This article is an historical retrospective, on the occasion of the publication of Volume 25, that races how Hypatia, A Journal of Feminist Philosophy came to be; its mandate, policies and practices; and its current status as a well-established and highly successful journal. It includes, as well, reflections on the Hypatia has played in counteracting entrenched patterns of epistemic injustice in philosophy. While Hypatia founders and editors were committed from the outset to fostering systematic and constructive review practices, they were also clear that leveling the playing field was by no means all that was needed. Improving transparency by making the rules of the game explicit would certainly help, but all too often this leaves intact the conventions that structure publishing practices in philosophy. These norms may themselves be unjust in subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways, incorporating various forms of evaluation bias, often unrecognized and unintended, that put women and minoritized scholars at a disadvantage, not least because the onus is on them to accommodate to disciplinary norms they had little part in shaping. As much as things have changed for the better, critical scrutiny of these norms is crucial if Hypatia is to realize its goals of fostering an intellectual and professional space in which innovative feminist work in philosophy can flourish.
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