Abolish the Frats with Kate Manne
In the wake of the uproar over Cornell University’s response to allegations of gang rape by fraternity members on its campus, feminist philosopher and Cornell professor Dr. Kate Manne returns to discuss what it’s like on the Ivy League university's campus now, whether the #metoo movement made any progress, and why she believes abolishing fraternities is a responsible, legitimate way to address to the campus rape epidemic.
Mentioned in this episode
More to Hate, the Kate Manne Substack
Ban the Fucking Frats by Kate Manne
NYMag: Kate Manne on Cornell 7
NYMag: How Student Journalists Broke the Cornell 7 Case
Cornell University: Cynthia Miller-Idriss on Violent Male Extremism
Kate Manne on EFBC in March 2026
Substack: Seven Good Boys by Bess Kalb
Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom
Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Male Extremism by Cynthia Miller-Idriss
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Professor/author
Kate Manne is Professor at the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University. She has written three books—Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny (2017), Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women (2020), and Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia (2024). She regularly writes opinion pieces and articles for non-academic audiences, including in The New York Times, The Cut, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Nation, and Time. She also writes the substack newsletter, “More to Hate,” about misogyny, fatphobia, culture, politics, philosophy, and more.
