Zoe Maria Walker
@aweakmoralizer
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Career Development Fellow in Philosophy @TrinityOxford working on the philosophy of humour. Will analyse your jokes ethically and aesthetically.
Joined March 2020
You've heard of sexual objectification, but what about comic objectification? In a new paper, I argue that sometimes, comedy involves treating people as objects - which can be immoral, when it plays a role in justifying their oppression. Check it out: https://t.co/Nv1NAEQBDu
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ABSTRACT. Is finding someone funny a way of treating them as an object? And if so, does that make it immoral? In this paper, I argue that seeing someone as
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Canceled my plans just in case you'd call
Found a photo of Pete Buttigieg, Andy Beshear, and Josh Shapiro after cancelling their weekend plans to be vetted by Kamala Harris.
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So glad you enjoyed it! We're really pleased with how it all came together - such fascinating talks and comments, including your wonderful keynote!
The Art, Imagination and Morality conference, organised by @aweakmoralizer & @AlexFisher32 was just *so* good - fascinating talks on complex issues from political iconoclasm to speech acts in drill music--the latter, from fellow Sheffielder, the wonderful @TareeqJalloh
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Over the next two days, “Art, Imagination, and Morality” is taking place in Oxford, organised by @aweakmoralizer and me. Looking forward to an exciting lineup of talks!
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You can read a snippet of my book, Will I Ever Have Sex Again?, in the Guardian today! My book is out in 19 days and you can preorder it here: https://t.co/0rjW5b9zM8 I’m also going on a stand-up & book tour in June/July! The article can be read here: https://t.co/6GzrWAfynd
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Congratulations to our Career Development Fellow Zoe Walker, who has won the inaugural @ASA_aesthetics Feminist Aesthetics Research Prize, for her paper on "Comic Objectification." Well done, Zoe! Read more:
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Trinity Career Development Fellow Zoe Walker has been announced as the winner of the inaugural Feminist Aesthetics Research Prize, for her paper on 'Comic Objectification.'
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Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” (@DarwinCollege) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the @spectator libido section.
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Really enjoyed this!
For Margaret Macdonald, philosophy’s value resides in providing us with stories that can help make better sense of the world around us @PeterWest23
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Born on this day in 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was a man of many talents: painter, sculptor, architect, anatomist, engineer, map-maker, and student of botany. 🎂Happy birthday Leonardo. You would have loved @LinkedIn
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I'm putting together a session proposal on the topic of "Sex and the State" for the PPE Society annual conference ( https://t.co/622XudmDb0) [Sex = the activity, not the biological category] Is anyone interested in presenting work related to this session topic? Reach out!
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Ninth Annual Meeting: Call for Proposal Abstracts The PPE Society’s Ninth Annual Meeting will be held in New Orleans, November 13-15, 2025 at the Westin…
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I'm so thrilled that my paper about comedy and objectification has won this Feminist Aesthetics Research Prize - many thanks to @ASA_aesthetics, and really looking forward to coming to Chicago to present!
ASA is pleased to announce that Zoe Walker, Career Development Fellow in Philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford, is the winner of the inaugural Feminist Aesthetics Research Prize, for her paper on "Comic Objectification." https://t.co/rDwcTu9hwr
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Zoe Walker argues that one's sense of humour is a kind of sensibility analogous to erotic taste in this prize-winning article from our latest issue. https://t.co/6KJ5tGknwk
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Had a great time in the Bay Area for the @ASA_aesthetics Pacific Meeting in Berkeley - many thanks to @UTfilosoraptor for organising, and @veryonthenozick for excellent comments!
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Do you laugh at sexist jokes? Then you'd better check out my paper just published in @BritJAesth to find out what to do about it...
Our brand spanking new issue includes Zoe Walker's BSA Prize winning essay on the ethics and aesthetics of humour. https://t.co/6KJ5tGknwk
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Send us your work on immoral artists/video games/comedy/pornography!
CFP: Art, Imagination and Morality 20-21 June @ Trinity College, Oxford https://t.co/gAULds1WUn 500w abstracts from grad students and early-career researchers. Deadline: 1 March Keynote speakers: @ellakwhiteley and James Grant. Organisers: @aweakmoralizer and I. Please share!
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My column on the latest developments in the Post Office scandal - an incredible tale of total corporate psychopathy that I absolutely BEG you to stay very very cross about
theguardian.com
People whose lives were destroyed deserve justice. And those responsible are contriving to make sure they don’t get it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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I wrote about free speech, 'cancel culture', and the contradictions of the right-wing attack on universities for the @LRB
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Most of us would find it horrible to be told that we aren’t worth engaging with, that our views are socially...
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So happy to have won the BSA essay prize! Thanks to all who commented on earlier drafts!
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