Jessica Valenti column
Daily commentary on feminism, politics, culture and more from
Jessica Valenti
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The New York Times obituary of Adele Morales proves that there is indeed such a thing as postmortem misogyny
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The right to have an abortion is about bodily integrity, equality and, yes, family
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It’s relief for a lot of us to finally see periods being talked about in a frank, forward-looking way
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It’s watching a male colleague get mentored while you’re ignored or seeing the best projects passed on to men first. And it won’t stop until men decide it must
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Attacking research on abortion has a chilling effect on academic freedom, free speech – and women’s health
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No matter what a rape victim does after being attacked, the end result is not likely to fall in her favor
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The disconnect among men about how much they’re doing around the house may lay in the fact that women are much more likely to do mental work
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Nothing is better than embracing the profound uncoolness of getting older
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The way that police officers get away with their crimes serves as an important reminder about how women are discredited when it comes to rape accusations
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When Jase Dillan turned a camera on a man allegedly filming women’s clothed privates on a public street, he said he doesn’t need permission – and he’s right
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The supreme court justice affectionately called the ‘Notorious RBG’ is just one example of a successful woman who could count on a supportive hubby
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The movement never ended its abusive tactics, but it reared its ugly head this week to silence women who planned to speak about harassment at SXSW
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Expecting dance teams to smile and sit pretty as they’re scandalously underpaid is still common across the United States
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The more we applaud men, even those we disagree with, for talking about about their desire to have a balanced work life, the more we change the culture
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Classes on consent give people the tools they need to weed rapists out of their communities - to make abusers easier to pick out and victims easier to help
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Barbie has been a paleontologist, a computer engineer and a presidential candidate. But she has a long way to go before she can embody empowerment
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Sexual harassment rules made in the 1990s with a similar sense of dire societal need not only didn’t make us hate men – they didn’t end sexual harassment
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The move to remove nudes from the magazine has more to do with business than progress
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I resent that I have to tell my daughter anything about guns. I resent that I have to be afraid for her
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Women (and men) across the country have gone there when they couldn’t go anywhere else – and that makes them loyal and grateful
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Those intent on destroying access to abortion live in a dream world where they are right and just, even as they are continually provided evidence to the contrary
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Men need to step up and actually help women out at home and at work. We need them to take active responsibility for their faults
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Children should be learning about menstruation as part of everyday life and conversation, not necessarily a rite of passage
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One day, deriding sexual assault victims for drinking will be as unthinkable as suggesting a married woman signed on to sex on demand
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Young activists do the work they do because of what came before - not in spite of it. Still they shouldn’t have to constantly pay homage to older generations
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To stop domestic violence homicides and show victims a modicum of respect we must – at the very least – call the crimes what they really are
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A new $79m initiative to tackle the backlog won’t address the fact that many officers still treat rape survivors with suspicion and scorn
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Wading into comments sections is like working a second shift where you willingly subject yourself to attacks from people you’ve never met
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This anti-discrimination rhetoric is just the latest stop in the anti-choice movement’s evolution towards a more mainstream-friendly image
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Celebrities like Amandla Stenberg and Rowan Blanchard disprove the old misconception that young women aren’t involved in the movement
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Conservative presidential hopefuls are handing the future Democratic nominee a mighty large sword to wield against them in the general election
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Fewer than one-third of universities sampled in a recent study carried basic information like how to report the crime or gave out a hotline number
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My aspirational self is so much more fun than the boring me, and more serene than the chaotic me
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Virginia Wesleyan College is demanding that a former student reveal all of her past sexual partners in response to a lawsuit she filed against the school
Violent anti-choice rhetoric must end, or anti-abortion violence never will