Today's highlight of "Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age", @milleridriss.bsky.social talks with Rachel Louise Snyder and Kaethe Morris Hoffer on how online conspiracy theories and intimate partner violence affect the real epidemic of sexual violence in the U.S. Listen here:

Things I can’t believe we still ask

This is one of the most important things to understand about why regulation of social media platforms won’t work, even if we can get it done, unless the fines are high enough to swamp the profit platforms get from running harmful content.

Today's newsletter is about the awful and extremely political decision to gut Teen Vogue for parts www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...

Vermont is Manning Up, just added to the 2026 calendar, this event @phoenixbooks.biz with @vermontgmg.bsky.social on Jan 23 in Burlington. Come join us! phoenixbooks.biz/event/2026-0...

Produced by Long Story Short Media and @milleridriss.bsky.social with guest Mark Greene, Executive Editor for the Good Men Project and co-founder of WalkingTalkingMen.

(2/3) In the fifth episode of the "Man Up" podcast, @milleridriss.bsky.social explores the erasure of gender nonconformity with Kaitlyn Tierney, co-founder of the nonprofit Diverting Hate, & speaks to Christopher & Tobi Lennertz for a family’s perspective on their real, lived experiences.

15 women to follow, amplify, & emulate, especially as we see more attention to the so-called “womanosphere” of women content producers who promote submissive, subservient roles, urge women to renounce ambition and paid work, & have all the babies with none of the caregiving support they deserve.

@milleridriss.bsky.social has free, English-language events in Germany next week! Come learn about how misogyny is driving a surge of mass and far-right violence. 11 Nov, 7:00 pm CET at @unituebingen.bsky.social: hubs.ly/Q03R6YGW0 16 Nov, 3:30 pm CET with Amerikazentrum Hamburg: hubs.ly/Q03R6YL70

You won’t want to miss this one- Jen Barnes, owner of the Rough&Tumble bar in Seattle, is going to be an incredible conversation partner on all of the issues related to everyday misogyny, women’s sports, violence, and more…

Over the next couple weeks, we'll be highlighting themes in each episode from the "Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age" Podcast. Produced by Long Story Short Media with @milleridriss.bsky.social Listen here:

Can better understanding misogyny stop gun violence? @bradgage.bsky.social talks to extremism expert and Man Up author @milleridriss.bsky.social for the Real Feels podcast:

Wonderful, rainy evening last night spent listening to @milleridriss.bsky.social discuss her new book on misogyny and radicalization. Get a copy! It's such important work.

Ottawa really Manned Up last night! humbled & honored by the space- as a preacher’s kid, felt right at home in the architecture, the rows of audience pews. Grateful to @carleton.ca @fesonline.bsky.social @octopusbooks.ca & @monkeysvsrobots.bsky.social for bringing my ideas to life visually!

(1/3) Online games can be a positive space with rich storytelling & social connection for young people. But they can also be a powerful influence – one where parents & caregivers often don’t have visibility into what their children are experiencing.

(3/3) two of the world’s leading experts on the intersections between gaming, misogyny, and extremism — about what it’s like to be a young person online, how bad actors can take advantage of these spaces, & how we can build a better gaming world together. Listen: linktr.ee/manuppodcast #Podcast

(2/3) In the fourth episode of "Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age," @milleridriss.bsky.social explores the potential real-world effects of online hate by looking at the world of online gaming. She talks to @drkowert.bsky.social & Galen Lamphere-Englund—

@perilresearch.bsky.social is on 🔥🔥🔥, check our all our updates! So proud of this team. t.e2ma.net/webview/tuwk...

Ottawa, it’s time to Man Up! Join me Thursday & bring your questions, we will have time for lots of good discussion.

“A Hitler-praising grp chat. A gov official w/ a self-proclaimed ‘Nazi-streak.’ A swastika flag in a..U.S. rep’s office. Meanwhile.. Trump signed..memo designating grps like ‘Antifa’ & Black Lives Matter as terrorist orgs.” None of this is new. It HAS ALWAYS been #AmeriKKKa Anyhoo, take a listen:

What constitutes hate speech and how does this affect political violence? Listen to the latest interview on @npr.org's 1A "If You Can Keep It" episode with @milleridriss.bsky.social: the1a.org/segments/if-...

ICYMI: ASA member Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social, American University / @perilresearch.bsky.social provided insight into the normalization and legitimation of hate speech in politics today in this installment of 1A's "If You Can Keep It." @wamu.org @npr.org

It’s a good day when I get to work a German phrase like “vorauseilender Gehorsamkeit” (to hurry up and obey) into a conversation about the Us context. Have a listen to my discussion on @npr.org 1A yesterday: the1a.org/segments/if-...

Every so often you run across yet another reminder of how shameful the story of this era is going to be in the history books someday. On so many levels, including the dystopian cheery tone of this NYT caption…

In this recent interview with PEN America, @milleridriss.bsky.social takes a deep dive into "vicarious victimization", online abuse, the relationship between online extremism and book bans, and how AI is changing the landscape of online abuse, hate, and harassment. Read more here:

(2/3) In the third episode of "Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age," @milleridriss.bsky.social speaks to journalist and author Rachel Snyder and Kaethe Morris Hoffer, Executive Director of @thecaase.bsky.social, about the real epidemic of sexual violence in the U.S.

