What’s So Funny About Steubenville? What’s So Funny About Steubenville?
Decades of feminist work on rape awareness may have changed policy, but it has done little to change the culture.
Mar 22, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
Only ‘Yes’ Means Yes: What Steubenville’s Rape Trial Reminds Us About Sexual Consent Only ‘Yes’ Means Yes: What Steubenville’s Rape Trial Reminds Us About Sexual Consent
Without an affirmative consent model, rapists will continue to go free based on outrageous arguments about whether or not their victim didn’t want it enough.
Mar 15, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman
Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope
When you argue that it’s impossible to stop rape, what you’re really saying is, I don’t care enough to do anything about it.
Mar 12, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
Battling Feminist Burnout Battling Feminist Burnout
Here’s how to stay up in a downer world.
Mar 1, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
American Horror Story: Oscar Pistorius and Misogynist Myth-Making American Horror Story: Oscar Pistorius and Misogynist Myth-Making
The lies we tell about domestic violence are killing women.
Feb 15, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
To My Male Relatives on Facebook Who ‘Like’ Sexism To My Male Relatives on Facebook Who ‘Like’ Sexism
Don’t click for misogyny!
Feb 4, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
Why Are Feminists So Angry? Why Are Feminists So Angry?
Jessica Valenti speaks to Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast in Texas about anger, activism, and reproductive rights.
Jan 30, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
Why Ending the Ban on Women in Combat Is Good for All Women Why Ending the Ban on Women in Combat Is Good for All Women
Putting women on the frontlines is about much more than military policy.
Jan 25, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
No Justice for College Rape Victims No Justice for College Rape Victims
New allegations at UNC remind us how bad our campus rape problem really is.
Jan 18, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
Asking For It Asking For It
Victim-blaming is the ultimate reminder of how little women matter.
Jan 11, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti