Melissa Petro

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Melissa Petro has written for Time, The Guardian, The Washington Post, New York, Rolling Stone, Real Simple, Marie Claire, and many other places. She is the author of Shame on You: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortification.

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She is the latest in a long line of women who have survived mass-media humiliation. We are survivors, but we will always be surviving.

Sep 10, 2024 / Melissa Petro

Bloomberg Forced Me From My Teaching Job After He Learned I’d Been a Sex Worker

Bloomberg Forced Me From My Teaching Job After He Learned I’d Been a Sex Worker Bloomberg Forced Me From My Teaching Job After He Learned I’d Been a Sex Worker

Elizabeth Warren’s devastating confrontation with the former mayor over allegations of sexual harassment made “billionaire” the dirty word—and made me feel respected.

Feb 26, 2020 / Melissa Petro

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