Reposted by Kate ManneMaryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 10hCornell police edited Jane Doe's statement. Are we in pitchforks and torches territory yet? I think we are close. "As we now know, Cornell police also condensed down Doe's statement, omitting crucial details including the fact that she said she was 100 percent confident she’d been raped." 14720
Reposted by Kate ManneAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030471070
Reposted by Kate ManneElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just read @katemanne.bsky.social ‘s fantastic piece in The Cut about the Cornell rape and she points out that students protesting conditions in Gaza were treated more harshly than the rapists and holy shit, this detail 329495
Reposted by Kate ManneUgh 🏴☠️👻🏴☠️ @ajaxatax.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"If you’re an outsider to American universities, you might think that students are simply out of control, and that disciplinary processes are similarly lax for other infringements. But that is not accurate." "Moreover, she happens to be deaf and was suspended in part for being 'unreasonably loud.'" 0285
Reposted by Kate ManneBenjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“…what we need to demand from universities far and wide is clear: Cease to be a place where sexual assault is often subject to less punishment than protesting and plagiarism. Cease to be a place where the consequences for sexual-assault victims are often greater than for the perpetrators.” 03310
Reposted by Kate ManneElias G Saba @egsaba.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Grinnell has a required writing class for first-year students. As part of the class, we have to teach about academic honesty and avoiding plagiarism. Easy enough, I thought, until I got the first student question: "Why does Grinnell seem to take this so much more seriously than it does Title IX?" 04611
Reposted by Kate ManneDeidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Everyone employed at a postsecondary institution (& esp deans of students) should read Kate Manne's powerful essay: "Cease to be a place where sexual assault is often subject to less punishment than protesting and plagiarism. ... become a place where our sons are not initiated into rape culture." 010537
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 531857611
Reposted by Kate ManneDan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"what we need to demand from universities far and wide is clear: Cease to be a place where sexual assault is often subject to less punishment than protesting and plagiarism." Cornell philosophy prof @katemanne.bsky.social in The Cut:thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 09626
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026For all we wring our hands about social media use and its ill effects on mental health and use in cyberbullying, the greater crisis is that it sets young boys up for violence. But the Misogynistic Generation is unfortunately never going to be a bestseller katemanne.substack.com/p/your-adole...katemanne.substack.comAdolescent Boys’ Favorites are Alleged RapistsWhat the news about Clavicular says about the dire state of the boyosphere 44915
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 19/09/2026All the talk of women's overfunctioning papers over the real issue: straight men are underfunctioning on a grand scale and their wives pay the price katemanne.substack.com/p/when-husba...katemanne.substack.comWhen Husbands UnderfunctionWomen’s heavy load equals men’s lightness 15714
Reposted by Kate ManneLiz Schiller #DefundthePolice @lizzzs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Apropos of Macklemore: a succinct description of how many women and non-white folks are dismissed, and white folks, especially white men, are not. This is why if you've got privilege, a platform, authority, it's so important that you take the risk and use your voice against injustice and harm. 0184
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When the oppressed are subject to not only metaphorical but literal silencing, the rest of us must speak up katemanne.substack.com/p/when-the-p...katemanne.substack.comWhen the Privileged SpeakMacklemore’s stance on Palestine shows something crucial about white men’s speech 22712
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A sneak peak at my next big fat ambitious feminist book project katemanne.substack.com/p/the-author...katemanne.substack.comThe Authority of the BodyA feminist moral philosopher’s manifesto—and a sneak peak at my next book project 23410
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Yesteryear is a story about horizontal violence katemanne.substack.com/p/the-women-...katemanne.substack.comThe Women of YesteryearThe hit novel is a tale of horizontal violence and female misogyny 1181
Reposted by Kate ManneJake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I was the primary caregiver this summer because I had summer break and my wife works full time. I can report that summer childcare is (a) expensive as fuck and (b) often only covers an hour or two every day. I loved spending time with my kids, but this required basically giving up 80% of my summer. 1247
Reposted by Kate ManneDC Cassandra @dccassandra.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Why telling us to “smile more” makes us want to cut you into little pieces and feed you to our cats 1224
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Patriarchy loves to massively overwork women and then scratch its head about why we aren’t smiling. katemanne.substack.com/p/i-am-too-t...katemanne.substack.comI Am Too Tired To Be EnragedOn the dearth of affordable summer childcare for school-age children in this country. 0288
