Dear FEASTies,

As you are all aware, there is an ongoing issue with proper citation of relevant scholars related to papers on diversity issues.  This year's conference theme is on decolonizing and indigenizing feminist philosophy.  Thus, if you aim to submit to the conference, and I encourage you all to do so, I- as Diversity Chair and scholar of Native American Philosophy- challenge all scholars who submit to rise to the challenge of bibliographical inclusion.  Are the majority of your sources women of color?  Are they Latina women, are they Indigenous women, are they Asian women, are they women of the African diaspora, are they women who have a specialization in these fields if they are not?  If you're using Latino, Native, Asian, African/black men, are they feminist friendly or exclusionary to feminist concerns?  Note I am not saying that no white men or women should be used, there are a ton of solid white folks  working on decolonial theory right now.  But I am challenging you to do your best, most ethical, and most inclusive methods of research and draw on scholars who are experts in these fields.  Let's work together to overcome these systemic problems in philosophy and put on one hell of a show at the next conference!