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I was delighted to be joined by @jmillzdc.bsky.social, Pasha Dashtgard from @perilresearch.bsky.social & @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social on ep. 4 of White Picket Fence to discuss young men’s rightward turn and the massive, decades-long investment in media that facilitated it. 🎧 now: lnk.to/wpf-ep4
The Business of Masculinity
We're starting this week's episode with a bit of a rewind, back to the 1970s in the U.S. As women gained new rights and visibility, a backlash took shape among men who felt left behind. What began as ...
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October 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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PERIL's Pasha Dashtgard recently participated in this fabulously produced White Picket Fence Podcast episode to talk about the history of young men's radicalization since the 1970's and the role media played in facilitating it.
Take a listen: lnk.to/wpf-ep4
The Business of Masculinity
We're starting this week's episode with a bit of a rewind, back to the 1970s in the U.S. As women gained new rights and visibility, a backlash took shape among men who felt left behind. What began as ...
lnk.to
October 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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In this article with @CNN, @milleridriss.bsky.social discusses the dark history associated with a nine-letter word used by the Department of Homeland Security: "REMIGRATE".

Read more here:
DHS issued a call to ‘remigrate.’ Here’s the history of the term often associated with far-right groups | CNN
A nine-letter social media post was all it took for the Department of Homeland Security to spark a torrent of backlash online this week, drawing the ire of politicians and prompting comparisons to Eur...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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In this recent interview with PEN America, @milleridriss.bsky.social takes a deep dive into "vicarious victimization", online abuse, the relationship between online extremism and book bans, and how AI is changing the landscape of online abuse, hate, and harassment.

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Confronting a Rise in Misogyny and Violent Extremism Online and Off
In this PEN Ten interview, Cynthia Miller-Idriss examines online abuse and how AI is changing the landscape of online hate and harassment.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Over the next couple weeks, we'll be highlighting themes in each episode from the "Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age" Podcast. Produced by Long Story Short Media with @milleridriss.bsky.social
Listen here:
Episode 1: You Will Not Replace Us
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November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Today's theme for Episode Two in "Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age" podcast is on the "manosphere" and the man-box-culture, escaping gender policing and how to define healthy masculinity. Listen Here:
Episode 2: Be a Man
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November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Today's highlight of "Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age", @milleridriss.bsky.social talks with Rachel Louise Snyder and Kaethe Morris Hoffer on how online conspiracy theories and intimate partner violence affect the real epidemic of sexual violence in the U.S.

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Episode 3: You Made Me
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November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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In today's episode on the "Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age" podcast is about the role of online gaming.

Produced by Long Story Short Media, hosted by @milleridriss.bsky.social with guests Rachel Kowert and Galen Lamphere-Englund

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Episode 4: Game On
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November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Have you noticed more anti-LGBTQ+ hate?

Produced by Long Story Short Media, hosted by @milleridriss.bsky.social with guests Kaitlyn Tierney of Diverting Hate., and Christopher and Tobi Lennert.

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Episode 5: Don’t Say Gay
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November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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In this last episode on the "Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age" podcast, we focus on the topic of exposure to online hate and how parents, educators and administrators can respond. Produced by Long Story Short and hosted by @milleridriss.bsky.social.

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Episode 6: Just Listen
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November 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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A growing number of lonely young men are blaming women for their problems. @milleridriss.bsky.social explains why:
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/authoritarian-propaganda-and-toxic
Authoritarian Propaganda & Toxic Masculinity: Cynthia Miller-Idriss explains the Connection
"We don’t tell people what to think, we teach them how to think."
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November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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"After the 2024 election, much media attention was paid to “bro” podcasters like Joe Rogan and right-wing influencers like the late Charlie Kirk. But there was far less focus on the even rowdier world of “dating” shows aimed at young men."
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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In this long-form article and video by Salon's Amanda Marcotte investigates the "Whatever" podcast - a show that invites guests like Only Fans models and other young women and seeks to expand the divide with young men. With PERIL's Jennifer (JJ) West, Senior Researcher.
The online clip factory that's radicalizing teen boys - Salon.com
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels”
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November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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💡PERIL's research has helped identify early warning signs of targeted violence, allowing intervention before radicalization sets in and escalates.

To date, our data-driven resources have been downloaded 53,346 times. Your donation makes this research possible.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Why do we see a lack of empathy among men, or bystander apathy? Learn how to intervene in a cycle of propaganda and empathy-depriving behavior and manipulation in the latest podcast with @contrariannews.org @milleridriss.bsky.social
Authoritarian Propaganda & Toxic Masculinity: Cynthia Miller-Idriss explains the Connection
"We don’t tell people what to think, we teach them how to think."
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November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Reminder- Sydney folks, join me and Movember’s Global Director of Men’s Health for what I know will be an incredible conversation about social media, gendered content, violence, and prevention- Friday evening at Gleebooks, 6 pm AEDT. Share widely and don’t forget to RSVP!
Australia friends! Head to @gleebooks.bsky.social next week, 28 Nov at 6:00pm AEDT, to hear @milleridriss.bsky.social talk with Zac Seidler about her book Man Up! Don't miss this opportunity to hear about one of our most pressing problems from an extremism expert.

RSVP is required: buff.ly/5ofLWWm
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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A fascinating discussion with @milleridriss.bsky.social on ABC Radio National Breakfast this morning. If you enjoy this discussion, see Cynthia speak in-person at Gleebooks in Sydney this Friday (28 Nov)! Listen here:
'It's a major predictor': New book explores link between misogyny and violent extremism - ABC listen
Gender, misogyny and extremist violence are inextricably linked, according to a new book by renowned extremism expert Cynthia Miller-Idriss. She's currently visiting Australia to promote her book Man…
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November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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How are social media algorithms and real world misogyny combining to influence and shape the identities of boys and men? Essential conversation with @milleridriss.bsky.social about what we can do to interrupt radicalization. youtu.be/rem-F96zrN4?... @perilresearch.bsky.social @lcsenecal.bsky.social
Algorithms' Identity-Shaping Power
YouTube video by Newdle by ContextPress
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November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Australia friends! Head to @gleebooks.bsky.social tomorrow (28 Nov) at 6:00pm AEDT, to hear @milleridriss.bsky.social talk with Zac Seidler about her book Man Up! Don't miss this opportunity to hear about one of our most pressing problems from an extremism expert.

RSVP is required: buff.ly/5ofLWWm
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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New followers! I’m an academic & scholar who writes for the public about upstream prevention of violence & analysis of misogyny, white supremacist extremism & more. But my favorite essays are this trio I wrote about my mom & what it means to be forgotten. 1/

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Perspective | My mother forgot who I was, and it made me a better daughter
Watching my mother’s erasure has been vicious. But I have also come to realize that despite all I’ve lost, I’ve gained something, too.
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November 25, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About that… 😁
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.

You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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What a joke.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM