Leigh Gilmore
@lgilmore.bsky.social
Feminist literary critic. Author of Tainted Witness: (Columbia 2017), The Limits of Autobiography: Trauma and Testimony (Cornell 2023), and The #MeToo Effect (Columbia 2023).
@ronanfarrow.bsky.social included this story in Catch and Kill. @katemanne.bsky.social and @borowitzreport.bsky.social discuss Katie Johnson's (a pseudonym) credible allegation that Trump raped her when she was 13. Content warning for child rape.
We don’t need to wait for the Epstein files—we just need to listen to the survivors and believe them. #BelieveWomen
She Says Trump Raped Her When She Was a Child
The Andy Borowitz Show
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November 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
@ronanfarrow.bsky.social included this story in Catch and Kill. @katemanne.bsky.social and @borowitzreport.bsky.social discuss Katie Johnson's (a pseudonym) credible allegation that Trump raped her when she was 13. Content warning for child rape.
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“The emails offer a window on that ugly world and the people in it who prefer to consider themselves untouchable," Leigh Gilmore, the author of “The #MeToo Effect: What Happens When We Believe Women," told me.
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“The emails offer a window on that ugly world and the people in it who prefer to consider themselves untouchable," Leigh Gilmore, the author of “The #MeToo Effect: What Happens When We Believe Women," told me.
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NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
Can we please never hear from Larry Summers again.
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Can we please never hear from Larry Summers again.
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In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
We should listen to survivors because it’s the decent thing to do. And few things are as revealing about how power works in elite institutions as sexual abuse.
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We should listen to survivors because it’s the decent thing to do. And few things are as revealing about how power works in elite institutions as sexual abuse.
The guy behind the campaign to torpedo Claudine Gay sought advice from Epstein on how to pressure a woman he mentored for sex is … checks notes … scheduled to teach at Harvard.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The guy behind the campaign to torpedo Claudine Gay sought advice from Epstein on how to pressure a woman he mentored for sex is … checks notes … scheduled to teach at Harvard.
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
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What would Jesus do? See the photo below.
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
What would Jesus do? See the photo below.
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Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
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A sea of people in Boston!
October 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A sea of people in Boston!
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The landscape in higher ed is bleak right now, but here's a bright light at my institution: there's a new tenure track position at @davidsoncollege.bsky.social in Gender & Sexuality Studies. Please share widely!
Assistant Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies (731) - HigherEdJobs
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September 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The landscape in higher ed is bleak right now, but here's a bright light at my institution: there's a new tenure track position at @davidsoncollege.bsky.social in Gender & Sexuality Studies. Please share widely!
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This kind of misogyny and sense of entitlement starts early and the fact that no one involved did anything about the clear red flags is disturbing www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...
2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This kind of misogyny and sense of entitlement starts early and the fact that no one involved did anything about the clear red flags is disturbing www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Eleanor Johnson, whose horror substack is terrific, has been writing about dv and I highly recommend her eloquence, pragmatism, wit, and courage.
Winter Sleep (2014): The Domestic Horror Film that No One Called Horror
Recently, I screened the Cannes Palme D’Or winning film Winter Sleep (2014).
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October 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Eleanor Johnson, whose horror substack is terrific, has been writing about dv and I highly recommend her eloquence, pragmatism, wit, and courage.
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a LARGE number of University of California unions and related organizations are rallying at the Board of Regents meeting on Tuesday. It's united opposition to capituation to Trump. Do join if you can! and please spread the word.
September 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
a LARGE number of University of California unions and related organizations are rallying at the Board of Regents meeting on Tuesday. It's united opposition to capituation to Trump. Do join if you can! and please spread the word.
Trump sympathizes with the man accused of domestic violence.
Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"
September 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Trump sympathizes with the man accused of domestic violence.
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JUST IN from @ashleymurray.bsky.social
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld that President Donald Trump must pay an $83 million penalty for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019.
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld that President Donald Trump must pay an $83 million penalty for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019.
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
Trump penalty of $83M in E. Jean Carroll case upheld by appeals court
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld that President Donald Trump must pay an $83 million penalty for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019, rejecting Trump’s argument that president...
www.newsfromthestates.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
JUST IN from @ashleymurray.bsky.social
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld that President Donald Trump must pay an $83 million penalty for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019.
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld that President Donald Trump must pay an $83 million penalty for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019.
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
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Hi Bluesky,
The English translation of my book on the Pelicot trial is coming out in a month! You know (or maybe you don't) how it is: preorders are crucial for the life of a book, so don't hesitate to preorder right now.
a.co/d/a0qeZeh
I hope the fantastic blurbs will convince you if you're not:
The English translation of my book on the Pelicot trial is coming out in a month! You know (or maybe you don't) how it is: preorders are crucial for the life of a book, so don't hesitate to preorder right now.
a.co/d/a0qeZeh
I hope the fantastic blurbs will convince you if you're not:
Living With Men: Reflections on the Pelicot Trial
Living With Men: Reflections on the Pelicot Trial [Garcia, Manon, Kronic, Maya B.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Living With Men: Reflections on the Pelicot Trial
www.amazon.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Hi Bluesky,
The English translation of my book on the Pelicot trial is coming out in a month! You know (or maybe you don't) how it is: preorders are crucial for the life of a book, so don't hesitate to preorder right now.
a.co/d/a0qeZeh
I hope the fantastic blurbs will convince you if you're not:
The English translation of my book on the Pelicot trial is coming out in a month! You know (or maybe you don't) how it is: preorders are crucial for the life of a book, so don't hesitate to preorder right now.
a.co/d/a0qeZeh
I hope the fantastic blurbs will convince you if you're not:
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“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
www.mellon.org
August 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
Yes—typed too quickly. Thanks, Colleen.
July 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Yes—typed too quickly. Thanks, Colleen.
Yes—it’s maximally creepy.
July 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Yes—it’s maximally creepy.