Bettcher Bibliography

I compiled this bibliography of Prof. Talia Mae Bettcher’s work (including some spoken word performances that I came across in my research) for a reading group that I organized in 2022. To me, reading Bettcher systematically has been enormously helpful in understanding and appreciating her work, and I wish more trans/feminist philosophers could have the delight (as well as luxury) of doing the same.

[07/11/24: Added new publications and old syllabi; all items are now linked.]

Publications

History of Philosophy

• “The Spirit and the Heap: Berkeley and Hume on the Self and Self-Consciousness” (PhD dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles, 1999)
• “Jessop, Thomas Edmund (1896–1980)” and “Luce, Arthur Aston (1882–1977),” in Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Philosophers, ed. Stuart Brown (Bristol: Thoemmes Continuum, 2005)
• Berkeley’s Philosophy of Spirit: Consciousness, Ontology and the Elusive Subject (New York: Continuum, 2007)
• Berkeley: A Guide for the Perplexed (New York: Continuum, 2008)
• “Berkeley on Self-Consciousness,” in New Interpretations of Berkeley’s Thought, ed. Stephen H. Daniel (Amherst, NY: Humanity Books, 2008)
• “Berkeley’s Dualistic Ontology,” Análisis Filosófico (2008)
• “Berkeley and Hume on Self and Self-consciousness,” in Topics in Early Modern Philosophy of Mind, ed. Jon Miller (n.p.: Springer, 2009)
• “Abstraction: Berkeley against Locke,” in Berkeley’s Lasting Legacy: 300 Years Later, ed. Bertil Belfrage and Timo Airaksinen (Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011)
• “Berkeley’s Theory of Mind: Some New Models,” Philosophy Compass (2011)

Trans Feminism

• “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender/Transsexual Individuals” (with Emilia Lombardi), in Social Injustice and Public Health, ed. Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006; 3rd edition, 2019)
• “Understanding Transphobia: Authenticity and Sexual Abuse,” in Trans/forming Feminisms: Trans-feminist Voices Speak Out, ed. Krista Scott-Dixon (Toronto: Sumach, 2006)
• “Appearance, Reality and Gender Deception: Reflections on Transphobic Violence and the Politics of Pretence,” in Violence, Victims, Justifications: Philosophical Approaches, ed. Felix Ó Murchadha (Bern: Peter Lang, 2006)
• “Evil Deceivers and Make-Believers: On Transphobic Violence and the Politics of Illusion,” Hypatia (2007)
• “Gender, Identity, Theory, and Action,” in Gender Identity, Equity, and Violence: Multidisciplinary Perspectives through Service Learning, ed. Geraldine B. Stahly (Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2007)
• “Pretenders to the Throne,” peer commentary on Alice Dreger’s “The Controversy Surrounding The Man Who Would Be Queen: A Case History of the Politics of Science, Identity, and Sex in the Internet Age,” Archives of Sexual Behavior (2008)
• Introduction to the special issue on Transgender Studies and Feminism: Theory, Politics, and Gendered Realities (with Ann Garry), Hypatia (2009)
• “Trans Identities and First-Person Authority,” in “You’ve Changed”: Sex Reassignment and Personal Identity, ed. Laurie J. Shrage (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009)
• “Feminist Perspectives on Trans Issues,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2009), revised 2014
• “Without a Net: Starting Points for Trans Stories,” APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues (2011)
• “Full‐Frontal Morality: The Naked Truth about Gender,” Hypatia (2012)
• “Trans Women and ‘Interpretive Intimacy’: Some Initial Reflections,” in The Essential Handbook of Women’s Sexuality, ed. Donna Marie Castaneda (Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2013)
• “Trans Women and the Meaning of ‘Woman,’” in The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings, ed. Nicholas Power, Raja Halwani, and Alan Soble, 6th ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013)
• “When Selves Have Sex: What the Phenomenology of Trans Sexuality Can Teach about Sexual Orientation,” Journal of Homosexuality (2014)
• “Trapped in the Wrong Theory: Rethinking Trans Oppression and Resistance,” Signs (2014)
• “Transphobia,” TSQ (2014)
• “Intersexuality, Transgender, and Transsexuality,” in The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theory, ed. Lisa Disch and Mary Hawkesworth (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016)
• Introduction to the special issue on Trans/Feminisms (with Susan Stryker), TSQ (2016)
• “The Role of the Illusion in the Construction of Erotic Desire: Narratives from Heterosexual Men Who Have Occasional Sex with Transgender Women” (with Cathy J. Reback, Rachel L. Kaplan, and Sherry Larkins), Culture, Health & Sexuality (2016)
• “Getting ‘Naked’ in the Colonial/Modern Gender Systems: A Preliminary Trans Feminist Analysis of Pornography,” in Beyond Speech: Pornography and Analytic Feminist Philosophy, ed. Mari Mikkola (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017)
• “Trans 101,” in The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings, 7th ed., ed. Raja Halwani, Alan Soble, Sarah Hoffman, and Jacob M. Held (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017)
• “Through the Looking Glass: Trans Theory Meets Feminist Philosophy,” in The Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy, ed. Ann Garry, Serene J. Khader, and Alison Stone (New York: Routledge, 2017)
• “Trans Feminism: Recent Philosophical Developments,” Philosophy Compass (2017)
• “‘When Tables Speak’: On the Existence of Trans Philosophy,” guest post on Daily Nous, May 30, 2018
• “What is Trans Philosophy?,” Hypatia (2019)
• “Feminist Philosophical Engagements with Trans Studies,” in The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Philosophy, ed. Kim Q. Hall and Ásta (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021)
• “Comments on Gayle Salamon’s The Life and Death of Latisha King,” Philosophy Today (2022)
• “Phenomenology, Agency, and Rape: Comments on Heyes’s Anaesthetics of Existence,” Feminist Philosophy Quarterly (2023)
• Trans Philosophy, co-edited with Perry Zurn, Andrea Pitts, and P. J. DiPietro (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2024) – from Prof. Zurn’s Twitter: use MN91300 for 40% off by September 1, 2024
• Beyond Personhood: An Essay in Trans Philosophy (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming in March 2025)

Autobiography

• “How I Became a Trans Philosopher,” Journal of World Philosophies (2022)

Interviews

• “Other ‘Worldly’ Philosophy,” Featured Philosop-her Series (2015)
• “A Conversation with Jeanne Córdova,” TSQ (2016)
• “Theorizing Closeness: A Trans Feminist Conversation” (with Pelagia Goulimari), Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities (2017)
• Interview on What Is It like to Be a Philosopher? (2020)
• “Trans Philosophy: The Early Years” (with Loren Cannon, Miqqi Alicia Gilbert, and C. Jacob Hale), APA Newsletter on LGBTQ Issues in Philosophy (2020)

Various Other Items of Interest

Syllabi

• Introduction to Trans Studies (Fall 2004)
• The Philosophy of George Berkeley (Fall 2007)
• Philosophy, Gender and Culture (Winter 2008; also check out Fall 2009 and Fall 2011 versions)
• History of Modern Philosophy (Winter 2008)
• Integrative Seminar in the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (Spring 2009)

Performances

• “The Words That Slip” (2006), https://vimeo.com/14654985
• “Merryleggs” (2010), https://vimeo.com/14628235

Websites

• Learning Trans: https://learningtrans.wordpress.com/contributors/bettcher-talia
• Susan and Talia: https://bettcherforrest.wordpress.com
• LibraryThing profile: https://www.librarything.com/profile/BettcherForrest