alex manley
@alexicon.bsky.social
non-binary writer/editor. author of The New Masculinity (2023), translator of Made-Up (2021), working on Post-Man (2025), editor at AskMen. it's giving nominative determinism. alexmanley.com
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alex manley
@alexicon.bsky.social
· Feb 20
Post-Man
A collection of open-hearted meditations on contemporary manhood by an ex-pat of its blustery shoresNavigating life as a neurodivergent, non-binary person, Alex Manley explores their dislocations from...
arsenalpulp.com
my forthcoming essay collection, POST-MAN, is now available for pre-order from arsenal pulp press. it’s about gender & neurodivergence & shame & desire & friendship & loneliness. it’s me writing my heart out. check it out? arsenalpulp.com/Books/P/Post...
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TSN mentioning that Carter Hart will likely be coming back to the NHL soon for Vegas and just totally glossing over why he's in the AHL and has been out of hockey
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
TSN mentioning that Carter Hart will likely be coming back to the NHL soon for Vegas and just totally glossing over why he's in the AHL and has been out of hockey
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#OtD 28 Nov 1985 a Shell report showed they knew that global heating was real, caused by fossil fuels, and that global temp and sea levels were rising and would rise further. Shell covered it up and began sponsoring fake studies to deny climate change stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1004...
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#OtD 28 Nov 1985 a Shell report showed they knew that global heating was real, caused by fossil fuels, and that global temp and sea levels were rising and would rise further. Shell covered it up and began sponsoring fake studies to deny climate change stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1004...
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It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
every day is a good day to be a sally rooney fan
Sally Rooney books may be pulled from UK, court told www.rte.ie/news/2025/11... #sallyrooney
Sally Rooney books may be pulled from UK, court told
Normal People author Sally Rooney's books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to "uncertainty" caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the British High ...
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
every day is a good day to be a sally rooney fan
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Robyn Maynard, Ismail Adam (VP of the Darfur Diaspora Association) and I wrote this op-ed about Canada's complicity in Sudan, calling among other things for the loophole to be closed that allows Can. weapons to get to the RSF through the US + UAE.
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
In the genocide in Sudan, Canada has a hand in the violence ⋆ The Breach
The massacres of civilians in Sudan are being fuelled by Canadian weapons, mining interests, and refugee restrictions. It’s time for Canada to end its complicity
breachmedia.ca
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Robyn Maynard, Ismail Adam (VP of the Darfur Diaspora Association) and I wrote this op-ed about Canada's complicity in Sudan, calling among other things for the loophole to be closed that allows Can. weapons to get to the RSF through the US + UAE.
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
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The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
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YES, PLEASE
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
YES, PLEASE
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This month, after almost a year of development, we launched a whole new publication! @scripthealth.bsky.social is a brand new platform dedicated to covering LGBTQ2S+ health in a period where our rights and healthcare access are under extreme threat. www.script.health
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This month, after almost a year of development, we launched a whole new publication! @scripthealth.bsky.social is a brand new platform dedicated to covering LGBTQ2S+ health in a period where our rights and healthcare access are under extreme threat. www.script.health
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Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
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Tonight!
BOYCOTT GILLER BROADCAST
Join CanLit Responds and No Arms In The Arts for the Boycott Giller Broadcast on Nov 17 at 7:30PM ET / 5:30PM MT / 4:30PM PT
More info www.instagram.com/p/DRAMZSVkW0...
Watch: twitch.tv/deltahead_
(You don’t need a Twitch account)
#NoArmsInTheArts #BoycottGiller
Join CanLit Responds and No Arms In The Arts for the Boycott Giller Broadcast on Nov 17 at 7:30PM ET / 5:30PM MT / 4:30PM PT
More info www.instagram.com/p/DRAMZSVkW0...
Watch: twitch.tv/deltahead_
(You don’t need a Twitch account)
#NoArmsInTheArts #BoycottGiller
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Tonight!
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I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.
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Women in ICE detention are being sterilized, and then deported if they speak out about it.
This is 100% Nazi-style eugenics.
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
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This is 100% Nazi-style eugenics.
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
1/?
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Women in ICE detention are being sterilized, and then deported if they speak out about it.
This is 100% Nazi-style eugenics.
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
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This is 100% Nazi-style eugenics.
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
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Opportunity 🏳️⚧️ writers!
3/ ✍️ Writers:
We're looking for pitches from early talent Trans+ writers and journalists to write 700-1000 word history articles - one for each day of Trans+ History Week 🏳️⚧️
Apply 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...
We're looking for pitches from early talent Trans+ writers and journalists to write 700-1000 word history articles - one for each day of Trans+ History Week 🏳️⚧️
Apply 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Opportunity 🏳️⚧️ writers!
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montrealers! come to the launch of POST-MAN tomorrow at de stiil books! i’ll be in conversation with the brilliant domenica martinello, & laura mota-juang will read some poems to kick off the evening!
