Unshrinking: A Conversation with Kate Manne

On November 10, 2025, Dr. Roxane Gay, the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University, hosted Kate Manne for a conversation about "Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia." Kate Manne is an associate professor at the Sage School of philosophy at Cornell University. She specializes in moral, social, and feminist philosophy, and has written three books: DOWN GIRL: The Logic of Misogyny (Oxford University Press, 2018), ENTITLED: How Male Privilege Hurts Women (Crown, 2020) and UNSHRINKING: How to Face Fatphobia (Crown, 2024). In addition to her academic work, she regularly writes opinion pieces and essays for a wider audience, including in outlets such as The New York Times, The Cut, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Nation, and Time. She writes a substack newsletter,  More to Hate, exploring misogyny, fatphobia, and their intersection.  An introduction was given by IWL Leadership Scholar, Sarah Farah. The Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair represents a collaboration between the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information, Institute for Women’s Leadership, and Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. To learn more about the chair, visit https://iwl.rutgers.edu/gloria-steine....