Kathleen Stock
@Docstockk
Contributing editor @unherd. Podcasts @project_lesbian. Books: MATERIAL GIRLS(2021); DO NOT GO GENTLE (2026). Agent: @littlehardman. No longer a prof.
Manuscript submitted today. Out next April, whatever happens in the House of Lords. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/do-not…
Yes, relying on the self-regarding beliefs of those immediately around you as an indiscriminate cue as to what to think does risk putting yourself at the mercy of people with quite bad taste in opinions
One cost of the Great Awokening was that people spent too much time managing their own reputations within institutions and professional circles, and not enough time thinking about how they were coming off outside it:
My most controversial take yet, in the Times today: the new Guide Badges aren't a patch on the old thetimes.com/comment/column…
This highlights the utter hypocrisy of the Yale philosophers' amici curiae brief - which starts with the following pompous declaration: "Amici are professors of philosophy who are trained to identify flaws in arguments... by examining [their] logical structure..."
From a philosophical correspondent: “I'm not sure I'd use the word ‘malpractice’ but maybe you're right. I certainly struggle to believe that so many smart people genuinely bought the incredibly contrived argument that you dissected for your readers. “The thing is, it would be…
With a few exceptions -- @Docstockk, @aytchellesse, @byrne_a -- philosophers continue to affect a bizarre neutrality over whether there are male women. Is it any surprise this cues the public into writing off academia generally? Me and @d_kodsi in TPM philosophersmag.com/philosophical-…
Two years ago, @johnmaier_ and I helped write and organise an open letter defending @Docstockk’s right to speak at the Oxford Union. It was signed by 40+ Oxford academics, including more than a dozen philosophers (the most well-represented group). bbc.com/news/uk-656205…
No-one has done more to hold régime philosophers to account than Kathleen, as is attested by the huge amount of vilification she’s had to endure Hey does anyone remember ‘non-consensual co-platforming’
Why Britain is especially vulnerable to the cold economics of assisted suicide. Must-read from @Louise_m_perry in today’s @nytimes:
You are never going to guess the plot twist here
Woman killed husband by ‘stabbing and slicing’ over 50 times with samurai sword trib.al/HQYsU1o
Susie Green still doing the sweets, cakes, bracelets and puppies stuff - at Brighton Pride.
This is brilliant and, as Kathleen says, devastating (and acutely embarrassing to Yale philosophy in particular). Nearly every paragraph expresses — typically more eloquently & succinctly — things I’ve been thinking & saying to a tiny number of ‘safe’ interlocutors for years
Devastating takedown of the Yale Philosophy Department's self-beclowning over gender ideology. They appear absolutely befuddled with it. (Can't quite believe Tim WIlliamson signed the Amici Curiae - he must have read it very quickly) philosophersmag.com/philosophical-…
Blackwell’s, Newcastle. First time I’ve seen @Docstockk’s book, Material Girls, on a bookshop shelf *anywhere* — and I’ve very much looked.
With a few exceptions -- @Docstockk, @aytchellesse, @byrne_a -- philosophers continue to affect a bizarre neutrality over whether there are male women. Is it any surprise this cues the public into writing off academia generally? Me and @d_kodsi in TPM philosophersmag.com/philosophical-…
Excellent long read. Who'd have thought that philosophers were so desperate to conform that they'd support such potty, facile ideas?
Devastating takedown of the Yale Philosophy Department's self-beclowning over gender ideology. They appear absolutely befuddled with it. (Can't quite believe Tim WIlliamson signed the Amici Curiae - he must have read it very quickly) philosophersmag.com/philosophical-…
Devastating takedown of the Yale Philosophy Department's self-beclowning over gender ideology. They appear absolutely befuddled with it. (Can't quite believe Tim WIlliamson signed the Amici Curiae - he must have read it very quickly) philosophersmag.com/philosophical-…
A month on from the Commons vote on assisted suicide, it’s clear that quite a few MPs were confused about the bill or influenced by misinformation. Here are 10 examples:
This is not free speech
BREAKING: Four arrested on terror charges in Liverpool, including local legend Audrey White, her brother and a local priest. They were detained for holding signs during the local protest which said "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action."