Kate Manne
@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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"You do not owe anyone your reproductive labor. You do not owe anyone children. You do not owe them to your husband, or your parents, or your other children, or your community, or even yourself. It is entirely up to you..."
There's more controversy about an impending population crisis due to lower birth rates than Ross Douthat would have you believe katemanne.substack.com/p/dear-mr-do...
Against Pro-Natalism
My post-mortem on my debate last night with The New York Times conservative columnist, Ross Douthat, on pro-natalism
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February 12, 2026 at 11:06 PM
"You do not owe anyone your reproductive labor. You do not owe anyone children. You do not owe them to your husband, or your parents, or your other children, or your community, or even yourself. It is entirely up to you..."
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“when the confidence about the likelihood and magnitude of a problem outstrips the confidence warranted by the academic debate about it, it can mean that ideology is at work, playing a role in animating and sustaining…the pearl-clutching…The dread is really about women being free and unencumbered.”
There's more controversy about an impending population crisis due to lower birth rates than Ross Douthat would have you believe katemanne.substack.com/p/dear-mr-do...
Against Pro-Natalism
My post-mortem on my debate last night with The New York Times conservative columnist, Ross Douthat, on pro-natalism
katemanne.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:05 PM
“when the confidence about the likelihood and magnitude of a problem outstrips the confidence warranted by the academic debate about it, it can mean that ideology is at work, playing a role in animating and sustaining…the pearl-clutching…The dread is really about women being free and unencumbered.”
There's more controversy about an impending population crisis due to lower birth rates than Ross Douthat would have you believe katemanne.substack.com/p/dear-mr-do...
Against Pro-Natalism
My post-mortem on my debate last night with The New York Times conservative columnist, Ross Douthat, on pro-natalism
katemanne.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
There's more controversy about an impending population crisis due to lower birth rates than Ross Douthat would have you believe katemanne.substack.com/p/dear-mr-do...
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@katemanne.bsky.social är fantastisk och alla som är intresserade av feminism och patriarkat bör läsa! Om man vill läsa mina översättningar heter de svenska böckerna "Duktig flicka" och "Allt män har rätt till".
Jag vill bara lyfta på hatten för @isobelhk.bsky.social för att hon tipsat mig om Kate Manne men ffa för att hon hon gjort gediget översättningsarbete (I alla fall de inledande kapitlen).
Otroliga böcker.
Otroliga böcker.
February 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
@katemanne.bsky.social är fantastisk och alla som är intresserade av feminism och patriarkat bör läsa! Om man vill läsa mina översättningar heter de svenska böckerna "Duktig flicka" och "Allt män har rätt till".
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Women Want Out
40% of women of reproductive age want to leave the US. Why?
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February 11, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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I missed this: Gallup: "40% of [US] women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity." (Was 10% in 2014.)
The pronatalism will continue until moral improves.
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The pronatalism will continue until moral improves.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:29 AM
I missed this: Gallup: "40% of [US] women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity." (Was 10% in 2014.)
The pronatalism will continue until moral improves.
ht @katemanne.bsky.social
The pronatalism will continue until moral improves.
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The interview with Kate Manne is a must watch...
(along with the rest of the quality show as usual)
(along with the rest of the quality show as usual)
Sunday Shot is on now with me, Jo, Rachel Withers and Daniel James www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYkZ...
Peeks Into the Global Elite's PDF Files - February 8 - Rachel Withers, Daniel James, and Kate Manne
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February 8, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The interview with Kate Manne is a must watch...
(along with the rest of the quality show as usual)
(along with the rest of the quality show as usual)
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A reminder that Kate Manne and I have a lecture coming up at Princeton…
More needs to be written on the connections between this, fascism, and gen ai.
'Mar-a-Lago Face' Is Everywhere — And The Reason It's So Popular Is Kind Of Sinister
It's a caricature of femininity, and a must for any woman who wants to climb the ranks in MAGA world. But there are deeper reasons the look is so in demand, experts say.
