Mary Peterson reads Iris Marion Young

Give Theory A Chance

In this episode, we are joined by Mary Peterson, PhD student in philosophy at the University of Hamburg.

Mary joins us for a guided reading of Iris Marion Young’s 1980 essay “Throwing like a Girl: A Phenomenology of Feminine Body Comportment Motility and Spatiality.”

Mary helps us understand Young’s contribution to understanding the embodied experience of women in a patriarchal society. We also briefly discuss Mary’s excellent essay “Philosophizing Like a Girl.”

As always, a pdf of the essay discussed is available here, along with a scan of Mary’s handwritten chapter outline.