Bettcher expresses concerns about certain received views about trans identity, such as the “the wrong body” and “beyond the binary” views, which don’t capture the complexity of trans experiences. How can we move toward a more inclusive culture when it comes to trans identity? And, do we need to reject fundamental philosophical notions such as “person,” “self,” and “subject” in order to understand trans phoria? In the bonus, Ellie and David dive deeper into the idea of the interpersonal object and question whether or not the notion of the self is too far plagued by philosophical baggage and needs to be discarded.
Works Discussed:
Talia Mae Bettcher, Beyond Personhood: An Essay in Trans Philosophy
Talia Mae Bettcher, “Evil Deceivers and Make-Believers: On Transphobic Violence and the Politics of Illusion”
Jennifer Finney Boylan, “I’m a Transgender Woman. This Is Not the Metamorphosis I Was Expecting”
Dean Spade, Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law
Perry Zurn, Andrea J. Pitts, Talia Mae Bettcher and PJ DiPietro, Trans Philosophy
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The best of all possible podcasts, Leibniz would say. Putting big ideas in dialogue with the everyday, Overthink offers accessible and fresh takes on philosophy from enthusiastic experts. Hosted by professors Ellie Anderson (Pomona College) and David M. Peña-Guzmán (San Francisco State University).
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