Next week, on October 30th at 6:00 pm EDT, join @carleton.ca in welcoming @milleridriss.bsky.social for a discussion of her book, Man Up, and the explosive rise of misogyny driving mass and far-right violence. This event is free and open to the public. Learn more here: hubs.ly/Q03PYNM40

Join Carleton University’s Department of History for a talk by @milleridriss.bsky.social as she discusses her latest book Man Up: The New Misogyny & the Rise of Violent Extremism. Thrs Oct 30, 6PM at CDCC, 355 Copper St., Ottawa RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/man-up-the... @princetonupress.bsky.social

In this article with @CNN, @milleridriss.bsky.social discusses the dark history associated with a nine-letter word used by the Department of Homeland Security: "REMIGRATE". Read more here:

Ahead of the Charlottesville violence, white supremacists circulated a “style guide” that made clear: “women should be attacked… but if it weren’t for the Jews they’d act normally.”

JCPA CEO @amyspitalnick.bsky.social joined @milleridriss.bsky.social on the Man Up podcast to unpack how antisemitism and misogyny are deeply interconnected. 🎧 linktr.ee/manuppodcast

My last US talk for nearly 2 months- time to Man Up Penn State, where this book literally began-gave my first talk on the book in Jan 2024 at PSU. So this is a true full circle moment for this book & for me, headed to my home state. See you tonight, Nittany Lions! events.la.psu.edu/event/book-l...

Very excited to share this Q&A on #ManUp and the arguments I’m making in it, for @penamerica.bsky.social - such a good dialogue.

Who says there are no second chances? DC and DMV peeps- your chance to Man Up is tonight at Vital Voices Global Partnership, where I’ll be in conversation with the inimitable Alyse Nelson —book signing to follow. Register below:

“The most common and least discussed feature of mass shooters and violent terrorists is their manhood …. That bright red thread of misogyny running through these attacks is barely acknowledged.” Can't wait to read Man Up by @milleridriss.bsky.social

Love this 3 min video @princetonupress.bsky.social made of me talking about #ManUp and its main arguments. Have a listen! press.princeton.edu/ideas/pup-sp...

This is my top read for this entire fall- if you want to understand the data, the trend lines and their misuse, read this. 👇👇👇

I read this right after I saw a headline about how lower income Americans are missing car payments, which is historically a bad sign for the economy (and devastating to individual families and people living so on the edge). And just as I finished Applebaum’s Autocracy, Inc., which predicts this 💯

Today's radio recording between @milleridriss.bsky.social on NPR is about the connection between online gaming communities and growing violence. Cynthia provides key tools on how parents and caregivers can engage their youth about prevention of online harms:

“what we're seeing in part is the consequences of treating the prevention of violence as if it is a security problem rather than—or in addition to—an educational one. We as a country…have always treated terrorism &mass violence as a security probl w/ the hopes that we can just build better fences”🛟🧪

#ManUp day 2 in NYC in this super-cool “full of feminists“ bomber jacket made by the artist Kayci Wheatley 🔥

What happens when a brand is co-opted? "Brands 'should be wary of being associated with groups or movements that promote, celebrate, or have been engaged in violence, no matter the ideology that motivates it,' said @milleridriss.bsky.social

If you’re gonna ManUp in Brooklyn, it may as well be with a phenomenal crowd of powerful feminists who are literally changing the landscape of gender equity in every domain. Proud to speak at the @womenmovingmillions.org Summit today & look forward to the work ahead. 🔥🔥🔥

“It’s not that the ideas or the concepts are new, but the channels are new in ways that have amplified and then normalised" — @milleridriss.bsky.social for @bunkerpod.bsky.social on the links between rising misogyny & violent extremism.

A dispatch from #Charlottesville: "At a time when it's so easy to feel like hate and extremism, including misogyny and anti-semitism, are so normalized, people still are willing to stand up and say: Not here.” 💙 @amyspitalnick.bsky.social @milleridriss.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1p6o...

Great conversation with @npr.org @leilafadel.bsky.social this morning: www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...

Next week, Oct 22 at 5:30 pm EDT, join Vital Voices and co-host Sine Institute of Policy & Politics in welcoming @milleridriss.bsky.social for a discussion of her book, Man Up, and how an explosion of misogyny is driving a surge of mass and far-right violence. Get your free ticket: buff.ly/gCDFe9N

@milleridriss.bsky.social talks about this in her new book; the toxic logic of the Patriarchy is ultimately harmful to both men and women in how it conditions men to view themselves.

This- and also, it’s not surprising to see that as that traditional “provider” role has become more impossible, some men double down on the “protector” trope, literally making themselves bigger and bigger & exuding (or enacting) violence

It’s somehow always the same exact kind of guys who say these things are just a joke,” or “big talk” or “blowing off steam” or just a guy who “had a really bad day,” even after he killed 9 people (can’t make this sh*t up if I tried). I just can’t with this crap.