Over the years IRMS has become a trusted source for ground-breaking research on male supremacism. We offer five recommendations for scholars, journalists, and organizations on addressing male supremacist violence. Read more at our latest impact report:

On Thursday, the Texas A&M Board of Regents approved a proposal forbidding faculty across its 12 universities from teaching about “race or gender ideology” without first receiving approval.

Interested in learning more about our fellows, mentees, and global impact? Check out our 2025 impact report to discover our transnational community.

So grateful to @alexdibranco.bsky.social for having the vision to bring us all together, to all of the IRMS team for making the institute a reality, and for the incredible community that has formed around and through @irms.bsky.social!

We are pleased to announce the release of our first-ever impact report, covering IRMS programming and transformative change since our founding six years ago in October of 2019. www.theirms.org/impact-repor...

Award winning author @sorayachemaly.bsky.social is previewing her new manifesto “All We Want is Everything” this Tuesday at our Know Means Know event on How We Dismantle Male Supremacy. Have you registered yet? Register here: buff.ly/om16MlM

Our Founder, Alex DiBranco, will be discussing How to Challenge Misogyny: A Creative Path to Subverting Male Supremacism at AMP (Activists Mobilizing for Power) this Thursday, October 23, 2025! You can register for AMP to check out her talk!

Today we are hosting a fireside chat at 11 am est with Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss to discuss her new book Man Up: The New Misogyny & the Rise of Violent Extremism. This is a virtual event and you can register for the chat via this link american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

On Wednesday we are hosting a fireside chat with Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss to discuss her new book Man Up: The New Misogyny & the Rise of Violent Extremism on Wednesday, 10/8/2025 at 11 am est. This is a virtual event and you can register for the chat via this link american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us for a fireside chat with Dr.Cynthia Miller-Idriss to discuss her new book Man Up: The New Misogyny & the Rise of Violent Extremism on Wednesday, 10/8/2025 at 11 am est. This is a virtual event and you can register for the chat via this link american.zoom.us/meeting/regi... .

"It may also be the first Planned Parenthood affiliate to halt abortion after the Dobbs decision in a state where such care is still legal."

Don’t worry! If you need a scholarship, please send an email with “Scholarship request” to [email protected] This summer, we were able to fund more than 40 scholarships for Race, Media, and International Affairs 101. We can’t promise funds for everyone but we will try!

Remember that @karenattiah.bsky.social is offering her own independent course on Race, Media, and International Affairs online after Columbia cancelled her class in the crackdown on "DEI," a.k.a. accurate discussion of race, gender, and discrimination. www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...

On this day in 2019, IRMS made its initial public debut with a Patreon fundraiser to raise $150/month to support the launch of our website to "provide content on male supremacist ideology and mobilization and highlight fellows who are available to inform media and activists." www.patreon.com/irms

We're doing our end-of-summer ramp up, and looking for interns to join us in #challengingmisogyny. Fall internship apps will be reviewed until the end of the month. We have a lot of fall events & releases in the works, a fun opportunity for communications and design interns! www.theirms.org/joinus

🚨 Deadline is coming! Don’t miss your chance to be part of the IRMS Fellowship—where community, creation, & critique meet. Learn more & apply now: 👉 www.theirms.org/fellowshippr... #IRMSFellowship

⏳ Don’t miss your chance to be part of the IRMS Mentorship Program! This is more than mentorship—it’s a space to grow, dream, and build the world you want to see. Apply before it’s too late: www.theirms.org/mentorship-p... 🔗 www.theirms.org

📣 Looking for mentorship rooted in justice, imagination & community? The IRMS Mentorship Program pairs emerging thinkers with brilliant mentors to build together. Apply today:

Calling all change-makers, culture workers & critical thinkers 📣 The IRMS Fellowship supports radical, interdisciplinary work that pushes boundaries. You bring the vision—we provide the space. Apply now: www.theirms.org/fellowshippr... #IRMS2025 #IRMSFellowship

🌟 Applications are open for the IRMS Mentorship Program! Ready to grow with guidance from visionary scholars, researchers & journalists? Join a supportive, radical community shaping liberatory futures. Apply now: www.theirms.org/mentorship-p... #IRMSMentorship

Applications are OPEN for the IRMS Fellowship Program! 🎓 This is your chance to join a visionary community of scholars, researchers, and journalists reimagining media + society. Apply today! 🔗 www.theirms.org/fellowshippr... #IRMSFellowship

Huge thanks to everyone who attended and presented at #IRMS2025! Your insights, energy, and brilliance made this year's gathering unforgettable. 💫 Missed the finale? Catch our Executive Director’s closing remarks now on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlztQbQQP4Q 🎥✨

It's almost time for the penultimate panel of #IRMS2025! This panel will look at Male Supremacism in Policymaking and Political Discourse. There are panellists who will cover a variety of global contexts.

🌅 It’s the final day of #IRMS2025! We’ve spent the last two days in deep conversation, reflection, and connection, and today we close out this global gathering with even more insight and intention. Join us for our final panels, social hour, and networking session! #IRMSConf

🌐💬 Day 2 of #IRMS2025 is in the books! We explored intersectional strategies, deepened our global connections, and shared space across time zones.Thank you to everyone who joined our panels, conversations, and today’s social hour. With one more day to go, let’s finish strong!

