Simran Tapaswi

This is a warm-coloured poster meant to be reminiscent of a ticket inviting you to a Will to Philosophy Research forum event on 25th JANUARY 2026 at 11.05 AM, online. Middle of the page shows the title as Tracking the Epistemic Harms of Marital Rape: The Case for Experiential Injustice. The speakers are Sushruth Ravish (Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur) and Ritu Sharma (PhD, University of British Columbia). Text at the bottom mentions that the time in IST (GMT +5.30) SUNDAY 25TH January. Please directly join the Google Meet on this code: TDY-XXEK-JFP Or register to join the mailing list/WA group.

Tracking the Epistemic Harms of Marital Rape: The Case for Experiential Injustice by Sushruth Ravish, Ritu Sharma Abstract: Empirical studies suggest that rape in marriages continues to be treated as a less severe crime than other forms of rape. Although the psychological and legal dimensions of marital rape have received some attention, its epistemic harms remain under-theorised. This article argues that these harms are not exhausted by hermeneutical injustice, where victims lack the conceptual resources to identify or articulate their experience as rape. We introduce the concept of experiential injustice to capture a deeper epistemic harm in which victims, shaped by trauma or internalised oppression, lose evaluative grip on their own experience. Drawing on victims' testimonies, we show how marital rape can erode epistemic self-trust and diminish the capacity to register harm as experientially significant. These harms resist easy remediation and call for a broader framework to understand how epistemic injustice occurs in the contexts of marital rape. Recognising these layered epistemic harms is crucial for legal and social reforms addressing marital rape.

Upcoming feminist philosophy talk by Sushruth Ravish (IITK) and Ritu Sharma (UBC) on "Tracking the Epistemic Harms of Marital Rape: The Case for Experiential Injustice". Details in poster below! Register here: forms.gle/cwpgHCWWFYH7...

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Institutional Worlds: A Queer Phenomenology of Academic Spaces What does it mean to be queer in relation to an institution, or queered by institutional logics? In this talk, I explore this question through my experience inhabiting my professional space – the US academy. Beginning from experiences of disorientation and misfit, I develop a phenomenological analysis of these institutional spaces and their embodied norms. Drawing together critical phenomenology and insights from critical university studies, I examine how the US academy, as an institution, is productive of particular spaces and subjectivities and how it enforces racialized, gendered, and sexualized norms. I experiment with a “phenomenology of institutional language” (Lajoie 2022, 320) and a practice of “writing against the institution” as a means of dismantling the oppressive logics of institutions and their spaces.

Biographical Statement Dr. Eden Kinkaid (they/them) works at the intersection of geography, gender studies, and philosophy. Their research and writing focus on themes of embodiment, epistemology, space, and queer/trans experience, through the lens of phenomenology and poststructural theories of subjectivity and space. Eden’s creative practice experiments with themes of trans embodiment, queer space, and epistemology. Eden has served as editor of various academic journals and is a co-founder and operator of GEOZONe (The Geography Zine Organizing Network). Check out their website or find them online @queergeog (Bluesky and Instagram).

Especially delighted to host Eden Kincaid @queergeog.bsky.social to talk about "Institutional Worlds: A Queer Phenomenology of Academic Spaces"!

Will To Philosophy Research Forum Upcoming talks 30th Nov, 11.05 am: Pseudo imtellectualising social conservarism: a critical account of anrigender politics in kerala- by Rahul vadakka chandran riza. 12.05 am: Reading cameron Awkward-Rich to explore the relationship between trans crip and mad embodymind by gautham warrier 13th December, 8.30 pm- Institutional Worlds: A Queer Phenomenology of Academic Spaces by Dr Eden kincaid Open to all! Online events, timings in ist (gmt + 5.30), Google meet code: tdy-xxek-jfp

Upcoming talk in the Will To Philosophy Research Forum

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It was a pleasure to host @katemanne.bsky.social for a group discussion yesterday on behalf of Our Feminist Reading Group and The Philosophy Project. We had a very enlightening discussion about her book Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women.