Kate Manne

Writer and philosophy professor at Cornell. Author of DOWN GIRL, ENTITLED, and UNSHRINKING. Writing weekly at https://t.co/U5FAzAnNv3. She/her

Articles

The Misogyny of Mother’s Day-and How to Resist it

4 days ago | katemanne.substack.com | Kate Manne

There’s a common perception among my crowd that Mother’s Day is sort of irritating, but ultimately benign. There’s an indulgent way we laugh at the burnt French Toast served way too late in bed, leaving behind a messy kitchen. There’s a certain looking the other way at much of the messaging: that mothers are to be celebrated, albeit only once per annum, for being giving, self-sacrificing, and caring only about their families. I am here to tell you that none of this is benign.
What You Don’t Want for Mother’s Day

6 days ago | katemanne.substack.com | Kate Manne

Please ‘like’ this post via the heart below and restack it on notes if you get something out of it. It’s the best way to help others find my work. Of course, the very best way to support my work is with a paid subscription. When I think about the profound joys and pleasures of parenthood, they are all about the specifics and the resulting intimacy with my child.
What Happened to Glennon Doyle

1 week ago | katemanne.substack.com | Kate Manne

I don’t usually offer recipes on my Substack, but I am giving you one today. 1. Be a woman, who is hence not supposed to ask for much of anything—much less people’s money and time and attention;2. Violate a minor—and largely arbitrary—social norm, such as the norm that you don’t go paid straightaway on Substack;3. Attract the visceral and overblown disgusted and subsequent moralistic reactions that often follow norm violations;4.
Regret is the Bogeyman of Patriarchy

1 week ago | katemanne.substack.com | Kate Manne

As always, please ‘like’ this post via the heart below and restack it on notes if you get something out of it. It’s the best way to help others find my work. Of course, the very best way to support my work is with a paid subscription. For a long period in my life, I adamantly did not want children. I did not want to lose myself, in the way I was sure I would, to the duties of motherhood. I wanted, above all, to write—and to have the time and space and quiet to lose myself in ideas.
Pregnancy is (Currently, in the US) Too Big of a Gamble

2 weeks ago | katemanne.substack.com | Kate Manne

Phew. I’ve rarely had such a big reaction to something I’ve written. In my previous post, I argued for a feminist anti-natalism in the US currently, on the grounds that the package deal of pregnancy and early childrearing, especially with a male partner, is currently an intolerably bad deal for many if not most people contemplating it.
Don’t Have Children

2 weeks ago | katemanne.substack.com | Kate Manne

This post is free to read, so please ‘like’ it via the heart below and share it widely. The best way to support my work is with a paid subscription. It’s the most predictable thing imaginable: the Trump administration, co-helmed by the rabid pro-natalist Elon Musk and the sadsack pallbearer of patriarchy, J.D. Vance, wants to convince you to have more children. The internet has erupted in jeers to the tune that the forecast inducement of 5000 dollars is ludicrously inadequate.
Five Things Making Me Feel Better

2 weeks ago | katemanne.substack.com | Kate Manne

Please ‘like’ this post via the heart below and restack it on notes if you get something out of it. It’s the best way to help others find my work. Of course, the very best way to support my work is with a paid subscription. It’s easy to get the impression when doom-scrolling that Trump is winning. But that impression is mistaken. In many respects, Trump 2.0 is failing. And like most bullies, when confronted, Trump is prone to back down quickly: so these failures and losses will tend to snowball.
What I ate, wore, and saw in San Francisco

3 weeks ago | katemanne.substack.com | Kate Manne

Please ‘like’ this post via the heart below and restack it on notes if you get something out of it. It’s the best way to help others find my work. Of course, the very best to support my work is with a paid subscription. One more lighthearted post from my travels, before I get back to our regularly scheduled programming. Last time, I left you with a monochromatic, mostly black wardrobe I had planned for a week in California.
In Which I Pack My Bags

4 weeks ago | katemanne.substack.com | Kate Manne

One last reminder: everyone is welcome here, and I completely understand if a paid subscription isn’t on the cards for you at the moment. But I can’t help but notice that far fewer people have invested in this space than regularly open these emails and (hopefully!) get something out of them. So, if you want to support my writing, please consider not putting it off any longer and becoming a paid subscriber today.
Is Ozempic Harm Reduction?

1 month ago | katemanne.substack.com | Kate Manne

A little reminder: everyone is welcome here, and I completely understand if a paid subscription isn’t on the cards for you at the moment. But I can’t help but notice that far fewer people have invested in this space than regularly open these emails and (hopefully!) get something out of them. So, if you want to support my writing, please consider not putting it off any longer and becoming a paid subscriber today.