Our next panel is called "Examining Men's Claims-Making Around Harm and Engagement with Countering Male Supremacism." Follow below for live updates ⬇️ #IRMS2025

☀️ Good morning, IRMS fam! It’s Day 2 of #IRMS2025, and we’re just getting started. Today brings more powerful panels, critical conversations, and opportunities to connect across borders in the fight against male supremacism. #IRMSConf

🌍💥 That’s a wrap on Day 1 of #IRMS2025! From powerful opening panels to thought-provoking discussions and our global virtual reception, today was a reminder of why we do this work. Remember: Sessions will be available for replay to all registrants. Rest up — we’re back tomorrow for more! #IRMS2025

Follow our amazing keynote speakers here: @melissagiragrant.com @sorayachemaly.bsky.social @aliadastagir.bsky.social And our chair, @kylietcheung.bsky.social of @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social And follow us for our continuing work to challenge male supremacism!

It's time for the Keynote Panel: "Resistance and Thriving: Confronting Male Supremacism and Authoritarianism," featuring Soraya Chemaly, Melissa Gira Grant, and Alia Dastagir. Stay tuned for updates! #IRMS2025

Welcome back! Our next panel is titled "Logics of Masculinity and Violence." #IRMS2025 See below for live updates from the panel:

Our third panel of the day is titled ‘The Relationship Between Gender Equity and Democracy or Authoritarianism’ and explores political complexities within male supremacist movements, such as sexuality and abortion. #IRMS2025 See below for live updates from the panel:

This is such an important topic right now, and an amazing slate of all IRMS fellows and mentees.

Our next panel is titled ‘Biological Essentialism in Supremacist Views of Gender, Race, and Sexuality’, featuring important research on ways oppressive politics are reinforced through intersecting systems of power. #IRMS2025 See below for live updates from the panel:

And we're off! 💫 Our first panel of the #IRMS2025 Male Supremacism Studies Conference 2025 has started with an introduction by our panel chair @jsciarone.bsky.social to the panel ‘Influencers and Entrepreneurs Paving the Way to Radicalization’. See below for live updates from the panel:

And we're off! 💫 Our first panel of the #IRMS2025 Male Supremacism Studies Conference 2025 has started with an introduction by our panel chair @jsciarone.bsky.social to the panel ‘Influencers and Entrepreneurs Paving the Way to Radicalization’. See below for live updates from the panel:

We are so excited for our keynote panel to kick off #IRMS2025. Stay tuned for live updates!

🌍✨ Today’s the day! Welcome to #IRMS2025 — our virtual global gathering on confronting male supremacism begins today! Whether you’re joining from your morning coffee or late-night tea, we’re so glad you’re here. 📲 Stay tuned here for updates & highlights all day. Let’s go! #IRMS2025 #IRMSConf

1 DAY until IRMS 2025 👀 We launch TOMORROW. Come ready to learn, unlearn, build, and think deeply with scholars, practitioners, activists, organizers, and researchers. ✨ 🗓️ April 24–26, 2025 🎟️ Last chance to register: www.theirms.org/conference

#IRMS2025 is happening April 24–26, 2025, and we’re tackling global issues around male supremacism. Can’t attend live? No worries—rescreenings will be available exclusively to registrants for 2 weeks after the conference. Register to access it all, on your time.

I got a chance to listen to the pre conference panel earlier today. The panelists were fantastic. The conversations around the ways culture and the media (tv, film, podcasts) have been driving the manosphere deeper into antifeminism and misogyny were stellar. #IRMS2025 @irms.bsky.social

Check out what folks are saying about #IRMS2025! Make sure you register today so you can be a part of solution-oriented conversations that seek to invite change! www.theirms.org/mentorship-p...

📣 Now Accepting Applications! Our mentorship and fellowship programs for the 2025–2026 academic year are now open! These virtual, global programs support researchers studying male supremacism from all backgrounds and industries! Apply by May 15. 🔗 www.theirms.org/mentorship-p... #IRMS2025

👀 What are you most excited about for #IRMS2025? Is there a panel you can’t wait to attend? A speaker you’re eager to hear from? A convo you’ve been waiting to have?

Pre-Conference has begun! Be sure to register to join in! Tomorrow is Day 1 of the #IRMS2025 Conference! www.theirms.org/conference

I and other IRMS Fellows and Mentees have also participated in radical resistance education led by other organizations, such as the CRT Summer School hosted by @aapf.bsky.social and contributing to toolkits by @wstatescenter.bsky.social

We pursue extra-academic education through our global mentorship program, where we offer our own curriculum led by IRMS fellows. The first sessions focus on dehumanization & entitlement as the foundations of supremacism; mentee and fellow applications are open now. www.theirms.org/mentorship-p...

We’ve run Anti-Supremacist Training Institutes, & are gearing up to produce a historically-informed toolkit emphasizing creative cultural & educational approaches to long-term change, highlighting the significance of actions taken by groups like @dragstoryhour.bsky.social and @popmobpdx.bsky.social

I did not want @irms.bsky.social to be at the mercy of a university administration not fully invested in our values. We were created by a group of then- grad students, mostly women, because the study of male supremacism was lacking in academic spaces, so we already saw the flaws.

Inspired by @karenattiah.bsky.social’s independent #ResistanceSummerSchool in response to Columbia canceling her course, I wanted to share a little of how @irms.bsky.social has pursued its own means of resistance education over the years when academic institutions fell short.