Kate Manne
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Some audience members at a talk by Luvell Anderson and Verena Erlenbusch at a MAP (Minorities and Philosophy) workshop on diversifying the canon at Princeton University, February 2016. I am second from the left.

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About Me

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​​I'm an associate professor of the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University, where I've been teaching since 2013. Before that, I was a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows from 2011 to 2013. I did my graduate work in philosophy at MIT from 2006 to 2011, with the generous support of a General Sir John Monash scholarship. I was an undergraduate at the University of Melbourne (my hometown), where I studied philosophy, logic, and computer science.

Now, I do moral philosophy (especially metaethics and moral psychology). feminist philosophy, and social philosophy. I also enjoy writing opinion pieces, essays, and reviews for a wider audience. 

If you want to get a quick sense of my background and interests, I was interviewed by Clifford Sosis for his website, "What is it Like to be a Philosopher?" in January 2018. And here's an extended conversation I had with Ezra Klein on his podcast early in 2019. 

Late in 2017, I published an academic/trade "crossover" book called Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny about the nature, function, and persistence of misogyny. You can read more about it here.  


My second book, Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women came out in August 2020.  For more about it, see here. 

My third book, Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia came out in January 2024. You can read about it here, on my substack newsletter, called More to Hate, or in select interviews here and here. 

Inquiries ​

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Feel free to reach out via email . Please note that I am often drowning in email, and so it may take me a while to respond.


  • ABOUT
  • VITA
  • PAPERS
  • OPINIONS
  • POLITICAL COMMENTARY
  • DOWN GIRL
  • ENTITLED
  • UNSHRINKING