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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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!
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!
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What is unfolding in Sudan, where the armed group RSF has taken control of the key city of El Fasher, is "the sum of all our fears," says human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond. "RSF is killing at a scale and a velocity that I haven’t seen since Rwanda."
Mass Killings Reported in Sudan as RSF Seizes El Fasher; 460 Killed at Hospital
Sudan’s military is accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of killing at least 2,000 people since seizing control of El Fasher in the Darfur region, including some 460 at the Saudi Maternity H...
www.democracynow.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What is unfolding in Sudan, where the armed group RSF has taken control of the key city of El Fasher, is "the sum of all our fears," says human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond. "RSF is killing at a scale and a velocity that I haven’t seen since Rwanda."
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The world continues to ignore Sudan and every day, things get worse. So much suffering met with silence.
Staggering atrocities in Sudan.
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan
Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSF
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The world continues to ignore Sudan and every day, things get worse. So much suffering met with silence.
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“I hate gay Halloween,” writes @alexicon.bsky.social. “What do you mean you’re going as the ’80s synthpop–inspired mourning fugue-state fever dream of a college professor from a late 2000s animated web short?” thewalrus.ca/halloween-is-sca...
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“I hate gay Halloween,” writes @alexicon.bsky.social. “What do you mean you’re going as the ’80s synthpop–inspired mourning fugue-state fever dream of a college professor from a late 2000s animated web short?” thewalrus.ca/halloween-is-sca...
that's a montrealer 😭
November 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
that's a montrealer 😭
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i recognize this will be one of the least relatable takes of the year, but the walrus has excerpted my essay about my troubled relationship with halloween and my attempt to untangle it a bit. hopefully this finds at least one other person who feels bad for not loving halloween…
For most kids, Halloween was fun. For writer @alexicon.bsky.social, it was terrifying. Not because of ghosts or goblins, but because costumes had a kind of power. "People donned them and became different somehow.” thewalrus.ca/halloween-is-sca...
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
i recognize this will be one of the least relatable takes of the year, but the walrus has excerpted my essay about my troubled relationship with halloween and my attempt to untangle it a bit. hopefully this finds at least one other person who feels bad for not loving halloween…
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For most kids, Halloween was fun. For writer @alexicon.bsky.social, it was terrifying. Not because of ghosts or goblins, but because costumes had a kind of power. "People donned them and became different somehow.” thewalrus.ca/halloween-is-sca...
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
For most kids, Halloween was fun. For writer @alexicon.bsky.social, it was terrifying. Not because of ghosts or goblins, but because costumes had a kind of power. "People donned them and became different somehow.” thewalrus.ca/halloween-is-sca...
i recognize this will be one of the least relatable takes of the year, but the walrus has excerpted my essay about my troubled relationship with halloween and my attempt to untangle it a bit. hopefully this finds at least one other person who feels bad for not loving halloween…
For most kids, Halloween was fun. For writer @alexicon.bsky.social, it was terrifying. Not because of ghosts or goblins, but because costumes had a kind of power. "People donned them and became different somehow.” thewalrus.ca/halloween-is-sca...
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
i recognize this will be one of the least relatable takes of the year, but the walrus has excerpted my essay about my troubled relationship with halloween and my attempt to untangle it a bit. hopefully this finds at least one other person who feels bad for not loving halloween…
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the year is 2029.... "left" & "right" are useless as terms to describe political ideologies because everyone's forgotten how to read & write. the president is an amazon ring doorbell. hamburger costs $800. trees have touch screens on them & they put ads between birdsongs
October 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
the year is 2029.... "left" & "right" are useless as terms to describe political ideologies because everyone's forgotten how to read & write. the president is an amazon ring doorbell. hamburger costs $800. trees have touch screens on them & they put ads between birdsongs
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I've pledged not to write for the NYT until it reviews its anti-Palestinian bias, retracts "Screams Without Words," and calls for a U.S. arms embargo on Israel. I'm honored to join Catherine Lacey, Kiese Laymon, Sally Rooney, and many more in this www.boycottdivestunsubscribe.com/opinion-boyc...
No Opinion — The New York Times: Boycott, Divest, Unsubscribe
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October 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I've pledged not to write for the NYT until it reviews its anti-Palestinian bias, retracts "Screams Without Words," and calls for a U.S. arms embargo on Israel. I'm honored to join Catherine Lacey, Kiese Laymon, Sally Rooney, and many more in this www.boycottdivestunsubscribe.com/opinion-boyc...
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Those of us struggling to pay bills hear Carney’s talk of “sacrifices” with fury.
WHAT IS GALEN WESTON SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS DAVID THOMSON SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS EDWARD ROGERS SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS CHIP WILSON SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS GALEN WESTON SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS DAVID THOMSON SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS EDWARD ROGERS SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS CHIP WILSON SACRIFICING?
Carney says Canada should prepare for ‘sacrifices’ as he outlines plan for budget | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadians should be ready for some “challenges” and “sacrifices” in a speech outlining some of his government’s priorities for the upcoming budget.
www.cbc.ca
October 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Those of us struggling to pay bills hear Carney’s talk of “sacrifices” with fury.
WHAT IS GALEN WESTON SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS DAVID THOMSON SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS EDWARD ROGERS SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS CHIP WILSON SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS GALEN WESTON SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS DAVID THOMSON SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS EDWARD ROGERS SACRIFICING?
WHAT IS CHIP WILSON SACRIFICING?
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Hey Ontario. Please pay attention to this. It's fucking terrifying. As a renter I rely on rent control in order to, you know, LIVE, and this threatens to take it away from me and most people I know.
Write to your MPP. Call Ford's office. I don't even know what to think right now. Fuck Ford, man.
Write to your MPP. Call Ford's office. I don't even know what to think right now. Fuck Ford, man.
In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
October 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hey Ontario. Please pay attention to this. It's fucking terrifying. As a renter I rely on rent control in order to, you know, LIVE, and this threatens to take it away from me and most people I know.
Write to your MPP. Call Ford's office. I don't even know what to think right now. Fuck Ford, man.
Write to your MPP. Call Ford's office. I don't even know what to think right now. Fuck Ford, man.
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It's officially the pub day for "DILF: DID I LEAVE FEMINISM!" I can't show you a photo of my book on my desk because I DON'T HAVE ONE! You can get one, though, from your LOCAL BOOKSHOP! Here is A USEFUL LINK! bookshop.org/p/books/dilf...
DILF: Did I Leave Feminism?
Did I Leave Feminism?
bookshop.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's officially the pub day for "DILF: DID I LEAVE FEMINISM!" I can't show you a photo of my book on my desk because I DON'T HAVE ONE! You can get one, though, from your LOCAL BOOKSHOP! Here is A USEFUL LINK! bookshop.org/p/books/dilf...
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Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
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If a ceasefire holds, you boycott Israel HARDER, you divest, you push for sanctions. You don't perform for apartheid. You don't whitewash genocide. You don't pretend like Israel isn't still a violent occupier stealing land and collectively punishing Palestinians daily
October 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If a ceasefire holds, you boycott Israel HARDER, you divest, you push for sanctions. You don't perform for apartheid. You don't whitewash genocide. You don't pretend like Israel isn't still a violent occupier stealing land and collectively punishing Palestinians daily