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Gloria Steinem was good actually katemanne.substack.com/p/we-are-not...katemanne.substack.comWe Are Not Canceling Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem fought for a multi-racial, intersectional feminist movement and we must not forget it—or omit to actually read her. 25113
Reposted by Kate ManneJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I am an incredibly sex+ person - both in my personal belief system and in my approach to violence prevention work. I've literally taught consent in kink spaces. But we really gotta address the mainstreaming of "choking" because it's really dangerous & more & more often seen as "normal" by youth.theguardian.comPolice investigate death of teenage girl two days after alleged ‘sexual choking’ act in SydneyParamedics called to northern beaches home on Sunday evening before 16-year-old dies in hospital on Tuesday night after sexual strangulation act 910327
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Why are we so worried—dare I say over-sensitive—as a society to the risk of one kind of error but not another? Why are we so up in arms about over-sensitivity but not under-sensitivity, despite the obvious statistical point that they both involve errors? katemanne.substack.com/p/what-sexua...katemanne.substack.comSensitivity is a GiftMy last word on the story I shared about my TV appearance in Switzerland 33711
Reposted by Kate ManneStephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I've added a link to the English translation. How race-scientists weild systematic doubt and participatory scrutiny in order to recast themselves as arbiters of truth. The 3 year hunt for Jason Arday wasn't only about his destruction. The ultimate trophy is epistemic dominance.blogs.mediapart.frComment un réseau d’élite a chassé Jason ArdayLe racisme scientifique est une pseudoscience qui abreuve la propagande d'extrême-droite, dont masculiniste. Longtemps relégué aux marges, il s’installe dans les universités et cherche à imposer ses … 3322122
Reposted by Kate ManneNadia Brügger @ladysisyphos.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Ob srf wohl noch öffentlich dazu stellung nehmen wird, dass @katemanne.bsky.social vom in-ear-dolmetscher bei sternstunde philosophie sexuell belästigt wurde? Welche konsequenzen wird die tat für den täter haben? 14419
Reposted by Kate ManneSurili @surili18.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Such a powerful, and again, all too recognizable, list of self-editing. Thank you for sharing. 063
Reposted by Kate Mannedaily dose of estragon @craigburley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A magnificent short piece from Kate Manne. “All of the Things I Didn’t Say” Love to see a thinker and author extend herself the charity that women thinkers and authors are always chided about giving to others, and what it means for writing about yourself katemanne.substack.com/p/all-of-the...katemanne.substack.comAll the Things I Didn’t SayTelling my story of crossed lines involved editing out all the himpathy 1102
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Feeling sympathy for a male offender over a female target is such a deep reflex under patriarchy. Even, or sometimes especially, when you are that target. katemanne.substack.com/p/all-of-the...katemanne.substack.comAll the Things I Didn’t SayTelling my story of crossed lines involved editing out all the himpathy 16624
Reposted by Kate ManneAxolotl Richie @quarzator.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026Als Fettes Kind wurde ich früher sehr oft gehänselt. Vor 50 Jahren war es normal über Dicke herzuziehen. Was das mit der Psyche der betrofenen macht hat sich damals kaum jemand gedanken gemacht.srf.chDicke Körper, dünne Moral: Kate Manne über Fettfeindlichkeit - Sternstunde Philosophie - Play SRFZwischen Body Positivity und Ozempic-Boom: Philosophin Kate Manne zeigt, warum Fettfeindlichkeit mehr ist als eine Gesundheitsdebatte, und stellt verbreitete Vorurteile über Körper infrage. Mehrgewich... 064
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 23/08/2026My latest "why are men" moment katemanne.substack.com/p/men-pour-s...katemanne.substack.comMen Pour Smut in My EarTelling my story about the impact of crossed lines in the workplace 0324
Reposted by Kate ManneMatthias Meyer @mmyr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026If you saw this in your feed and kept scrolling, consider again; this piece by @katemanne.bsky.social is very much worth reading. For academia but also as general life-advice: do not participate in a pile-on.katemanne.substack.comGossipy Academics Helped Kill Jason ArdayOr, the anatomy of a pile-on 14515
Reposted by Kate ManneWaverly @waverlysm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026an acquaintance of mine who was subject to this said this exact same thing to me once. he described the feeling of being talked through, like you’re already a ghost. then he deleted all those messages, I assume because it felt too dangerous to admit that kind of weakness anymore. 28318
Reposted by Kate ManneTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I will never write (because mixed audience) but the heartbreak so many Black people feel isn’t just about neoconfederates and Trump. It’s about how many of our whites friends and colleagues showed how they thought of their Black colleagues. 192433457
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Academic gossip fed the media monster and killed Jason Arday in a terrible, preventable, forseeable tragedy katemanne.substack.com/p/gossipy-ac...katemanne.substack.comGossipy Academics Helped Kill Jason ArdayOr, the anatomy of a pile-on 20470114
Reposted by Kate ManneThe Menopausal Marauder @menopausalmarauder.bsky.social · 10/08/2026“The people who more reliably if inadvertently reap the rewards of the price women pay are the far greater percentage of men who do not have to pay it.” 0124
