Thursday, February 19, 2026 9:30 am
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11:00 am
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Getting ‘Real’: On Sexism, Transphobia, and the Value of Philosophy
Dr. Talia Mae Bettcher is Professor of Philosophy of California State University, Los Angeles. She is one of the founders and most influential scholars of the multi- and interdisciplinary field of trans studies, and is the author, most recently of Beyond Personhood: An Essay in Trans Philosophy (University of Minnesota Press, 2025).
We are very lucky to welcome her to Waterloo for this talk, which unpacks the representations of trans women as predatory men and looks at forms of sexist violence, transphobia, and racist violence and the vital role Philosophy plays within this arena.
