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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

One of the best games I’ve played recently 🌱

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I agree, Tunic really is a brilliant game!

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

[R., 14 years old, at the day center] - Matteo, are you 32? - Yes. - So why do you have so many grey hairs? - 💀

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I deleted Instagram from my phone a while ago, and it has been an extremely positive change for my mental health. It's a choice I always recommend to everyone!

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Raramente mi sono sentitə così rappresentatə da un post.

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

I still find it hard to believe that this article of mine has surpassed 100,000 views and is the most-read piece in the history of the Journal of Gender Studies! 🤯 I'm very pleased with the positive response it has received, and I am grateful to everyone who took the time to read it 🌱

Screenshot of an academic journal webpage showing the most read article of all time. The highlighted article is titled "Swallowing and spitting out the red pill: young men, vulnerability, and radicalization pathways in the manosphere" by Matteo Botto & Lucas Gottzén, published online on 23 September 2023 (Vol.33, No.5, 2024). The article has 102,837 views, 23 CrossRef citations, and an Altmetric score of 37. Tabs at the top indicate filters for “Last year,” “All time” (selected), and “Trending.” There are also options to download the citation or the PDF.

#gender #genderstudies #manosphere #incel #publication #academia #academiclife #redpill #journal #academicjournal #academicwriting #writing

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

🇮🇹 Today’s the day! If you’re an Italian citizen, don’t forget to VOTE in the Referendum on Citizenship. 🗳️ Mark 5 clear YESes (SÌ), because everyone born and raised in Italy deserves to be recognized as Italian. 🕖 Polls are open: Sunday, June 8: 7AM–11PM Monday, June 9: 7AM–3PM

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

🌈 I’ll be speaking at this year’s Liguria Pride Village! 📍 If you’re in town, join Eugenia Nicolosi and me on June 7th at 6:30 PM at Giardini Luzzati (Genoa) for our talk “Manosphere: nella tana dei bro.”

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Ci sto pensando anche io! Dai, prenotiamo 😆

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Noi pienзh di queste dichiarazioni

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

🥳 The podcast I created and edited for @aboutgender.bsky.social is finally online! 🎙️ "About Gender. Studi d’altro genere" is a podcast featuring interviews with experts in the field of gender-based violence. 🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/7LYxLba...

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Thank you so much to @gssisocialsci.bsky.social for inviting me to discuss contemporary masculinities! It was a pleasure to be in L’Aquila for the first time in my life — and I’m really glad I had the chance to meet such inspiring colleagues ☺️

Matteo Botto speaks into a microphone while giving a presentation on contemporary masculinities. Behind them is a large projection showing a slide with text and an image of a man on a skateboard. The setting is a lecture hall, with a blackboard, chairs, and AV equipment visible.

#genderstudies #masculinities #academiclife #feministresearch #feminism #feminist #csmm #masculinity #research #academia #genderequality

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I’ll speak at the seminar “Masculinities: Representations, Narratives, and Transformations” on May 6th at the @gssisocialsci.bsky.social! We’ll explore how masculinities are represented and discussed in culture and academia, and how they evolve in response to social and political changes.

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Ma nessun uomo vale tantooo… 🎶pararam🎶 di delusioni ne ho avu-te. TROP-PE.

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Non io che ho appena creduto che avessero rilasciato Pokémon Cristallo su Nintendo Switch Online 💀

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

It's inspiring to see individuals standing up against the new U.S. norms that aim to remove words like "queer," "trans," and "non-binary" from our research articles and datasets. Thank you to @cygraham.bsky.social and all the authors for this editorial! 🔥 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

tandfonline.com

Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research

Published in The Journal of Sex Research (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Ho finito di vedere Frieren giusto l’altro giorno e ho amato tutto 💞

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I’m so thankful for the amazing colleagues I get to work with. You all make every day better! 🌱

From left to right: Guglielmina Falanga, Alice Migliorelli, Chiara Paglialonga, and Matteo Botto standing together and smiling in a warmly lit indoor space with classical architecture and a vintage lamp in the background.

#genderresearch #feministacademia #academiclife

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

🔥 A powerful International Women's Day march in Turin, with thousands united against patriarchy and all forms of oppression.

A large crowd of people is marching in a demonstration in the center of Turin for March 8th, International Women’s Day. In the background, historic buildings with illuminated arcades line the street. Several people are holding signs and banners with feminist slogans, including one that says, ‘Against war and racism, let’s imagine a changing world. Transfeminist struggle.’ The atmosphere is determined and engaged.

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025 #IWD #March8 #WomensRights #Feminism #FeministResistance #EndPatriarchy #WomensLiberation #SmashThePatriarchy #GenderEquality #WomensStrike #MarchForWomen #RiseUpForWomen

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

People on the train: "Wow, he’s very focused, he must be reading one of those deep and intellectual novels about the meaning of life and the struggles of human relationships." Me, annotating my book:

A page from an Italian book with a handwritten pencil annotation on the right margin. The printed text is black characters on a white background, and the pencil note reads ‘gay’ with a little heart next to it.

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

🧑🏻‍🏫 On March 7th, I’ll be at the conference “Violenza di genere e Giovani” to share my experience running workshops on masculinities and gender violence with university students. 📍 If you’ll be in Genoa, let’s meet there!

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Despite the colourful speeches during Pride month, platforms like Meta only pursue one goal: profit. And they will always do so at the expense of everything - in this case, queer people. www.wired.com/story/meta-i...

wired.com

Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’

Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation.

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

"In telling these stories, we can go about challenging the tendency to downplay the significance and prevalence of men’s violence. We can make clear that a considerable number of men, often seemingly “good men”, perpetuate violence." lens.monash.edu/2021/04/28/1...

lens.monash.edu

More than a few ‘bad apples’: Men, we need to talk about men’s violence

Monash University academic Steve Roberts offers a very personal call to action to change the conversation regarding gender-based violence.

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

So, let's do what we like with our bodies. Let's work out if we want to. Let's eat if we want to. But let’s not judge “being fat" as something to avoid absolutely, because there is not “a right body”. All bodies are valid. Also fat bodies 🤍

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I say this by admitting that I often made those jokes about my body in the past. I thought it was okay, but then I realised that I was doing that because that’s what people are taught to do when they do not have “the right body”: they make jokes about it to exorcise their discomfort.

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Matteo Botto @teobotto.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Please don’t spread those messages. Even if we don't intend anything terrible, those jokes can hurt many people and contribute to spreading harmful ideas about how our bodies should be.

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