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Nic the Bookseller @nic-v.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

A timely exploration of online male supremacy by @cecilesimmons.bsky.social Thorough research and clear analysis paint a troubling picture. Part 2 brings hope for fighting back and finding ways forward. An unfortunately necessary book. #books 💙📚💡

Ctrl Hate Delete:
The New Anti-Feminist Backlash and How We Fight It
by Cécile Simmons

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Cecile Simmons @cecilesimmons.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Very much looking forward to this event at The Gilded Acorn on 10 April. Details below:

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Cecile Simmons @cecilesimmons.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Looking forward to this talk at @bookhaus.bsky.social alongside the excellent Lois Shearing and @finnfox.bsky.social about the far-right, male supremacy and women's roles in these ideologies.

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Cecile Simmons @cecilesimmons.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I'm not one for moral panics about the decline of men, but women accounting for 80% book sales should give us pause for thought. Men looking for a way to make sense of the world are increasingly turning to Joe Rogan. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...

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Opinion | The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone

What happens if half the population is no longer involved in reading and writing?

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record. They run them bc people react to them the most. If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change. It’s not easy and takes constant practice!

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Cecile Simmons @cecilesimmons.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Important piece by @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social and @rachelschreiber.bsky.social on our societies' tolerance for antisemitic misogynistic tropes and how Jewish women have become "soft targets" in authoritarian white supremacist agendas. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/o...

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Opinion | Misogyny and Antisemitism Are a Toxic Brew

Stereotyping Jewish women is dangerously common.

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Cecile Simmons @cecilesimmons.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

With the shutdown of research tools and legal threats to research organisations, the pre-election period has already had a chilling effect on those trying to document online harms. Doing the job is becoming increasingly difficult.

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Brian Deer is the reason we know Andrew Wakefield is a complete charlatan. His dogged investigatory work, over the course of years, helped bring the vaccines-autism myth—and how much Wakefield was paid to invent it—to light. He's just as critical of Bobby's grift. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/o...

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Opinion | Kennedy’s Antivax Views and Friends Can Cause Real Damage

What he did during a measles epidemic in Samoa shouldn’t be forgotten.

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Cecile Simmons @cecilesimmons.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Thank you for including me in this list of brilliant and dedicated colleagues who are working to make our digital landscape a little bit saner.

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Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com · 22/11/2024

The problem is this authora & many others don't realise that you cannot compare X to Twitter, X to Bsky. When I log into X I am presented with hate speech, terrorist content, gore, mass shooter videos. Bsky and its community is not an echo chamber for refusing to accept this content in our feeds.

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Cecile Simmons @cecilesimmons.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Amazing show but also...should be a slogan for disinfo researchers.

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Cecile Simmons @cecilesimmons.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The contemporary obsession with witchcraft seems proportionate to our political powerlessness. In 1968, witches took on Wall Street. Now we're paying Etsy witches to curse Musk. I get there is such a thing as aesthetics but we're going to need better than that. www.wired.com/story/viral-...

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You Too Can Hire an ‘Etsy Witch’ to Curse Elon Musk

Riley Wenckus used TikTok to tell Elon Musk she paid “an Etsy witch” $7.99 to make his life “a living hell.” A new market has opened up for others looking to follow her lead.

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

These descriptions are so chilling: “An increased interest in pursuing the ideal masculine appearance by going to the gym and the creation of new male-dominated social activities like the infamous exclusive poker nights had seemed innocent” but now 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The boys in our liberal school are different now that Trump has won | Anonymous

Subtle high-fives were exchanged and remarks about the impending success of the next four years were whispered around

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