We No Longer Have the Luxury of Sheltering in Place
We may not be able to recall when we first heard the term “shelter in place” but it is being bandied about frequently now that… Read More »We No Longer Have the Luxury of Sheltering in Place
We may not be able to recall when we first heard the term “shelter in place” but it is being bandied about frequently now that… Read More »We No Longer Have the Luxury of Sheltering in Place
God help me. I grew up once upon a time when colleges didn’t provide safe spaces, when sexual harassment was de rigueur, when date rape… Read More »What Not To Wear: Caitlyn Jenner Style
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Full Disclosure: I do not like whiners. Especially adult whiners. Especially adults who constantly whine about how hard child-rearing is. (With this caveat: if you… Read More »Hey Whiny Parents, Get Over Yourselves!
Dear Jessica: At 36, I was still getting catcalled in the street. At 46, I was being accosted by men on the streets of Paris… Read More »Dear Jessica Valenti, You’re Missing the Cat Calls?
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A couple of days ago a “Dear Abby” column had a letter in it from a 16-year-old girl who works in the food service industry… Read More »I Was a Teenaged Feminist?
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Someone recently said to me that the reason something is in the news, what makes it newsworthy, is the huge chance that it won’t happen… Read More »The Rise (Again) of the Celebrity Feminist.