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February 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM
A reminder that Kate Manne and I have a lecture coming up at Princeton…
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This week's #SundayShot is up, people! @rachelwithers.bsky.social & @mrdtjames.bsky.social trawl over the week that was with @davemilbo.bsky.social & me, plus Prof @katemanne.bsky.social on the #EpsteinFiles & credible allegations of child rape against Donald Trump.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYkZ...
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The Conspiracy is Real - February 8 - Rachel Withers, Daniel James, and Kate Manne
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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February 8, 2026 at 3:33 AM
This week's #SundayShot is up, people! @rachelwithers.bsky.social & @mrdtjames.bsky.social trawl over the week that was with @davemilbo.bsky.social & me, plus Prof @katemanne.bsky.social on the #EpsteinFiles & credible allegations of child rape against Donald Trump.
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As obvious as the misogyny is, the mechanism here is interesting: being unsmiling isn't just a facet of who she is, it robs of her of the moral standing to criticize katemanne.substack.com/p/smile-pigg...
Smile Piggy
Trump’s misogyny toward a female reporter reveals a common and overlooked gender dynamic
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February 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
As obvious as the misogyny is, the mechanism here is interesting: being unsmiling isn't just a facet of who she is, it robs of her of the moral standing to criticize katemanne.substack.com/p/smile-pigg...
Cannot. Wait. Don't miss this if you're in the area!
I am talking feminism, patriarchy, racial capitalism, beauty capital, fatphobia and more with Kate Manne at Princeton next week. I haven't been this juiced up for an event in a very long time.
February 5, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Cannot. Wait. Don't miss this if you're in the area!
The real mystery is why more of us aren't fleeing katemanne.substack.com/p/women-want...
Women Want Out
40% of women of reproductive age want to leave the US. Why?
katemanne.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The real mystery is why more of us aren't fleeing katemanne.substack.com/p/women-want...
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Una exploración de cómo opera la gordofobia, cómo alimenta suposiciones devastadoras sobre el atractivo, la fortaleza y la inteligencia de las personas, y cómo se entrecruza con otros sistemas de opresión, especialmente con los cuerpos femeninos.
Irreductibles, de @katemanne.bsky.social
16 febrero
Irreductibles, de @katemanne.bsky.social
16 febrero
February 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Una exploración de cómo opera la gordofobia, cómo alimenta suposiciones devastadoras sobre el atractivo, la fortaleza y la inteligencia de las personas, y cómo se entrecruza con otros sistemas de opresión, especialmente con los cuerpos femeninos.
Irreductibles, de @katemanne.bsky.social
16 febrero
Irreductibles, de @katemanne.bsky.social
16 febrero
Why are the grossest dudes so fucking predictable? @virginiasolesmith.skystack.xyz has this one covered brilliantly www.patreon.com/posts/149765...
When Diet Culture Is Rape Culture. | Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith
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February 2, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Why are the grossest dudes so fucking predictable? @virginiasolesmith.skystack.xyz has this one covered brilliantly www.patreon.com/posts/149765...
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“That girls are so mistreated; that powerful men still get away with it: we cannot stop pushing until we have a world in which this is unthinkable.
Instead, it is Saturday.”
Instead, it is Saturday.”
This ought to be unthinkable. Instead, it's Saturday katemanne.substack.com/p/katie-john...
Katie Johnson is Still at the Heart of the Epstein/Trump Story
Plus what the new files released tell us and what they don’t
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February 1, 2026 at 1:38 AM
“That girls are so mistreated; that powerful men still get away with it: we cannot stop pushing until we have a world in which this is unthinkable.
Instead, it is Saturday.”
Instead, it is Saturday.”
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Another powerful one from @katemanne.bsky.social
This ought to be unthinkable. Instead, it's Saturday katemanne.substack.com/p/katie-john...
Katie Johnson is Still at the Heart of the Epstein/Trump Story
Plus what the new files released tell us and what they don’t
katemanne.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Another powerful one from @katemanne.bsky.social
This ought to be unthinkable. Instead, it's Saturday katemanne.substack.com/p/katie-john...
