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July 2023
Tiredness is Not a Virtue
And resting is not sinful—a reminder I needed this summer
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Kate Manne
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June 2023
In Defense of Fat Kids
Thinking through our culture of pediatric fatphobia, via Virginia Sole-Smith's new book, Fat Talk
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Kate Manne
31
April 2023
On Bodily Non-Problems with a Name
We are creating concepts for entirely benign, painless, harmless bodily variations—and with them, a lucrative market. This “hermeneutical baggage,” as…
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Kate Manne
37
Introducing Unshrinking
Body positivity is no antidote to the structural problem of fatphobia
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Kate Manne
41
Men Demand I Agree With Them
There are men who don't (only) mansplain; rather, or in addition to this, they demand you echo and repeat their ideas, however obvious your…
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Kate Manne
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March 2023
Ozempic and the Harder-Better Fallacy
The problem with Ozempic is not that it makes weight loss easier. The problem is that weight loss is not a good goal in the first place.
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Kate Manne
25
The Whale's Point of View
The Oscar-nominated film is not just cruelly fatphobic; it is irredeemably juvenile
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Kate Manne
20
Your Partner is not a Project
Against a certain kind of aspiration, when it comes to marriage—redux
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Kate Manne
30
Against Aspiration
Aspiration is a helluva drug. And some philosophers have, sadly, bought into it uncritically.
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Kate Manne
49
January 2023
The Dark Side of Gratitude
Gratitude can be important. It can also be toxic.
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Kate Manne
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October 2022
On Comfort
Traveling is so uncomfortable. Traveling while fat to talk about fatness is... more so.
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Kate Manne
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