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 10/08/2026A little reflection on women having our precious time, bandwidth and money wasted by various men's unprofessional and gross behavior katemanne.substack.com/p/the-misogy...katemanne.substack.comThe Misogyny TaxOn the bullshit our male counterparts do not have to deal with. 13313
Reposted by Kate ManneAndrea Zanin @andreazanin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Oh wow. This analysis makes SO much sense! What a great piece. @katemanne.bsky.social is brilliant. katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...katemanne.substack.comA Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female SycophantsAnd we have missed a central reason why AI is a feminist issue 011627
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 06/08/2026How I’m discouraging generative AI usage among our incoming class of graduate students katemanne.substack.com/p/what-happe...katemanne.substack.comWhat Happens When Graduate Students Use AIAnd how to design graduate classes that are strongly AI-resistant 0196
Reposted by Kate ManneJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"The watchword of patriarchy is women’s service with a smile. Every woman alive is hence in the service industry to some extent or other, in being subject to the constant expectation of our emotional and intellectual, as well as sexual and domestic, labor." Brilliant piece by @katemanne.bsky.social.katemanne.substack.comA Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female SycophantsAnd we have missed a central reason why AI is a feminist issue 17225
Reposted by Kate ManneNancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026'I suspect that many people in our culture—particularly privileged men—are easily hooked on generative AI and taken in by its mindless syncophancy. In short, they miss female subordinates who seamlessly do their bidding.' (Kate Manne) katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...katemanne.substack.comA Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female SycophantsAnd we have missed a central reason why AI is a feminist issue 0175
Reposted by Kate ManneMikki Brock @mikkibrock.bsky.social · 05/08/2026this is excellent--a must read on the relationship between gender and gAI. 1279
Reposted by Kate ManneSMLN 🦋🍂 @somaybelikeno.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"Beclowned" will be a part of my daily vocabulary from now on. 26119
Reposted by Kate ManneAbigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 05/08/2026AI can’t fix a shitty partner www.patreon.com/LyzLenz/post... @lyz.bsky.social links back to the Silicon Valley "an Uber for [Everything I Would Otherwise Expect a Woman to Do for Me] and put this with @katemanne.bsky.social 's on sycophant culture yesterday and I am tiredpatreon.comAI can’t fix a shitty partner | Men Yell at MeEvery year, before the school year starts, I take a full day to make sure all the sports, music, and academic calendars are properly put int 0189
Reposted by Kate ManneCraig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 05/08/2026there is a reason the chatbots are mostly gendered female! it is the same reason that the word "robot" comes to us from the Czech word for "serf!" our society genders these things as tools and utilities, which makes them: female 0268
Reposted by Kate ManneLiLuMiLi @lilumili.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"Certain men are pining for the service that women’s increasing and invaluable intellectual freedom has make them feel deprived of. Generative AI spills slop into a void of needy men’s dashed expectations. No wonder incels love their AI girlfriends." 02110
Reposted by Kate ManneCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 05/08/2026“In other words: generative AI is catnip to the men who miss female sycophants.” @katemanne.bsky.social is provocative and insightful, as ever, with this feminist approach to AI.katemanne.substack.comA Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female SycophantsAnd we have missed a central reason why AI is a feminist issue 47931
Reposted by Kate ManneMargaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This is incisive and wise. 0165
Reposted by Kate ManneRichard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This is a smart essay. It helps me understand why the suckup-ery of AI chatbots feels so icky. 1266
Reposted by Kate ManneAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 04/08/2026As @katemanne.bsky.social notes, it's reinforcing male entitlement to female deference. If men wallow in AI porn and bots saying "yes, sir," all day, they may react poorly when real women say no. It could lead to violence. katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...katemanne.substack.comA Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female SycophantsAnd we have missed a central reason why AI is a feminist issue 418452
Reposted by Kate ManneEveline Groot @evelineg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026 So so insightful, thank you @katemanne.bsky.social (as per usual). ‘ChatGPT fills and fuels a felt need for the female syncophancy that no human being should want, and that privileged men should be weaned off their historical reliance on.’ 02510
Reposted by Kate ManneVaryl Thorndycraft @varylt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Today's essential AI read... ... and I've never downloaded ChatGPT either. Kate beautifully articulates how I feel about it. 052
Reposted by Kate Manneevery day is Halloween! @jennatar.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"As the brilliant Tressie McMillan Cottom has written, there’s a deliberate ploy to use generative AI to disproportionately displace women from feminine-coded jobs in administration and customer service. (And it is doing them very poorly in comparison with actual human beings [...].)" 1419