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Laura E Fox

The White Silence of Black Lives Matter in Australia

In 2020, the death of George Floyd reignited the #BlackLivesMatter across the globe, prompting mass protests calling for a response to…

11 min readDec 16, 2023

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The White Silence of Black Lives Matter in Australia

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Laura E Fox

The Hidden Cost: Emotional Labour in Customer Service Roles

“Give us a smile, love!” I was 19 and working my first job as a Croupier, a role I would remain in for a decade. My hands danced across the…

7 min readNov 2, 2023

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The Hidden Cost: Emotional Labour in Customer Service Roles

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Laura E Fox

Defending Palestine: When Justice Fails, Choose Violence

A political philosophy analysis of the Israeli-Palestine conflict.

12 min readOct 29, 2023

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Defending Palestine: When Justice Fails, Choose Violence

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Laura E Fox

Gender is a Möbius Circle

Male against Female. Mind against Body. Encouraged by historical philosophical debates, these two seemingly isolated concepts have remained…

7 min readSep 5, 2023

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Gender is a Möbius Circle

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Laura E Fox

Utilitarianism v Rawlsian Principles of Justice

Contemporary political theorists view justice as a virtue in society that upholds principles of fairness by maintaining the balance between…

7 min readAug 31, 2023

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Utilitarianism v Rawlsian Principles of Justice

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Laura E Fox

The Freedom to Discriminate: Problems with Justifying Religious Exemption Laws in Australia

The debate of ‘Freedom of religion’ gained prominence following marriage equality in Australia; and continues today with conservative…

20 min readAug 24, 2023

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The Freedom to Discriminate: Problems with Justifying Religious Exemption Laws in Australia

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Laura E Fox

39 Years Later: Personal Reflections on Gayle Rubin’s ‘Thinking Sex’ Essay

Prior to my course in Law, Gender and Sexualities, I had not been exposed to any foundational education of Queer theory despite being a…

5 min readJul 10, 2023

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39 Years Later: Personal Reflections on Gayle Rubin’s ‘Thinking Sex’ Essay

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Laura E Fox

How Gaslighting is a Form of Epistemic Injustice

8 min readMay 21, 2023

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How Gaslighting is a Form of Epistemic Injustice

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Laura E Fox

Justifying Justified True Belief as Knowledge

© Taylor Swift, <https://youtu.be/IEPomqor2A8>.

5 min readApr 13, 2023

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Justifying Justified True Belief as Knowledge

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Laura E Fox

Social Baseline Theory and Perception: How our relationships ground us to our neurological starting…

Traditionally, neuroscience, neuropsychology and other mind sciences have considered a person’s ‘baseline’ state to be when that individual…

11 min readNov 6, 2022

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Social Baseline Theory and Perception: How our relationships ground us to our neurological starting…

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Laura E Fox

Laura E Fox

LLB (Hons) and BA (Gender Studies and Philosophy) student at the Australian National University. A collection of academic essays.

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