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
montrealers! come to the launch of POST-MAN tomorrow at de stiil books! i’ll be in conversation with the brilliant domenica martinello, & laura mota-juang will read some poems to kick off the evening!
montrealers! come to the launch of POST-MAN tomorrow at de stiil books! i’ll be in conversation with the brilliant domenica martinello, & laura mota-juang will read some poems to kick off the evening!
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
montrealers! come to the launch of POST-MAN tomorrow at de stiil books! i’ll be in conversation with the brilliant domenica martinello, & laura mota-juang will read some poems to kick off the evening!
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Good morning/afternoon!
As of 5 days ago, our Airalo partner account has started using $1000 of data a day in top ups.
We are going to quickly run out of funds to reimburse. With your steady support we can prevent that from happening!
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
As of 5 days ago, our Airalo partner account has started using $1000 of data a day in top ups.
We are going to quickly run out of funds to reimburse. With your steady support we can prevent that from happening!
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Good morning/afternoon!
As of 5 days ago, our Airalo partner account has started using $1000 of data a day in top ups.
We are going to quickly run out of funds to reimburse. With your steady support we can prevent that from happening!
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
As of 5 days ago, our Airalo partner account has started using $1000 of data a day in top ups.
We are going to quickly run out of funds to reimburse. With your steady support we can prevent that from happening!
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
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excited to share that @thetyee.ca has shared an excerpt from POST-MAN. My essay "Jaybird" explores the art of jaywalking through a few different lenses — gender, mental health, class — and a selection from it can now be read for free online!
“Alone in the middle of the street, with no cars to fear and silence reigning, it really does feel like your street.”
An Ode to Jaywalking | The Tyee
An excerpt from Alex Manley’s new book of essays, ‘Post-Man.’
thetyee.ca
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
excited to share that @thetyee.ca has shared an excerpt from POST-MAN. My essay "Jaybird" explores the art of jaywalking through a few different lenses — gender, mental health, class — and a selection from it can now be read for free online!
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Im so exhausted yall, I dont know how to tell you how desperate our friends in Gaza are, because prices haven't gone down, aid is not flowing freely, there is no infrastructure and no work, but no one is donating. The horrors continue, the stress accumulates and they are all confused and frustrated
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Im so exhausted yall, I dont know how to tell you how desperate our friends in Gaza are, because prices haven't gone down, aid is not flowing freely, there is no infrastructure and no work, but no one is donating. The horrors continue, the stress accumulates and they are all confused and frustrated
excited to share that @thetyee.ca has shared an excerpt from POST-MAN. My essay "Jaybird" explores the art of jaywalking through a few different lenses — gender, mental health, class — and a selection from it can now be read for free online!
“Alone in the middle of the street, with no cars to fear and silence reigning, it really does feel like your street.”
An Ode to Jaywalking | The Tyee
An excerpt from Alex Manley’s new book of essays, ‘Post-Man.’
thetyee.ca
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
excited to share that @thetyee.ca has shared an excerpt from POST-MAN. My essay "Jaybird" explores the art of jaywalking through a few different lenses — gender, mental health, class — and a selection from it can now be read for free online!
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“Alone in the middle of the street, with no cars to fear and silence reigning, it really does feel like your street.”
An Ode to Jaywalking | The Tyee
An excerpt from Alex Manley’s new book of essays, ‘Post-Man.’
thetyee.ca
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“Alone in the middle of the street, with no cars to fear and silence reigning, it really does feel like your street.”
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"Totally not a fan of the national paper, 'The Anti-Trans Fascist Review' but they do have a really fun daily word game that I just can't bring myself to put down!"
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November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"Totally not a fan of the national paper, 'The Anti-Trans Fascist Review' but they do have a really fun daily word game that I just can't bring myself to put down!"
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Librarians told 404 Media they are being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books that they need to wade through. AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, academics
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Librarians told 404 Media they are being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books that they need to wade through. AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, academics
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
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It's today, Ottawa!
ontario pals! i’m launching POST-MAN in ottawa (tuesday nov 4) and toronto (thursday nov 6) this week. hope you can make it out to see me talk about my memoir-in-essays about gender, mental health, rat tails, hockey, religion, friend breakups & desire!
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It's today, Ottawa!
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more details here :)
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
more details here :)
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ontario pals! i’m launching POST-MAN in ottawa (tuesday nov 4) and toronto (thursday nov 6) this week. hope you can make it out to see me talk about my memoir-in-essays about gender, mental health, rat tails, hockey, religion, friend breakups & desire!
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
ontario pals! i’m launching POST-MAN in ottawa (tuesday nov 4) and toronto (thursday nov 6) this week. hope you can make it out to see me talk about my memoir-in-essays about gender, mental health, rat tails, hockey, religion, friend breakups & desire!