Heather Widdows

Philosopher, University of Warwick. Runs

[Heather Widdows @ProfWiddows]

you can read the intro before you buy! https://t.co/qjw0fvL8XA

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Does Hollywood push unreasonable beauty standards? Recently Ashton Kutcher, currently starting in The Beauty, says it isn’t. But what do we think? Check out our latest blog for @PsychToday today (link in bio!)

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Beauty standards used to be local. Now they’re global — and our online world spreads that single ideal to more people than ever. Read more in @ProfWiddows’ latest book, Perfect Me: Beauty as an Ethical Ideal

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Department of Philosophy at Warwick celebrates its 60th anniversary in Senate House @UoLondon with speeches on why #philosophymatters by @QCassam , @ProfWiddows, @GuyLongworth and @mmmccabe1 All on point!

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“In some way, lookism is wired into our genetics”—prejudice towards those meeting ‘beauty ideals’ is hard to resist, as is pursuing these ideals—the more so as they are reinforced in enhanced social media images

@philosophyminis speaks with @profwiddows:

https://t.co/6JsV8Zu2Be

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New post from @ProfWiddows and @J_T_Suth for @PsychToday on what public reactions to Pamela Anderson’s makeup free look shows us about the beauty ideal https://t.co/590YP7GuIh

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Teeth! By me and the magic @J_T_Suth https://t.co/KsOZC4w40F

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Coming to the end of #PhiloFortnight2025. Philosophy asks that philosophy expertise is used, and that provision is extended in schools and funded in universities. Keep using #PhilosophyMatters and looking forward to next year! @BritishPhiloso1 @ProfMacpherson @smithbarryc

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@ProfWiddows on why philosophy matters.

Watch: https://t.co/Zn88f2p3EQ

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Week 2 of #PhiloFortnight2025. Attend online tomorrow's event with @lisabortolotti @kmurphyhollies @Lauradol4 & @htaylorphil on philosophy in classrooms, or join @UoGlasgow's public lecture on 'why demagogues lie big'. Visit https://t.co/MIBZgkPKai

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@ProfWiddows on why philosophy matters.

Watch: https://t.co/Zn88f2p3EQ

#PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025 #PhilosFortnight2025 #philosophy

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@smithbarryc @natalieben @ritula @ProfWiddows @BritishPhiloso1 @KirchinSimon

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@BritishPhiloso1 @anilkseth @smithbarryc @ProfWiddows @JulianBaggini @QCassam https://t.co/GxKMpoYlf9

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British Philosophy Fortnight launch in Westminster today!

@KirchinSimon
@ProfMacpherson
@ProfWiddows
@drangiehobbs
@smithbarryc
John Lloyd

Thanks to host @natalieben and chair @ritula 🙏

Read: https://t.co/BsLAiP136s

#PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025 #PhilosFortnight2025

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Philosophy matters in policy, in industry, in the third sector, in learning and teaching and for daily life. we have fabulous research expertise and resources in the UK ready to help with all kinds of personal and political challenges.

[Barry C Smith @smithbarryc]

Launch of #PhilosophyMatters campaign at Houses of Parliament hosted by @natalieben chaired by @ritula with panel @ProfWiddows @BritishPhiloso1 president @ProfMacpherson Emma Swinn and director @KirchinSimon and TV producer John Lloyd #philosophyfortnight

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Philosophy matters!

Let some leading philosophers and scientists tell you why

https://t.co/IIC6mKKkuk

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@ProfWiddows
@JulianBaggini
@QCassam
@ProfMacpherson
Sir Paul Nurse

#PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025 #PhilosFortnight2025

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#PhiloFortnight2025 DAY 3. Heading to London for meetings in Westminster, and check-ins with friends and colleagues. TOMORROW, official launch events in Westminster @10am and Senate House @2pm. Details and press release here: https://t.co/zptkRvM8UZ #PhilsophyMatters

[School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion @PTRBirmingham]

Our #PhilosophyMatters webinar on Wednesday features Helen Beebee & @drmichaelrush, whose book Philosophy: Why It Matters has been translated in several foreign languages, including Spanish and Japanese. Join us for free by registering here: https://t.co/45Sqg6eOpA #BPF2025

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It's day two of #PhiloFortnight2025. Have a read of this article where @haytlorphil explains how we can know when babies, animals, and robots are conscious. https://t.co/ozHL09AcQm. #philosophymatters #BPF2025

[School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion @PTRBirmingham]

Last chance to register for free for this amazing webinar on Philosophy and Conspiracy Theories starting in an hour! With @psychunseen, @kmurphyhollies, U-Wen Low, and @Nele__VdM.
https://t.co/HCZbxKczkE
#PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025 #PhiloFortnight2025

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In this video @htaylorphil asks Peter Vickers whether today’s science will always be true @UKRI_News https://t.co/F84FtLpzXs #PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025 #PhiloFortnight2025