This superb essay by @benwurgaft.bsky.social makes me want to talk to everyone about the problems with utilitarianism.

Something worthy has emerged from social media. @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social has given us a beautiful memoir.

@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.

“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.

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...

Can we please never hear from Larry Summers again.

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...

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.

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

I trust @jkbjournalist.bsky.social

What would Jesus do? See the photo below.

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?

A sea of people in Boston!

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!

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...

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.

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.

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...

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:

“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...

Where are the voices of the girls Epstein and Trump abused? Kate Manne transcribed Katie Johnson’s (a pseudonym) account of how Trump allegedly raped her at Epstein’s home in 1994. She was 13 and wore a blonde wig that Trump allegedly said made her look like Ivana, who was 13yo at the time.

Monstrous. Noem failed to renew contracts and let hundreds of FEMA contractors be fired DURING the TX flood response, leaving thousands of victims unable to reach help. The acting head of FEMA has no disaster management experience and has been MIA since his appointment—all per NYT report

It is a crisis.

If you want to read deeply researched accounts of what happened to novels in the last fifty or so years, may I recommend Novel Competition: American Fiction and the Cultural Economy, 1965–1999 by Evan Brier uipress.uiowa.edu/books/novel-...

#MeToo cases like Diddy, Lively-Baldoni, and Depp-Heard are important because of what they say about money. Juries still see procuring (paying for), and settlements (paying off) about sexual violence as sex.

See you soon!

here’s the moment LASD advanced on protestors with horses and used flash-bangs as we reported live yesterday. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-vi...

Trump throwing a military parade for himself despite never serving in the military is a metaphor for his entire existence.

Donald Trump is not protecting women by attacking our rights. That's why we're tracking all the way's that he's coming after women and families over the last 100+ days. Check out our report here: nwlc.org/press-releas...

I wrote this piece 2 years ago, much closer to the start of my transition, when my struggle for self-acceptance was more raw. I'm in a different place now, but writing this essay was an important step in getting here. Excited to share it just in time for Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ www.academia.edu/129873399/_G...

F everything and come see me Nate talk about Pym in July! Harvard bookstore. Embrace your inner Penguin! (Link below)

Paternalistic authoritarianism, then and now @wbur.org @cogwbur.bsky.social

Enjoyed the film Anatomy of a Fall? @englishanu.bsky.social 's own Rosanne Kennedy and Leigh Gilmore analyse how the mother and son navigate the courtroom and learn to become increasingly authoritative witnesses in a new article in Gender & Justice: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Happy to have written this with Rosanne Kennedy for a terrific new feminist law journal @genderandjustice.bsky.social

I might be late to the Emma Copley Eisenberg party, but I am not leaving until I’m covered in glitter and dancing on a table. This book is brilliant.

Honored and psyched for this visit. In conversation with the brilliant @antigonesdream.bsky.social

Apparently the Trump administration doesn't want to know anything about the weather anymore www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...

Brave witness and invaluable perspective from Marianne Hirsch.

Huge crowd in Boston!

Choking, strangulation victims 750% more likely to be killed by abuser Took Andrew Tate two weeks back in the US to commit a violent crime against a woman www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/26/a...

Marianne Hirsch for context and insight.

“The standard for acceptable behavior is so low that anyone else can clear it,” said Leigh Gilmore, author of The #MeToo Effect. In the age of Trump, men like Cuomo “are hoping that there's a new norm and that the misogyny, cruelty, and lack of accountability will actually work in their favor.”

“Cuomo could make things better for the women of New York City—by dropping out of the race.” The Contrarian's resident culture writer, Meredith Blake, discusses Andrew Cuomo's mayoral bid and the trend of disgraced men seeking redemption through public office.

Please circulate this call widely and let's get the 'Sisterhood; mobilised on this issue Please get in touch if you have suggestions for US-based speakers. We need to have this conversation @leighgoodmark.bsky.social @lgilmore.bsky.social @mlafineman.bsky.social @maggieoneill.bsky.social

Cuomo = Trump. Cuomo IS Trump in every way that matters. New Yorkers: Don’t Rank Cuomo or Eric Adams for Mayor. There are so many legit candidates there is no excuse. #HellNoCuomo