Registration is almost full for the morning PT / evening GMT discussion section! We're excited to see so many people joining us from Europe. We still have plenty of space in the section that will meet after business hours in the U.S., morning across Middle East, Asian, and Australian time zones.

Institute for Research on Male Supremacism@irms.bsky.social · 2w ago

New this summer: our 6-week ‘Intro to Male Supremacism’ course opens to the public, addressing the roots of misogyny and transmisogyny. The session is from Aug 5 to Sept 15. Recommended for educators, journalists, researchers & more. Link: www.theirms.org/course-regis...

IRMS preconference at ASA 2026, NYC: "Pursuing Impact Scholarship: Approaches in Disrupting Authoritarianism, Disinformation, and Male Supremacism." Fri, Aug 7, 9am–5pm. Featuring three cofounders of IRMS & speakers Jennifer L. Pozner & Aya Taveras. Registration: buff.ly/4v0NcVg

Their framing has been that anti-trans legislation and rulings, especially targeting transgender women, are about about protecting girls and women. It really a way to enforce biological essentialism through a scapegoated minority, and use that to expand to targeting cisgender girls and women.

Madison Pauly@msjpauly.bsky.social · 2w ago

The thing about that Heritage Center paper against women's sports is not just the hypocrisy, or even the blatant sexism. A real argument is building in the courts to toss the longstanding rules that have caused schools to expand girls' sports. The story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

📢 Call for Proposals: 2026 Male Supremacism Studies Conference - virtual from Dec 8 to Dec 12. Theme: Misogyny and Authoritarianism in Global Perspective. Papers, panels & practitioner talks welcome from any region! Deadline: Aug 23. shorturl.at/6R6S6

New this summer: our 6-week ‘Intro to Male Supremacism’ course opens to the public, addressing the roots of misogyny and transmisogyny. The session is from Aug 5 to Sept 15. Recommended for educators, journalists, researchers & more. Link: www.theirms.org/course-regis...

Today is the deadline to apply to our fellowship program! Come join a transnational community of researchers deepening their work on male supremacism and connecting it to gender justice and pro-democracy action. www.theirms.org/fellowshippr...

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“Here is the part the left-versus-right debate keeps stumbling over. There is, in fact, a base layer to the killer’s manifesto, and it’s misogyny.” - @karmvirpadda.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-montreal...

The Montréal shooter’s manifesto isn’t left or right — it’s rooted in misogyny

The Montréal shooter was a lonely, furious young man who built an ideology to justify killing, and its bedrock was a hatred of women.

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Dehumanization and Dangerous Speech Entitlement and Justification of Violence Mental Health and Safety in Anti-Supremacist Work Concerns in Research and Reporting on Male Supremacism Learn about all these topics in our summer introductory course on male supremacism. www.theirms.org/course-regis...

Intro to Male Supremacism Course — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

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To improve access, IRMS will offer a limited number of partial scholarships for the summer intro to male supremacism course. Visit the course page on our website for information on applying for the scholarship: www.theirms.org/course-regis...

Intro to Male Supremacism Course — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism@irms.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For the first time, we've opened up our Intro to Male Supremacism course to the public for registration. We are offering two summer sessions for the six-week Introduction to Male Supremacism course, June 22 - July 31 or August 5 - September 15. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

For the first time, we've opened up our Intro to Male Supremacism course to the public for registration. We are offering two summer sessions for the six-week Introduction to Male Supremacism course, June 22 - July 31 or August 5 - September 15. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Introduction to Male Supremacism Course

The Introduction to Male Supremacism course was designed by the Institute for Male Supremacism as part of the educational aspect of our mentee program. For the first time this summer, we are opening u...

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We are accepting applications for our board from individuals across the globe who are passionate about our mission. We encourage applicants from historically and systemically marginalized backgrounds and communities to apply, especially women of color and trans women. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I will be on the Joy of Resistance radio program tomorrow morning at 9am my time (11am ET) talking about my recent articles on misogynist ideology in terrorist attacks. www.wbai.org/listen-live/

Grateful to have the opportunity to speak with @oyousef.bsky.social again, regarding how misogyny and anti-feminist conspiratorial thinking intertwine with antisemitism and Islamophobia to motivate dangerous ideology and violence.

NPR@npr.org · 2mo ago

Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed. n.pr/4tWJ12w

Missed seeing this session live? You can watch the recording on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcTr...

AVERT Webinar: De/Transition, Disinformation, and Digital Moral Panic

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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism@irms.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"From the Proud Boys targeting drag queen story hours to US federal campaigns opposing ‘gender ideology,’ transphobic narratives are strategically used as tools for ideological mobilization and recruitment into fascism." Hear from IRMS mentee Kat Fuller this Wednesday. deakin.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The U.S. Right has a long history of using censorship to prevent media that humanizes people they want to continue oppressing and erasing.

Rebecca Watson@skepchick.org · 3mo ago

You only have a few days left to tell the FCC that they should stop trying to force broadcasters to classify trans and nonbinary people as inappropriate for children to see on TV skepchick.org/2026/05/the-...

We are accepting applications for our board from individuals across the globe who are passionate about our mission. We encourage applicants from historically and systemically marginalized backgrounds and communities to apply, especially women of color and trans women. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Grateful to @msmagazine.com for cross-posting my piece on misogynist ideology in the San Diego mosque shooting. The intersection of male supremacism with antisemitism, white supremacism, and Islamophobia is deeply important to understanding this and other attacks. msmagazine.com/2026/05/21/m...

