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katemanne.bsky.social
Writer and philosophy professor at Cornell. Author of DOWN GIRL, ENTITLED, and UNSHRINKING. Writing weekly at http://katemanne.substack.com. She/her
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Unhappy International Women’s Day katemanne.substack.com/p/is-seeing-...

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In honor of its release: buy a paperback over the next week, send me the receipt, and I'll give you a year's subscription to my newsletter (usually $80) for free. No steak knives, sorry. katemanne.substack.com/p/unshrinkin...

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Happy “Fat is a social construct” Tuesday ! 🥞🙏💙🙌🏼 (Btw you should be reading Unshrinking: How to face Fatphobia by @katemanne.bsky.social )

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I am so very sick of blaming feminism for failures of other systems and structures katemanne.substack.com/p/when-femin...

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Being fat and fine with it, as a woman, is an anathema to fascism. katemanne.substack.com/p/why-are-ce...

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Announcing a special event this Thursday, in honor of International Women's Day! Free and open to the public online, Thursday March 6, 10am ET ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/ove...

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The always insightful @katemanne.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/katemann...

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If you won’t listen to me listen to @katemanne.bsky.social! open.substack.com/pub/katemann...

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@katemanne.bsky.social on how the fascists in charge are already killing women in Texas

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Power @katemanne.bsky.social: "inventing a hallowed fetal figure became a way to shore up the pressing sense that modern women are simply not caring enough. We must be made to care. The invention of the fetus as a kind of demigod makes the pregnant person into the fetus’s disposable earthly vessel"

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A nice piece on the @biap.bsky.social blog by Margherita Grassi and Eleonora Volta, looking at the unjust and victim-blaming ways that Italian sexual assault trials operate through the lens of epistemic injustice and @katemanne.bsky.social's notion of himpathy:

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As ever @katemanne.bsky.social nails it It’s about power, not softening of image open.substack.com/pub/katemann...

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They should just write this into the law as the Himpathy Factor (Kate Manne, 2018) excessive sympathy for violent men with allegedly great potential as leaders. Looking at you Uffindell. #nzpol #patriarchy www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rugby-pla...

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"We become numb to the unbearable and thus, despite ourselves, accept it. We refuse to face the reality and instead call it all unthinkable—meaning not that it cannot be thought about but that we do not want to." katemanne.substack.com/p/is-resilie...

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Whatever form resistance takes, we need to cope with difficulty, manage fear, fight despair. We need stories that show how to fight systems that rank human life. We must continue to imagine what we hope for. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737402... @katemanne.bsky.social @safiyanoble.bsky.social

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Absolutely spot on from @katemanne.bsky.social: "I am sadder than is comfortable. My heart will not be rubber." Grieving for my former county, while being deeply aware of my privilege as a new citizen of Kate's former country - thus sounding the alarm as America continues to influence Australia.

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Please read the brilliant Talia Mae Bettcher and reflect on just how much harm philosophy has done under the guise of "just asking questions" dailynous.com/2025/02/10/w...

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Why is nobody talking about the fact that Elon's DOGE henchmen are MEN. There is no way women would be granted access in the way these young dudebros have been. None. Male entitlement opens doors and we are all going to suffer for it

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Feminist icon, ally, and dear friend @katemanne.bsky.social ✨

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When I first hung this canvas in 2013 it was a celebration. Now I imagine Bert and Ernie remembering that moment of hope and holding each other, bracing for what's to come

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I’m reading Entitlement by @katemanne.bsky.social and it’s making me FURIOUS #booksky

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Shocking (but also not) that literally NONE of the self-care and community care conversations mention the secret ingredient @katemanne.bsky.social dares to here: men. open.substack.com/pub/katemann...

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I can't help but feel like women would have to do a lot less self-care if the men we often live with more regularly cared for us when we need it katemanne.substack.com/p/when-do-wo...

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This is one of the most important essays I’ve read in years.

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I thought it would be fitting to start this book by @katemanne.bsky.social at the beginning of a new year as this is when I typically torment myself with a new restrictive diet to try to shrink myself.

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"My sense is that once a man labels himself an ally, he will often think of himself as a friend and champion of women in ways that insulate him against the dawning realization that his own behavior is sub-standard." Yes yes yes @katemanne.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/katemann...

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The waning days of 2024 seem like the perfect time to reread Kate Manne’s insightful book, DOWN GIRL: THE LOGIC OF MISOGYNY. @katemanne.bsky.social

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My top five posts this year, now out from behind the paywall katemanne.substack.com/p/my-top-pos...

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