Kate Manne
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.
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March 13, 2026
Listen to Jane Doe with Kate Manne
This week, we get to the heart of the story. Philosopher Kate Manne recounts the harrowing stories of the women pseudonymed Katie Johnson and Jane Doe 4. Both say President Donald Trump sexually assaulted them when they were 13 years old. “It is plausible, though not certain, that our President is a rapist of children,” Kate Manne says. “And that is devastating.” Stick around as Kate explains the logic of misogyny at work among the Epstein network, and how all of society is hurt when male entitl...
Guest: Kate Manne