Male Supremacism and Misogyny Was Central to the San Diego Mosque Shooting. Why Did So Much Coverage Miss It?

Male Supremacism and Misogyny Was Central to the San Diego Mosque Shooting. Why Did So Much Coverage Miss It?

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In the wake of the San Diego mosque shooting, we've received requests for our work on anti-feminist conspiracism. This chapter excerpt from @alexdibranco.bsky.social and Megan Kelly describes anti-feminist conspiracism and its relationship to other conspiracy theories www.theirms.org/blog/governi...

Governing Gynocracy: The Evolution of Anti-Feminist Conspiracy Theories (EXCERPT) — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

In the wake of the San Diego mosque shooting, we have received interest in our work on anti-feminist conspiracism. The following is an excerpt from the chapter that appears in the book Conspiracy as ...

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This post from @irms.bsky.social about the beliefs of the shooters who killed three people yesterday at the Islamic Center of San Diego has me thinking about @milleridriss.bsky.social calling misogyny the "connective tissue" of hateful extremism. www.theirms.org/blog/misogyn...

Misogyny, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia in the San Diego Mosque Shooting — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

Note: Typically, IRMS follows the guidelines of No Notoriety , which opposing naming perpetrators of mass violence and thereby giving them the notoriety that they seek. In this post, we have de...

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Despite extensive misogynist content in the two shooters’ manifestos, discussion of the intersection of male supremacism with xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, and white supremacism is sparse in the reporting on yesterday’s tragic shooting at a San Diego mosque. www.theirms.org/blog/misogyn...

Misogyny, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia in the San Diego Mosque Shooting — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

Note: Typically, IRMS follows the guidelines of No Notoriety , which opposing naming perpetrators of mass violence and thereby giving them the notoriety that they seek. In this post, we have de...

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"From the Proud Boys targeting drag queen story hours to US federal campaigns opposing ‘gender ideology,’ transphobic narratives are strategically used as tools for ideological mobilization and recruitment into fascism." Hear from IRMS mentee Kat Fuller this Wednesday. deakin.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: AVERT Webinar: De/Transition, Disinformation, and Digital Moral Panic: The Politics of Anti-Trans Narratives . After registering, you will receive a confirm...

Detransitioning has gained political and media attention in recent years, often driven by moral panic from anti-gender movement. A prominent example is Chloe Cole, a public detrans figure whose narrat...

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We are accepting applications for our board from individuals across the globe who are passionate about our mission. We encourage applicants from historically and systemically marginalized backgrounds and communities to apply, especially women of color and trans women. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If you’re curious about my work on male supremacism, I’m doing an informal chat on Zoom tomorrow at 5pm New Mexico time. You can come with questions about any aspect of analyzing and working against misogyny and transmisogyny.

Institute for Research on Male Supremacism@irms.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Executive Director and Founder @alexdibranco.bsky.social will be on Zoom for an informal chat tomorrow (May 14) at 4pm PT. Bring questions about male supremacism, IRMS, or our calls for the board of directors and fellowship and mentorship programs. Register to join: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Executive Director and Founder @alexdibranco.bsky.social will be on Zoom for an informal chat tomorrow (May 14) at 4pm PT. Bring questions about male supremacism, IRMS, or our calls for the board of directors and fellowship and mentorship programs. Register to join: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We are currently accepting applications for our board of directors, fellowship program, and mentorship program. All applications are due June 1. We encourage candidates from historically and systemically marginalized backgrounds, communities, and regions to apply. www.theirms.org/joinus

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Days after a trans University of Washington student was killed in off-campus student housing, the UW chapter of Turning Point USA is hosting ex-trans activist Chloe Cole. Students are organizing at counter protest outside Kane Hall at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 5/13

Ari Drennen@aridrennen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A 19-year-old trans woman was killed in UW student housing Sunday night. Police are still searching for the suspect. She was the seventh trans woman reporter attacked in the Seattle area in twenty months, but the first to die. tinyurl.com/4kxerszd

We've released our new white paper, “The Foundations of Male Supremacism: Dehumanization, Entitlement, and Conspiracism.” The paper discusses biological essentialism, anti-consent ideology, and justification of violence as core to male supremacist ideology. www.theirms.org/blog/irms-ex...

IRMS Releases White Paper on Dehumanization, Entitlement, Anti-Consent Ideology — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

In my first full-time job, I worked on a campaign pushing Facebook to enforce their own policies against violence and hateful content by removing pro-rape pages from its website. One such page was t...

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Our board member Rachael Fugardi does outstanding work on male supremacism at @splcenter.org Read her latest: www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

How Grok’s Deepfake Technology Is Being Weaponized Against Women Online

While the use of AI technology, such as Grok, for gendered abuse is new, the dynamics of control that underpin widespread sexual harassment are not.

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I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.

“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE

Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.

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"A crucial reminder that, as I've written about for many years, men in these enforcer roles very often have histories of [violence] ... systemic sexism is not seen as a problem or as a priority within media, nor even on the left in general.” @jennpozner.bsky.social www.theirms.org/blog/renee-g...

Renee Good: ICE, Misogyny, and State Violence — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

On January 7th, 2026, an ICE agent killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Good’s murder, and the subsequent violence and dangerous speech from ICE agents and other supremacist actors, rep...

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