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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Course registrants also receive a 10% discount on their registration for the Misogyny and Authoritarianism in Global Perspective virtual conference. Dec 8-12, join panels, sessions on topics like researcher mental health, and social hours with participants worldwide. www.theirms.org/conference-2...

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Registration is now open for Fall and Winter sessions of the Intro to Male Supremacism course, including a new one-week intensive option the week of January 4th. The course covers dehumanization, entitlement, researcher security, and common research concerns. www.theirms.org/course-regis...

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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 · 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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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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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

IRMS Fellow Hanah Stiverson was quoted by The 19th examining the new HHS report on gender ideology and left-wing authoritarianism. She called it "clearly politically biased." 🔗 Read more: 19thnews.org/2026/09/hhs-...

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📃New Article by IRMS Fellow Catherine Baker: "Is the Far-Right Anti-Science? Metapolitics and Struggles for Epistemic Authority" is an examination of how the far-right engages in selective attacks and appropriation of science. Read here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02691728.2026.2697190

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

New chapter: In “On the outside always lurking in” IRMS fellow Allysa Czerwinsky reflects on years spent searching misogynistic incel forums as an openly queer woman. 🔗https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003671619-48/outside-always-lurking-allysa-czerwinsky

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New Article: “From the Ground Up: Citizen-Led Counterspeech Against Male Supremacism on Reddit” by Allysa Czerwinski analyzes how everyday Reddit users push back against manosphere ideology. 🔗Read the article here: gnet-research.org/2026/08/07/f...

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

New book from IRMS Fellows Hannah Stiverson & Meredith Pruden: Banal Fascism Online: Weaponizing the "Everyday" for Extreme Ends, a new framework for understanding fascism as it operates online. Essential for anyone concerned about the fragility of liberal democracy. tinyurl.com/mryb56na

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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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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Check out the recently published article by IRMS fellow Lisa Sugiura on drug-facilitated rape here: theconversation.com/since-gisele...

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

📢 LAST CALL 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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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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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is followed by a session on #mentalhealth and #digitalsafety in doing work on this topic, harms and #misinformation to watch out for when it comes to common research and practice approaches to misogyny, and a final session where each student discusses application to their own work.

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The course is designed to take students through understanding dehumanization and entitlement as building blocks of male supremacism (and other forms of supremacism), and their manifestation as anti-consent ideology, biological essentialism, and justification of #violence. #genderjustice #misogyny

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Registration is almost full for the morning PT / evening GMT discussion section! We're excited to see so many people joining us from Europe. We still have plenty of space in the section that will meet after business hours in the U.S., morning across Middle East, Asian, and Australian time zones.

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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 · 23/07/2026

📢 Call for Proposals: 2026 Male Supremacism Studies Conference - virtual from Dec 8 to Dec 12. Theme: Misogyny and Authoritarianism in Global Perspective. Papers, panels & practitioner talks welcome from any region! Deadline: Aug 23. shorturl.at/6R6S6

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

IRMS advances “supremacist” as often a more useful way of understanding belief systems than a left-right political categorization.

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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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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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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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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We are accepting applications for our board from individuals across the globe who are passionate about our mission. We encourage applicants from historically and systemically marginalized backgrounds and communities to apply, especially women of color and trans women. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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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

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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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

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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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jasmine mithani @jazzmyth.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This post from @irms.bsky.social about the beliefs of the shooters who killed three people yesterday at the Islamic Center of San Diego has me thinking about @milleridriss.bsky.social calling misogyny the "connective tissue" of hateful extremism. www.theirms.org/blog/misogyn...

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Misogyny, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia in the San Diego Mosque Shooting — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

Note: Typically, IRMS follows the guidelines of No Notoriety , which opposing naming perpetrators of mass violence and thereby giving them the notoriety that they seek. In this post, we have de...

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The manifestos identify multiple “incel saints” as their among their inspirations, a popular trend of claiming and glorifying violent perpetrators in misogynist incel communities.

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Despite extensive misogynist content in the two shooters’ manifestos, discussion of the intersection of male supremacism with xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, and white supremacism is sparse in the reporting on yesterday’s tragic shooting at a San Diego mosque. www.theirms.org/blog/misogyn...

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Misogyny, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia in the San Diego Mosque Shooting — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

Note: Typically, IRMS follows the guidelines of No Notoriety , which opposing naming perpetrators of mass violence and thereby giving them the notoriety that they seek. In this post, we have de...

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

If you’re curious about my work on male supremacism, I’m doing an informal chat on Zoom tomorrow at 5pm New Mexico time. You can come with questions about any aspect of analyzing and working against misogyny and transmisogyny.

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Executive Director and Founder @alexdibranco.bsky.social will be on Zoom for an informal chat tomorrow (May 14) at 4pm PT. Bring questions about male supremacism, IRMS, or our calls for the board of directors and fellowship and mentorship programs. Register to join: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

We are currently accepting applications for our board of directors, fellowship program, and mentorship program. All applications are due June 1. We encourage candidates from historically and systemically marginalized backgrounds, communities, and regions to apply. www.theirms.org/joinus

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Days after a trans University of Washington student was killed in off-campus student housing, the UW chapter of Turning Point USA is hosting ex-trans activist Chloe Cole. Students are organizing at counter protest outside Kane Hall at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 5/13

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We've released our new white paper, “The Foundations of Male Supremacism: Dehumanization, Entitlement, and Conspiracism.” The paper discusses biological essentialism, anti-consent ideology, and justification of violence as core to male supremacist ideology. www.theirms.org/blog/irms-ex...

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IRMS Releases White Paper on Dehumanization, Entitlement, Anti-Consent Ideology — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

In my first full-time job, I worked on a campaign pushing Facebook to enforce their own policies against violence and hateful content by removing pro-rape pages from its website. One such page was t...

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.

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“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE

Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism @irms.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

"A crucial reminder that, as I've written about for many years, men in these enforcer roles very often have histories of [violence] ... systemic sexism is not seen as a problem or as a priority within media, nor even on the left in general.” @jennpozner.bsky.social www.theirms.org/blog/renee-g...

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Renee Good: ICE, Misogyny, and State Violence — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

On January 7th, 2026, an ICE agent killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Good’s murder, and the subsequent violence and dangerous speech from ICE agents and other supremacist actors, rep...

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