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Morgan Fischer @morgfisch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Democrat congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was hit over the head and raped in Maricopa County while repairing a damaged campaign sign in August. "I need to let women know that it's okay to talk about it," she told me. Full story: www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...

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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If we think about consent as transactional, then of course consent education isn't a source of transformative change. That's the kind of comprehensive consent-based education that we mean when we discuss it in our white paper. www.theirms.org/blog/press-r...

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Press Release: Institute for Research on Male Supremacism Releases New Guidance to Prevent Male Supremacism — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dr. Alex DiBranco Email: contact@theirms.org   theirms.org   Institute for Research on Male Supremacism Releases New ...

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In posts on the Cornell rapes, I saw criticism of consent ed, & realized "consent" has a very limited meaning for many. For me, consent ed isn't simply needing a "yes," it's about humanity, autonomy; developing empathy from childhood to adults who believe in others' well-being, happiness, pleasure.

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The narrative that Americans are divided on abortion is a lie to hide just how undemocratic bans are—and convince lawmakers to take weaker stances on abortion. ~70% of Deep South voters oppose abortion bans. I wrote about the implications of this:

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Poll: 70% of Deep South Voters Oppose Abortion Bans

Plus, Deep South voters are the least likely to say that abortion should never be permitted.

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oh, and it's my birthday Saturday, and I generally do an IRMS fundraiser! We have a small budget of $100,000 to get a lot of work done. If you want to donate to support our work, here's the F* Misogyny Birthday Fundraiser (or just donate through our website!): m.facebook.com/nt/screen/?p...

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We are also looking into developing similar trainings for policymakers, and launching new sessions of our anti-supremacist training institute. To inquire about any of our programs or offerings, or to make suggestions, we're reachable at contact@theirms.org

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

IRMS is offering the opportunity for newsrooms, journalism associations, media coalitions, etc. to request trainings shaped for their group's unique needs, drawing on our transnational community of experts. topics could include covering complex supremacist manifestos www.theirms.org/forjournalists

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Media Recommendations — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Intro the Male Supremacism Course: delves into dehumanization, entitlement and anti-consent ideology, researcher health and security, and concerns with current approaches to male supremacism. We're offering both 6-week courses and a new one-week intensive www.theirms.org/course-regis...

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Intro to Male Supremacism Course — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Misogyny & Authoritarianism in Global Perspective: registration is open for our virtual Conference on Male Supremacism Studies. These are always engaging, full of interesting working papers, sessions on topics like researcher emotional health, opportunities to connect www.theirms.org/conference-2...

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Delighted at the new connections following our white paper release and the WaPo article! Want to engage more with Institute for Research on Male Supremacism's work on improving research, reporting, and practice on misogynist ideology and violence? I recommend the following:

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We also have plans to incorporate these points into our upcoming media training offerings (first announcement!) to support journalists on this beat.

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm glad to have the opportunity to lay out our concerns with inherent flaws in the radicalization and extremism approach, and offer an alternative in the supremacism studies model we have built our institute on, which we hope researchers and practitioners will find a useful shift.

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am so excited that part 2 of the @irms.bsky.social white paper, "Countering Male Supremacist Ideology and Violence: Challenges and Recommendations," is live! Took a Sunday night push until 4am to carve out the time to get the last of the edits and citations finished www.theirms.org/publications...

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Countering Male Supremacist Ideology and Violence: Challenges and Recommendations — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

This white paper , the second in a series, identifies key limitations to current approaches to understanding and challenging male supremacism that create barriers to effective communication and practi...

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This year, I have named my regular fundraiser for @irms.bsky.social the "F* Misogyny Birthday Fundraiser." Because really, what else is there to say? www.facebook.com/share/1c1P1S...

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We're opening up a fall session of our popular Introduction to Male Supremacism course, after this summer’s engaging classes! The 6-session course will run Oct 19 to Dec 6, and we are very pleased to welcome back @elierlick.bsky.social as our fall course instructor. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

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Introduction to Male Supremacism Course (Fall 2026)

The Introduction to Male Supremacism course was designed by the Institute for Male Supremacism as part of the educational aspect of our mentee program.…

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why would some women support misogynist movements? I discussed for this article how such women see themselves as different from the women these ideologies demonize. “It gives them status and elevates them over the oppression they would otherwise face.” But this is an imagined distinction.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...

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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah

An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A rare funding opportunity for trans journalists and journalists, covering the trans community to receive a stipend for professional development.

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

When I was first diagnosed at 18, I worried a lot about people’s reactions if I talked about “gross” bathroom-related illness. And that concern was sometimes borne out, by people who asked what Crohn’s Disease was, and then didn’t like hearing the answer.

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Watched Two Weeks Notice tonight. As someone with Crohn’s, I love movies where women practically shit themselves, & the love interest still thinks they’re beautiful after. Holidate is my fav for this kind of scene. French Kiss has a good bit too (I so resonate with wanting all the delicious cheese)

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Incidentally, Christina Hoff Sommers was already making the same argument of boys and men being left behind in education back in the 90s.

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Yet because of widespread himpathy, the fact that women’s educational attainment does not translate into higher salaries than is often ignored. Instead, we see talking points depicting cisgender men as victims and advocating redirecting resources to keep them from being “left behind.”

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I recently explained in an interview that women’s increase in higher education isn’t men being left behind—it’s another mark of their privilege. (Cisgender) men make more money with fewer credentials, while women are trying to succeed in our sexist society. cew.georgetown.edu/resource/cew...

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Women Are Learning More but Earning Less than Men - CEW Georgetown

Women continue to earn less than their male peers. Will their economic returns ever match their educational progress?

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This shit is limited in criminal cases by the rape shield laws passed starting in the 70s (thank you feminist movement), but Uber is taking advantage of the lack of such regulations in civil court to go full victim-blaming.

