Cornell philosopher Kate Manne discusses misognyn, male entitlement, together with the notion of 'himpathy', a term she coined, in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Manne is the author of two recent highly influential books, Down Girl and Entitlement.
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In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast, Kate Kirkpatrick, author of a new biography of Simone de Beauvoir, Becoming Beauvoir, discusses Beauvoir's life and art. Beauvoir is often described as if she applied Jean-Paul Sartre' existentialist ideas to the condition of women. Is this a fair assessment?
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We are grateful for support for this episode from the Marc Sanders Foundation
'What is a woman?' may seem like a straightforward question, but as Amia Srinivasan explains, it is not quite as easy to answer as you might think. Here she discusses key feminist ideas about what a woman is, beginning with Simone de Beauvoir's ideas on the topic.
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Listen to an earlier Philosophy Bites interview with Amia Srinivasan on Genealogy
