<p>Christopher Brown argues that Russellian physicalism can solve the hard problem of consciousness by reconciling physicalism with non-physicalist intuitions. In this paper, I challenge this claim. I argue that Russellian physicalism cannot satisfactorily accommodate intuitions about the subjectivity of conscious experience. I distinguish two conceptions of subjectivity, epistemic and experiential, and argue that Russellian physicalism lacks explanatory usefulness with respect to both. On this basis, I reconstruct Thomas Nagel’s argument against physicalism in a form that cannot be easily deflected by Russellian physicalism. I conclude with some general remarks on the relationship between subjectivity and the hard problem.</p>