Professor & Chair of Philosophy at UMassLowell. First-gen academic. Author of ETHICS FOR EVERYONE (Norton, 2028) & THINK LIKE A FEMINIST (Norton, 2020). Director of Mentoring Workshop for Women* in Philosophy. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ ✊🏼 🤬 https://www.carolhay.org/https://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3mhr5orxvls2pWhen yer bestie is the girl who makes goddamned sure the Pride flag aint coming down ❤️‍🔥 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/us/boston-university-pride-flags-free-speech.html?searchResultPosition=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawQuo7ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe9giRjbcGpu5r3C4zMUk7DLU7EcKHhR6ge1rjdIy6zjeH79ia4FN_MncsBSQ_aem_CPF-AAH3EDEjKhXc8ndGdQ23 Mar 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhr5orxvls2phttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3mhj23hkyv22wQueers! Clear your calendars! 2nd annual QUEER Aɸ conference at UCSC--this year right before SF Pride!! 🏳️‍🌈✊🏼🏳️‍⚧️ queeranalyticphilosophy.weebly.com https://queeranalyticphilosophy.weebly.com/20 Mar 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhj23hkyv22whttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3mhghll4fbs2oWho knew philosophers of cognitive science were so hot?!?? 🥵 @n1c0n1c0.bsky.social19 Mar 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhghll4fbs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3mgl6vv6rps2rCoauthor extraordinaire 🤩08 Mar 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgl6vv6rps2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3mgkicbirvc2hNewest member of the APA's committee for LGBTQ People in the Profession 👆🏻 https://www.apaonline.org/news/721501/APA-Committee-Appointments-for-2026-Announced.htm?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Blast&utm_campaign=wwwBlast#_zsKEdqX_zlLQnr408 Mar 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkicbirvc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3mf6akq6bnk2rSome things are worth logging back onto instagram for18 Feb 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf6akq6bnk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3ljlhsafnw22vNow in German 🤓04 Mar 2025 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlhsafnw22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3lje56rrjhs2egirls will be girls02 Mar 2025 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3lje56rrjhs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3lhyp2ufpvc2fImmigrationequality.org has an emergency helpline for trans people who are detained by Immigration officials. Save this number to your contacts. Spread the word. 917.654.9696 https://immigrationequality.org/12 Feb 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhyp2ufpvc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3lhukvvudz226"And I wonder what all of you will decide to do now, besides gaping like fools, while we tables are burning—ablaze from the very fires you helped set." @talia-mae.bsky.social https://dailynous.com/2025/02/10/while-tables-burn-on-the-non-existence-of-trans-people-and-the-failure-of-philosophy-guest-post/11 Feb 2025 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhukvvudz226https://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3lh2z3fdnik26Cali kitty not a fan of atmospheric rivers31 Jan 2025 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2z3fdnik26https://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3lgvbt3ulik2vAbout to take off on a flight. To the surprise of literally no one, sitting in a middle seat bw 2 women means that I am automatically ceded both armrests. Fuck manspreaders all day every day.29 Jan 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvbt3ulik2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3lgralogcbk2oThis is apparently from @dansavage.bsky.social and it made me cry.28 Jan 2025 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgralogcbk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3lgetawhoic27Dinah channels the collective mood 🫠23 Jan 2025 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgetawhoic27https://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3lgdocp4uh22fGonna deactivate the fascist megaphones (FB, IG) for a minute. Entertain me here, loves?22 Jan 2025 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgdocp4uh22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3ldzl7rebm22kI posted that diatribe against organized religion on the facebook wall of a guy I went to grad school with. Guess I touched a nerve. 🤷🏻‍♀️24 Dec 2024 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldzl7rebm22khttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3ldvj4tksts2uWhen I first read this I really appreciated Brooks' description of what it feels like to let go of the hyper-rationalist fixation on making sense of the world through reason alone, because I've been lucky enough to go through something similar. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/opinion/faith-god-christianity.html?searchResultPosition=222 Dec 2024 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldvj4tksts2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3lcqd2ywdk22k🎄✔️07 Dec 2024 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcqd2ywdk22khttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3l5pcsex4md2oCall for Mentees/Mentors: 7th Biennial Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Women* in Philosophy Please spread the word--and encourage any women, non-binary, or trans* scholars you know to apply! https://marcsandersfoundation.org/the-mentoring-workshop/04 Oct 2024 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3l5pcsex4md2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3l4m5ec52f227Fellow feminists! Whatchya doing in May? You wanna go to Iceland to talk about #MeToo stuff with a bunch of other amazing feminists?? Of course you do. Call for abstracts below!! Deadline Nov 20. https://emfem.hi.is/olddilemmas/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFZtPhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSTKlicnaTyucDNJmlINkdUYwtKaJS1_MXmGarZi7bwb08K2YgywEz2XLw_aem_H-hGqfTxSOMTfkvZ7axujQ20 Sep 2024 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4m5ec52f227https://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3l3kvj6xfta2kI worry that some people love rags-to-riches tales of first-generation academics because they feed the lie of meritocracy and the false promise of class mobility. So I’ll talk about how I got lucky until I’m blue in the face. https://www.firstgenphilosophers.com/contributions/carol-hay07 Sep 2024 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3kvj6xfta2khttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3kpwuf65kfq2jComing this fall: Think Like a Feminist in German!12 Apr 2024 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3kpwuf65kfq2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3kpt3uorkyb2eTalked about porn today with the good folks at @mamamuse.nyc ✨ https://mamamuse.nyc/voices/beyond-the-frame-an-exploration-with-carol-hay-on-porn-sex-liberation-consent-and-intersectional-feminism11 Apr 2024 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3kpt3uorkyb2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3kdkcv2apvb2sFolks who've had success using THINK LIKE A FEMINIST in the classroom--would you mind shooting me a quick DM? TYSM!06 Nov 2023 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdkcv2apvb2shttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3kbxi2aslwm2jWe're hiring! AOS: Asian/nonwestern and/or philosophy of race! Pls spread the news, and hit me up with any questions. https://careers.pageuppeople.com/822/lowell/en-us/job/520671/tenuretrack-assistant-professor-philosophy17 Oct 2023 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbxi2aslwm2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3k5hytlj7eo2hFolks teaching philosophy of sex & love! I know you're currently mired in syllabus prep for the fall, but if you happen to be teaching this winter or spring, I have a new anthology for you!! https://global.oup.com/.../the-philosophy-of-love-and-sex...21 Aug 2023 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5hytlj7eo2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3k2suouhquy2rFeminist musings on the Barbie movie--now in Spanish! https://theconversation.com/como-aprendi-a-amar-a-barbie-desde-la-filosofia-del-feminismo-21003118 Jul 2023 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3k2suouhquy2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carolhay.bsky.social/post/3k2psjc3jzg2tWherein my hot pink hot flashes of #Barbie nostalgia intermingle with musings on femmephobia: https://theconversation.com/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-doll-a-feminist-philosophers-journey-back-to-barbie-20873017 Jul 2023 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:7223qlspcdgpk4udv4atcm24/app.bsky.feed.post/3k2psjc3jzg2t