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Generative AI spills slop into the void created by needy men’s dashed expectations

August 11, 2026 at 2:32 PM

andrea•en•amsterdam

@andreaomn.bsky.social

A Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female Sycophants

And we have missed a central reason why AI is a feminist issue

This is What Happens When You Empower Domestic Abusers

August 7, 2026 at 1:38 PM

Chris Lombardi

@chrisblue.bsky.social

Was waiting for @katemanne on this

open.substack.com/pub/katemann...

A snapshot of ICE killer David Brouillette’s abusive and violent history

open.substack.com

July 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM

reginai.bsky.social

@reginai.bsky.social

Blooming! Some Nice [GREAT] News:https://open.substack.com/pub/katemanne/p/some-nice-news?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Some Nice News

And some upcoming events

open.substack.com

April 15, 2026 at 11:46 PM

katecoonyale73.bsky.social

@katecoonyale73.bsky.social

Chanel Miller’s Hardest Gig

I witnessed an extraordinary talk last night. Many in the audience were not so lucky.

March 13, 2026 at 12:21 PM

The Jolene

@thejolene.bsky.social

I recast Trump's next alleged girl victim's testimony in her own words, based on four formal FBI interviews that were just released in the Epstein files (having been previously mysteriously missing). ...

An Interview with an Abortion Provider

March 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM

Katysheridan

@krshe.bsky.social

An Interview with an Abortion Provider substack.com/@katemanne/n.... "I took a women’s studies course like the good little liberal arts student I was and learned of a medical study on uterine cancer that involved all male subjects."

Dr. Leah Torres is a reproductive health care advocate, doctor, and intersectional feminist extraordinaire. But under patriarchy, her good deeds have been punished.

January 27, 2026 at 6:39 PM

PinkTweets

@pinktweets.bsky.social

Another is Cornell University philosophy professor Kate Manne.

At 20:46
substack.com/@katemanne/n...

Please don't look away as @Andy Borowitz and I explain what we both found compelling in Katie Johnson's testimony that Trump raped her when she was 13. Now is the time to listen to women

December 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM

opedwriter

@opedwriter.bsky.social

Best semester ever, thanks to going full analog

December 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM

That Ian Wolfe (emoji)

@iandwolfe.bsky.social

substack.com/@katemanne/n...

Lmfao

Count him in https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/nyt-david-brooks-epstein-photos-released

December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM

bestweib.bsky.social

@bestweib.bsky.social

@bsky.app
A very important read
substack.com/@katemanne/n...

Please read and share this one widely—and it is free for all to read

substack.com/@katemanne/p...

November 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Yakret 🇺🇦🇺🇸 🇨🇦

@mmtdat.bsky.social

They Tried to Bury the Katie Johnson Story

And we, the public, let them convince us it was bogus.

November 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM

katecoonyale73.bsky.social

@katecoonyale73.bsky.social

Hugely grateful to @Andy Borowitz for this interview last week--now available with no paywall. I hope everyone with the bandwidth tunes in. Katie Johnson tried to tell the world exactly who Trump is i...

November 19, 2025 at 4:12 AM

George Balbona

@gbalbona.bsky.social

Hugely grateful to @Andy Borowitz for this interview last week--now available with no paywall. I hope everyone with the bandwidth tunes in. Katie Johnson tried to tell the world exactly who Trump is i...

November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM

barryrosenbaum16.bsky.social

@barryrosenbaum16.bsky.social

Please don't look away as @Andy Borowitz and I explain what we both found compelling in Katie Johnson's testimony that Trump raped her when she was 13. Now is the time to listen to women

Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne

November 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM

Startlingly True

@startlinglytrue.bsky.social

Currently Reading #Books #BookSky📚💙🦋 #Philosophy #Sociology #Feminism #KateManne

app.thestorygraph.com/books/e3d2f6...

An urgent exploration of men’s entitlement and how it serves to police and punish women, from the...

app.thestorygraph.com

November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM

isismothergoddess.bsky.social

@isismothergoddess.bsky.social

Every word of this. Every word. I am incandescent with the same rage and so grateful to my friend for crystallizing it perfectly

The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein

October 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM

TRUMPBLOWS

@truthantisocial.bsky.social

DONALD J. TRUMP IS A FUCKING PEDOPHILE...
#TrumpEpstein
#EpsteinFiles
#KatieJohnson
#KateManne
#Substack
👇
katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...

katemanne.substack.com

September 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM

danak719.bsky.social

@danak719.bsky.social

This is by far the most popular piece I've written here, with nearly 400k views. You should read it

September 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM

Golda Velez

@goldavelez.org

This katemanne post seems to have valuable grounded details to share, including transcripts not otherwise available.

And also huge props to Julie Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social who actually caused this bit of hope in the dark with her reporting
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...

July 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM

C. Alexis

@calexis.bsky.social

The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein

July 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM

Jane Andrick

@jgandrick.bsky.social

The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein

The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein

July 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM

June Day

@junedays.bsky.social

Everything testified to in this piece by Kate Manne rings true. substack.com/@katemanne/n...