Jessica Valenti
The New York Times
New York, United States
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Opinion | Unvaxxed, Unmasked and Putting Our Kids at Risk
Yes, this is a rant against irrationality and vaccines. → Read More
Opinion | How Many Women Have to Die to End ‘Temptation’?
The Atlanta murders follow a terrible pattern of misogynist violence. → Read More
Women Will Bear the Burden of Getting Our Aging Parents Vaccinated
Just as we've been doing the bulk of the pandemic childcare. → Read More
The Left’s Misogyny Problem
All sexism is bad, but there’s nothing quite as frustrating as sexism from supposed progressives. Women have come to expect misogyny from the right — under this administration, it’s practically their… → Read More
It Will Be Hard to Get Over What Happened to Elizabeth Warren
Watching the Massachusetts senator lose, I once again have to confront America's sexism. → Read More
Having a Preemie Made Me More Pro-Choice
I'm not going to let Trump use the struggle my daughter faced as an infant as a reason to take away her rights as an adult. → Read More
The Question ‘Pro-Lifers’ Refuse to Answer
The March for Life protesters refuse to face the realities of abortion. → Read More
Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Have No Idea How Women’s Bodies Work
Last night, the Alabama Senate voted to make abortion illegal from the moment of conception, punishable by 99 years in prison, with no exceptions for rape or incest. It will be the most extreme… → Read More
What Does #MeToo Repentance Look Like?
Every year during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, I speak on college campuses about sexual violence in the U.S. Each school is different, but there’s one question I’ve heard some iteration of over… → Read More
The “Woke” Men Who Still Want Housewives – Jessica Valenti –
Before my husband, Andrew, and I got married, he was in a book club made up mostly of progressive men. In one meeting, after reading about the disproportionate work women do in taking care of… → Read More
The Gaslighting of American Women – Jessica Valenti –
After Donald Trump mocked Dr. Christine Blasey Ford at a rally in Mississippi this week — a new low for the president of lows — I couldn’t muster the energy to be outraged. Even as the crowd chanted… → Read More
Christine Blasey Ford & Cultural Amnesia: Women didn’t report date rape in 1982
This morning, Donald Trump tweeted, “if the attack on Dr. → Read More
How Very Bad Men Get Away With Rape – Jessica Valenti –
It can be easy to forget that sexual assault is a crime committed by a very small percentage of the male population. You might think otherwise, considering how many women have come forward in the… → Read More
Kids Don’t Damage Women’s Careers — Men Do – Jessica Valenti –
One of the most pernicious modern myths about motherhood is that having kids will damage your career. Women are told that we need to choose between our jobs or our children, or that we’ll spend our… → Read More
Activists have already started preparing for the end of Roe v Wade
An effort is under way to decriminalize self-induced abortion, thanks to the assumption our rights will be overturned → Read More
What Feminists Can Do for Boys
We fought for young women in the patriarchy first. But budding patriarchs could use some help too. → Read More
Why do US women who earn more than their husbands lie about it?
The fact that couples fudge earnings to suit traditional gender roles reminds us why the domestic sphere is still a battleground → Read More
The 'pro-life' conservatives' hypocrisy over children makes me sick
Put aside unborn children for a moment – let’s talk about the children already here who Republicans have abandoned → Read More
Most US mass shootings are domestic violence – and don't make major news
A tragic incident in Alabama this week reminds me that women have long been canaries in the coal mine of male violence → Read More
The US government is abusing children – we can't stop being urgently ashamed
The US is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis perpetrated by the Trump administration, and the worst is not yet over → Read More