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

📢 A few days left to register for the Intro to Male Supremacism course: Discussion sections are scheduled for Tuesdays at either 1pm ET/17:00 GMT or 8pm ET/00:00 GMT. First session: Aug 11, after which enrollment closes. Register here: www.theirms.org/course-regis...

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Intro to Male Supremacism Course — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

The Introduction to Male Supremacism course was designed by the Institute for Male Supremacism as part of the educational aspect of our mentee program. For the first time this summer, we are opening…

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

After my c-section, I asked my ObGYN what care at home would look like and what sort of painkiller I'd be prescribed (so my husband could pick it up) and he said OTC Tylenol because by asking, I was "exhibiting drug seeking behavior."

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I'm really proud of this curriculum, which reflects work we've been developing at IRMS to advance understandings of supremacism and thereby strengthen our ability to challenge and undermine dehumanizing and violent ideologies.

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"A Washington ballot measure would require every girl in kindergarten through 12th grade to have her sex assigned at birth verified by a doctor—through either genetic or hormone tests or an examination of her reproductive anatomy—to be eligible to play girls’ sports." 19thnews.org/2026/07/wash...

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How Washington state’s sports ballot measure will impact all girls

A ballot initiative to bar transgender girls from girls’ teams would require all girls to ‘verify’ their identity.

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

IRMS preconference at ASA 2026, NYC: "Pursuing Impact Scholarship: Approaches in Disrupting Authoritarianism, Disinformation, and Male Supremacism." Fri, Aug 7, 9am–5pm. Featuring three cofounders of IRMS & speakers Jennifer L. Pozner & Aya Taveras. Registration: buff.ly/4v0NcVg

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Their framing has been that anti-trans legislation and rulings, especially targeting transgender women, are about about protecting girls and women. It really a way to enforce biological essentialism through a scapegoated minority, and use that to expand to targeting cisgender girls and women.

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

New this summer: our 6-week ‘Intro to Male Supremacism’ course opens to the public, addressing the roots of misogyny and transmisogyny. The session is from Aug 5 to Sept 15. Recommended for educators, journalists, researchers & more. Link: www.theirms.org/course-regis...

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Watching the fuckboi in #OffCampus explain that TRUST and CONSENT are the most important thing in getting a woman off. Love it.

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Today is the deadline to apply to our fellowship program! Come join a transnational community of researchers deepening their work on male supremacism and connecting it to gender justice and pro-democracy action. www.theirms.org/fellowshippr...

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Apply For Fellowship — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Visiting DC for work and have met up with multiple people who have been shocked to hear that the budget at IRMS is only $100,000 given how much we do. I know! Just imagine what we could do with more funding!

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I’d noticed this anecdotally, alongside the US looking more like the UK TERF culture when it had previously been critical of that—and here’s the detailed evidence of the anti-trans shift

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Using “incel” alone grants the ideological community their claim that it is identity that they are targeted for, erasing the term’s history and leading to a separate term for women—“femcel”—when it was a woman who created the concept and original (gender-neutral, non-hateful) community.

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It seems like a major barrier to consistent use of the term “misogynist incels” is the preference for short-form terms. If I start using “mincel” for misogynist incels, would that fix the problem?

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Dehumanization and Dangerous Speech Entitlement and Justification of Violence Mental Health and Safety in Anti-Supremacist Work Concerns in Research and Reporting on Male Supremacism Learn about all these topics in our summer introductory course on male supremacism. www.theirms.org/course-regis...

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Intro to Male Supremacism Course — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

To improve access, IRMS will offer a limited number of partial scholarships for the summer intro to male supremacism course. Visit the course page on our website for information on applying for the scholarship: www.theirms.org/course-regis...

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Intro to Male Supremacism Course — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

My laptop battery dying is often the only thing that reminds me to 1. Drink water 2. Eat food 3. Stretch 4. Take bio break. Today’s sprint was 4.5 hours of “I’ll just do this quickly too” before battery death forced me to pause and take care of myself.

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

For the first time, we've opened up our Intro to Male Supremacism course to the public for registration. We are offering two summer sessions for the six-week Introduction to Male Supremacism course, June 22 - July 31 or August 5 - September 15. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

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Introduction to Male Supremacism Course

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I will be on the Joy of Resistance radio program tomorrow morning at 9am my time (11am ET) talking about my recent articles on misogynist ideology in terrorist attacks. www.wbai.org/listen-live/

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Grateful to have the opportunity to speak with @oyousef.bsky.social again, regarding how misogyny and anti-feminist conspiratorial thinking intertwine with antisemitism and Islamophobia to motivate dangerous ideology and violence.

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I submitted my comment. How about you? www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The U.S. Right has a long history of using censorship to prevent media that humanizes people they want to continue oppressing and erasing.

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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Grateful to @msmagazine.com for cross-posting my piece on misogynist ideology in the San Diego mosque shooting. The intersection of male supremacism with antisemitism, white supremacism, and Islamophobia is deeply important to understanding this and other attacks. msmagazine.com/2026/05/21/m...

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Male Supremacism and Misogyny Was Central to the San Diego Mosque Shooting. Why Did So Much Coverage Miss It?

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

In the wake of the San Diego mosque shooting, we've received requests for our work on anti-feminist conspiracism. This chapter excerpt from @alexdibranco.bsky.social and Megan Kelly describes anti-feminist conspiracism and its relationship to other conspiracy theories www.theirms.org/blog/governi...

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Governing Gynocracy: The Evolution of Anti-Feminist Conspiracy Theories (EXCERPT) — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

In the wake of the San Diego mosque shooting, we have received interest in our work on anti-feminist conspiracism. The following is an excerpt from the chapter that appears in the book Conspiracy as ...

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