Reposted by Kate ManneTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The “literacies“ framework is as intellectually bankrupt as polarization right now. We will keep using it because when you’ve got one hammer and the NSF social science funding has dried up everything looks like a nostalgic managerial class nail. 4467102
Reposted by Kate ManneYvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026From a completely different context, but extremely relevant: "There’s a deep faith at the heart of liberalism that education is it: provide the information in a neutral way, and let people make up their own minds about their values." — @katemanne.bsky.social 2446
Reposted by Kate ManneMonica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026EXACTLY this. They KNOW what they’re doing. In fact, it is the point. They’re not “dehumanizing” their victim—they recognize her agency and choose to destroy it, and that is exactly what excites them. 14213
Reposted by Kate ManneDamien C-C @dccc-phd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"You can teach a man what consent looks like but you can’t force him to care about it. It follows, I think, that we need radical solutions here: abolishing all-male institutions where such misogyny proliferates and festers and is fastidiously protected." 0295
Reposted by Kate ManneNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yet another brilliant piece by @katemanne.bsky.social. "Education is, in the end, an individualistic and shallow response to a deep and structural problem. And it mistakenly identifies false beliefs rather than bad desires as the problem."katemanne.substack.comThey Didn’t Want ConsentOn the fallacy of educating men not to rape 214140
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026You can educate a man about consent all you want; you can't force him to care about it katemanne.substack.com/p/they-didnt...katemanne.substack.comThey Didn’t Want ConsentOn the fallacy of educating men not to rape 211230
Reposted by Kate ManneNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Kate Manne wrote another brilliant essay about the Cornell case. This time, it's about her own experiences interacting with Cornell's police department.katemanne.substack.comWhose Side Are the Cornell University Police On?Sharing my story of a disturbing encounter with CUPD in 2018 413245
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Thanks, and feeling very precarious now for sure. But it's the right thing to do 160
Reposted by Kate Mannefluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“… members of a fraternity posted vile things about her on social media… taking photos of her at her workplace on campus… She went to report it to CUPD at the encouragement of her boss... ‘They sent a male officer to take my statement. He informed me that I should be “flattered” by the posts’…” 1199
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Abolish the CUPD katemanne.substack.com/p/that-time-...katemanne.substack.comThat Time the Cornell University Police Tipped off a FratAnd compromised a female undergraduate victim’s safety 25018
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In my considered opinion, CUPD is on the side of the frats katemanne.substack.com/p/whose-side...katemanne.substack.comWhose Side Are the Cornell University Police On?Sharing my story of a disturbing encounter with CUPD in 2018 3254
Reposted by Kate ManneAnthony Pignataro @apignataro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Well, look at this: in 2025 a couple Cornell University police officers were disciplined for “sexual harassment in the workplace,” according to this report shared by @katemanne.bsky.social in her latest newsletter cupolice.cornell.edu/wp-content/u...cupolice.cornell.edu 194
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Almost twice as likely, yes (compared to 29% of non-Greek-affiliated female students, which is still shockingly high but on par with national averages) 070
Reposted by Kate ManneCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is a tough read. Having taught at various U.S. universities, I have been amazed by the fact that sexual assault is endemic and most of the little debate has been focused on protecting men from false accusations (which rarely happens) — himpathy, as @katemanne.bsky.social coined.katemanne.substack.comBan the Fucking Frats—and in the Meantime, Avoid ThemMy open letter to a seventeen-year-old female college applicant 412039
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Frats are virtually uninsurable. That's how dangerous they are—right up there with hazardous waste collection and asbestos removal. Let that sink in katemanne.substack.com/p/ban-the-fu...katemanne.substack.comBan the Fucking Frats—and in the Meantime, Avoid ThemMy open letter to a seventeen-year-old female college applicant 111830
Reposted by Kate ManneTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In light of all the horrible sexual assault in the news, this from my conversation with Kate Manne in February at Princeton still sums up my thoughts. Power =\= Good Men(tm). Power = Power. 633779
Reposted by Kate Mannespaghootighost @spaghootighost.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"The dangers of fraternities were so widespread [...] they had been ranked as the “sixth worst risk for insurance companies—just behind hazardous waste disposal companies and asbestos contractors.” So dangerous were their activities that their commercial insurance carriers declined insuring [...]." 11910
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Ban the fucking frats and, if you care about self-protection in the way many of us do, please avoid them katemanne.substack.com/p/ban-the-fu...katemanne.substack.comBan the Fucking Frats—and in the Meantime, Avoid ThemMy open letter to a seventeen-year-old female college applicant 310631
Reposted by Kate ManneCape May Dave @capemaydave.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm a Cornell Alum who was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity during the 80s. I'm taking a side. These crimes committed at #Cornell are horrific. I agree with @katemanne.bsky.social: "I want to add here in the clearest terms possible: ban the fucking frats." substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comAn Emergency DispatchOn Cornell’s handling of a horrific case of alleged rape on campus 43911
Reposted by Kate ManneMaryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Cornell 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." 35927
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. 5030931087
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 329997
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.'" 0305
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.” 03510
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?" 04911
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." 010837
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. 521873618
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 15914
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. 0299
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 910427
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
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This is really well-put and I agree. Thank you for these important insights. Solidarity 110
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