Leigh Gilmore
Feminist literary critic. Author of Tainted Witness: (Columbia 2017), The Limits of Autobiography: Trauma and Testimony (Cornell 2023), and The #MeToo Effect (Columbia 2023).
- Reposted by Leigh GilmoreEpstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.
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- Reposted by Leigh GilmoreReally nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
- According to Gilmore, “this isn’t merely an administrative failure, but a ‘paradigmatic instance of institutional silencing.’ Institutional silencing takes the form of “managed visibility,’ in which the public sees only parts of the Epstein files but far too much about the women he preyed upon.”
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- Reposted by Leigh GilmoreSo what I’m gathering is a pedophilic billionaire successfully worked to destigmatize race science among the academic, political, and business elite partly by sex trafficking girls. Is that the shape of it so far?
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- I talked with @mariaramirez.bsky.social about MeToo as context for her important reporting on Julio Iglesias.
- This superb essay by @benwurgaft.bsky.social makes me want to talk to everyone about the problems with utilitarianism.
- Something worthy has emerged from social media. @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social has given us a beautiful memoir.
- @ronanfarrow.bsky.social included this story in Catch and Kill. @katemanne.bsky.social and @borowitzreport.bsky.social discuss Katie Johnson's (a pseudonym) credible allegation that Trump raped her when she was 13. Content warning for child rape.
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- Can we please never hear from Larry Summers again.
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- We should listen to survivors because it’s the decent thing to do. And few things are as revealing about how power works in elite institutions as sexual abuse.
- The guy behind the campaign to torpedo Claudine Gay sought advice from Epstein on how to pressure a woman he mentored for sex is … checks notes … scheduled to teach at Harvard.
- Reposted by Leigh GilmoreAlan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
- I trust @jkbjournalist.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Leigh GilmoreLike I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
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- A sea of people in Boston!
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- Reposted by Leigh GilmorePlease join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
- October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Eleanor Johnson, whose horror substack is terrific, has been writing about dv and I highly recommend her eloquence, pragmatism, wit, and courage.
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- Trump sympathizes with the man accused of domestic violence.
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- Reposted by Leigh GilmoreHi Bluesky, The English translation of my book on the Pelicot trial is coming out in a month! You know (or maybe you don't) how it is: preorders are crucial for the life of a book, so don't hesitate to preorder right now. a.co/d/a0qeZeh I hope the fantastic blurbs will convince you if you're not:
- Reposted by Leigh Gilmore“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception." www.mellon.org/voices/human...
- Where are the voices of the girls Epstein and Trump abused? Kate Manne transcribed Katie Johnson’s (a pseudonym) account of how Trump allegedly raped her at Epstein’s home in 1994. She was 13 and wore a blonde wig that Trump allegedly said made her look like Ivana, who was 13yo at the time.
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- #MeToo cases like Diddy, Lively-Baldoni, and Depp-Heard are important because of what they say about money. Juries still see procuring (paying for), and settlements (paying off) about sexual violence as sex.
- See you soon!
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- Reposted by Leigh GilmoreI wrote this piece 2 years ago, much closer to the start of my transition, when my struggle for self-acceptance was more raw. I'm in a different place now, but writing this essay was an important step in getting here. Excited to share it just in time for Pride! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ www.academia.edu/129873399/_G...
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- Paternalistic authoritarianism, then and now @wbur.org @cogwbur.bsky.social
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- Happy to have written this with Rosanne Kennedy for a terrific new feminist law journal @genderandjustice.bsky.social
- Credibility lessons: gender, justice, and believability in Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall Read our latest research article from @lgilmore.bsky.social & Rosanne Kennedy doi.org/10.1332/3033... #testimony #believability #autofiction
- I might be late to the Emma Copley Eisenberg party, but I am not leaving until I’m covered in glitter and dancing on a table. This book is brilliant.
- Honored and psyched for this visit. In conversation with the brilliant @antigonesdream.bsky.social
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- Brave witness and invaluable perspective from Marianne Hirsch.
- Huge crowd in Boston!
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- Marianne Hirsch for context and insight.
- “The standard for acceptable behavior is so low that anyone else can clear it,” said Leigh Gilmore, author of The #MeToo Effect. In the age of Trump, men like Cuomo “are hoping that there's a new norm and that the misogyny, cruelty, and lack of accountability will actually work in their favor.”
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- Powerful words from @lindseyboylan.bsky.social
- Reposted by Leigh GilmoreHere I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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- Reposted by Leigh GilmoreMurphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
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- Reposted by Leigh GilmoreRaskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
- Who sexually harassed Cassie Hutchinson and will they be subject to ethics inquiries?
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- The numbing regularity of the cover up of sexual abuse.
- Reposted by Leigh GilmoreHere is a statement by my colleague Katherine Franke about the end of her time teaching at Columbia. Please read it. drive.google.com/file/d/1i4cO...
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- I wrote about the Pelicot case and the ordinariness of men who rape.
- Reposted by Leigh Gilmore#MLA25 attendees, plz check out our roundtable on "Unaccountably Queer" on Thurs Jan 9 @ 3:30PM in Camp Room (3rd floor) of Hilton Riverside. Presenters include Judith Butler, Jules Gill-Peterson, Amber Jamilla Musser, Lynne Huffer, Megan Cole Paustian, @lgilmore.bsky.social, & @cassiusa.bsky.social
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