Michele Merritt, Ph.D. 

Click on each week below for readings, links, etc. 

Week 1: Welcome to Philosophy Now!

Week 2: Reality and Truth: When the Devil you know looks now more like an Angel

Week 3: Personal Identity: I'm a Mirrorball

Week 4: AuthenticiTay? Follow your fears all the way down...

Week 5: Love vs. Friendship: Staying friends is safe...doesn't mean you should

Week 6: Exam week - Be Fearless!

Week 7: Betrayal and some Vigilante Sh*t

Week 8: Feminism and Epistemic Justice: These people only raise you to cage you 

Week 9: Which Showgirls Actually Get Left For Dead? The Limits of White Feminism in TayTay's Music 

Week 10: The Anti-Heroism of Skinny Privilege: Body Image and Fatphobia 

Week 11: Spring Break, not Cruel Summer

Week 12: Exam Week: Fuck the Patriarchy!

Week 13: Nothing like a Mad Woman: Rethinking Reason vs. Insanity

Week 14: What do Artists Owe Us? Or can they just Shake it Off?