Katie Johnson is Still at the Heart of the Epstein/Trump Story
Plus what the new files released tell us and what they don’t
katemanne.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:41 PM
This ought to be unthinkable. Instead, it's Saturday katemanne.substack.com/p/katie-john...
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Dr Kate Manne, philosopher, is worth reading. Her books deepened my thinking about human relations, the roots of the harm, and changed me.
I beg us not to lose sight of the role queerphobia played along with misogyny. Becca Good’s tone in interacting with Ross was just like her late wife’s: calm yet lightly mocking; neither scared nor deferential; and because of that deeply, deeply subversive. katemanne.substack.com/p/renee-good...
Renee Good’s Murder was Misogyny
We cannot ignore the distinctively gendered dynamics of this—and much other—fascist violence
katemanne.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Dr Kate Manne, philosopher, is worth reading. Her books deepened my thinking about human relations, the roots of the harm, and changed me.
A natural response to the charge of being too sensitive: why aren't you more so? katemanne.substack.com/p/why-are-yo...
Why Are You So Sensitive?
Confessions of a snowflake
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January 30, 2026 at 3:32 PM
A natural response to the charge of being too sensitive: why aren't you more so? katemanne.substack.com/p/why-are-yo...
White women's privilege is not like tissue paper, protecting us. It is more like ground beneath our feet: when we are felled, as we may well be, there is at least something holding us. We do not simply disappear through the cracks like many non-white people do katemanne.substack.com/p/your-white...
Your Whiteness Will Not Protect You—But it Will See You Mourned
Understanding the role white privilege does—and does not—play in state violence and the public reaction to it.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
White women's privilege is not like tissue paper, protecting us. It is more like ground beneath our feet: when we are felled, as we may well be, there is at least something holding us. We do not simply disappear through the cracks like many non-white people do katemanne.substack.com/p/your-white...
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This is deeply important. As a bonus, this profound piece also includes related links everyone should see. Thank you @katemanne.bsky.social for your consistently relatable and on-point work. #IAmReneeGood
Her crime against heterosexist patriarchy was punishable by murder katemanne.substack.com/p/renee-good...
Renee Good’s Crime
Understanding the law she broke and why it was punishable by murder
katemanne.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:46 AM
This is deeply important. As a bonus, this profound piece also includes related links everyone should see. Thank you @katemanne.bsky.social for your consistently relatable and on-point work. #IAmReneeGood
Her crime against heterosexist patriarchy was punishable by murder katemanne.substack.com/p/renee-good...
Renee Good’s Crime
Understanding the law she broke and why it was punishable by murder
katemanne.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Her crime against heterosexist patriarchy was punishable by murder katemanne.substack.com/p/renee-good...
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"Down girl" - @katemanne.bsky.social
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM
"Down girl" - @katemanne.bsky.social
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“We must not forget that the fascism that killed her is misogynistic to its core. And men like Ross, who will murder the women who dare not to be afraid of them, have seldom been more empowered, more vengeful, or more dangerous.” Powerful piece @katemanne.bsky.social
We can’t ignore the gendered dynamics of what we just saw katemanne.substack.com/p/renee-good...
Renee Good’s Murder was Misogyny
We cannot ignore the distinctively gendered dynamics of this—and much other—fascist violence
katemanne.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:07 AM
“We must not forget that the fascism that killed her is misogynistic to its core. And men like Ross, who will murder the women who dare not to be afraid of them, have seldom been more empowered, more vengeful, or more dangerous.” Powerful piece @katemanne.bsky.social
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"the fascism that killed her is misogynistic to its core"
I beg us not to lose sight of the role queerphobia played along with misogyny. Becca Good’s tone in interacting with Ross was just like her late wife’s: calm yet lightly mocking; neither scared nor deferential; and because of that deeply, deeply subversive. katemanne.substack.com/p/renee-good...
Renee Good’s Murder was Misogyny
We cannot ignore the distinctively gendered dynamics of this—and much other—fascist violence
katemanne.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM
"the fascism that killed her is misogynistic to its core"