Leigh Gilmore
@lgilmore.bsky.social
Feminist literary critic. Author of Tainted Witness: (Columbia 2017), The Limits of Autobiography: Trauma and Testimony (Cornell 2023), and The #MeToo Effect (Columbia 2023). leighgilmore.org
Random wife-beaters get to hand out death sentences on the streets now
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoHoman on people getting killed by ICE: "It comes down to one simple fact -- these people failed to comply with law enforcement ... all they had to do is comply. If they did, they'd be alive today."
“Kwame Anthony Appiah Hasn’t Done the Reading.” But Gabriel Hankins sure has. Thank you for writing this.
Gabriel Hankins@gabrielh.bsky.social · 3w agoMy response to Appiah's "field report" is up: please repost www.chronicle.com/article/kwam...
“We affirm that every trans person is a precious child of God, and a beloved part of the life of this Church.”
frank: print witch@mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 3w agoChurch in Wales says trans rights. I did not see this coming, brought me to tears & I'm not even a christian
“This kind of punditry — and surely Scott Jennings knows better —perpetuates a lie about rape laws,” Gilmore explained. “‘Uncorroborated’ is a sexist dog whistle.”
'Scott Jennings Knows Better': His Latest Comments Completely Dismiss Sexual Assault Survivors
"My view is this, if there is serious allegations or if there's serious evidence or corroboration everyone needs to take responsibility," Jennings said.
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Please remember: IN THE UNITED STATES, A SURVIVOR OR VICTIM OF A CRIME CANNOT "PRESS CHARGES." That's a myth from the movies and television. Whether or not criminal charges are filed is SOLELY the decision of the prosecutor and/or law enforcement personnel assigned to the case.
at your table, the server asks if anyone in your party has a "hillbilly allergy"
madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 4w agoAre the Americans awake yet? Okay so a restaurant just opened in London called ‘Appalachia’ and this is their ‘June’ menu; discuss
Really important to use the right word given the different legal definitions of sexual assault state by state: Jenny Racicot is accusing Platner of rape.
Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her
The Maine Democrat denied the allegations and said, “Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.”
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A lot of the pro-Platner bots unleashing tired victim-blaming cliches seem to have been trained on Platner’s old Reddit posts. Classy and consistent.
Countdown until T***p says Platner has been treated very unfairly.
I appreciate her decision to say this.
Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social · 4w agoI truly fucked up not doing my due diligence on Platner before offering high praise for his communication skills. Enough was out there at the time that I should have been more cautious. Especially because I met adventurer dudes like him reporting in Iraq. Deep respect to all who got it right. 1/2
There are lots of good candidates in Maine and one of them should be on the ballot. I can’t tell you how to get people to give up their fascination with dirtbag guys.
Re-upping this to cheer E. Jean Carroll's legal victory --again -- against Trump. He's out of courts to appeal to. It's time to pay E Jean what she's due. @cogwbur.bsky.social
How E. Jean Carroll and an $83 million verdict finally got Trump to go quiet
E. Jean Carroll, one of more than two dozen women who have accused Trump of sexual assault, succeeded in holding the former president accountable for both abuse and defamation, writes Leigh Gilmore.
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The amount of human suffering, injury, and illness that has been avoided by the advent of hormonal contraception is staggering; the amount of human potential, talent, and innovation that it has unleashed should make you weep with gratitude.
Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · last mo.Wow. And no. “I am not completely opposed to contraception. I think, though, that women in particular should behave as if contraception doesn’t exist… Maybe that’s my concrete proposal: that you should use contraception within marriage rather than as a means of seeming to have consequence-free sex.”
Ohio State University has reached a $100 million settlement with nearly 300 former students who had accused the school’s campus doctor of sexually assaulting them decades ago, the school and a lawyer for the victims said. https://cnn.it/4vsOX4G
Ohio State reaches $100 million settlement with nearly 300 sex abuse survivors | CNN
Ohio State University has reached a $100 million settlement with nearly 300 former students who had accused the school's campus doctor of sexually assaulting them decades ago, the school and a lawyer for the victims said on Wednesday.
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“The calls have been going on for at least three years, according to Charlotte Buttercase, a final-year medical student and one of those targeted.”
Lisa Diedrich@lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 2mo ago"In an open letter to the university’s vice-chancellor, Duncan Ivison, Buttercase called for a formal review of what she described as a 'pervasive culture of sexual harassment' in the school of medical sciences." www.theguardian.com/education/20...
I wrote about Thomas's jurisprudence of cruelty in my book Tainted Witness. He has been making this case against the 8th Amendment for a long time. Oh, and Anita Hill warned us.
This reporter has found NINE rioters who molested children. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-jan-6t...
Republicans were against forgiving student loans for nurses and teachers but they are fine with Trump giving your money to child molesters.
“We have made a technology that creates nothing but will ensure you have no future while we get richer and richer wait why are you boooing?”
Well, I think Elon and Trump have been on the same flight logs before
Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3mo agoMusk is accompanying Trump to China.
Hey, pals in #18thc lit studies, this story is made for us, esp those of us who write about "forgers" like Thomas Chatterton & William Henry Ireland. 👋to @jacklynch000.bsky.social "As the genuine philology medal does not exist, his medal cannot be a forgery." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
French professor accused of ‘gigantic hoax’ after inventing Nobel-style prize
Authorities investigate Florent Montaclair over award given to himself and others including Noam Chomsky
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🗣️ TONIGHT! @madelinevosch.bsky.social is in town to chat about her memoir, UNDEAD, with @lgilmore.bsky.social at @portersqbooks.bsky.social. This is at the Cambridge location. There’s still time to RSVP before 7!
Madeline Vosch, Author of Undead, in conversation with Dr. Leigh Gilmore
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Come to the Cambridge launch of Madeline Vosch's stunning new memoir! It is a story about surviving suicide, an argument about the conditions necessary for life to flourish, and a meditation on all sorts of undead, resurrected, and risen beings.
Madeline Vosch, Author of Undead, in conversation with Dr. Leigh Gilmore
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Her bravery, my god. Swalwell drugged, raped, and choked her to unconsciousness, she says. I believe her.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agoA woman named Lonna Drewes at a news conference just now accused Eric Swalwell of drugging her drink and sexually assaulting her. Here's part of her statement.
“If there are rumours that you’ve sexually abused a child, waging an expensive, unpopular, illegal war, let alone one whose opening salvo kills more than a hundred little girls, seems a strange bid at reputation laundering.”
Arianne Shahvisi | Gamer’s Dilemma
In a strong field of contenders, the most morally troubling computer game ever made is probably RapeLay, released in...
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If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.
NPR@npr.org · 5mo agoThe push for generational change in the Democratic Party faces a test in a Chicago-area congressional district, where the top candidates span three generations: from Gen X and millennials to Gen Z. n.pr/3PD5bZ6
