Friday, April 05, 2019

Some Tweets from Jessica Valenti

Some  Tweets from Jessica Valenti:





  1. The men who are bothered by the response to Biden should be asking themselves why their desire to hug women without asking trumps women’s desire to feel respected.
  2. Again, it’s this idea that women are only allowed to complain about the “monsters.” That anything not rising to the level of rape or violence is unimportant.
  3. “Why are we talking about this thing that women care about and impacts their daily lives?”
  4. This this this
  5. When women talk about the every day indignities we face - the too close hugs, the shoulder rubs - a huge hurdle is the fear that we'll be accused of overreacting. That we'll be laughed at. Biden is proving that fear correct.
  6. This honestly really pisses me off
  7. Biden taking this about as seriously as I suspected
  8.   Retweeted
    Hell of a cartoon in The New Yorker


  1. Am so looking forward to a presidential debate where each old man trades barbs on how many women's shoulders/pussies have been grabbed. That will be fun and awesome for sure.
  2. Protect at all costs
  3. I can see it now: a whole speaker's bureau of "reformed" men making 20k a speech during sexual assault awareness month
  4. *Of course* the men who jerked off in front of their colleagues are going to re-emerge as sexual harassment experts. Truly next level.
  5.   Retweeted
    Wish dudes could also connect the dots that a decline in sex might also have something to do with women feeling more empowered to say no
  6.   Retweeted
    for the , I wrote about the history of New York's lionhearted congresswomen, a league of unbossed women who led the way for .
  7. Will never get used to the handsy racist uncle you block on Facebook being president



  1. I think there's another column in me about the way women are meant to feel like we are "biased" about men's bad behavior when in fact we're the most reliable narrators possible. We have PhDs in this shit.
  2. To those who characterize what Biden does as "friendliness" or say women are just misreading the situation: We have been dealing with these kinds of interactions since, unfortunately, childhood. We are the experts in what they mean.
  3.   Retweeted
    Hello! I was on with talking about Shrill and the importance of fat representation
  4. Just when I thought I was done with Twitter, it bestows this beautiful gift
  5.   Retweeted
    "It’s about the daily indignities women are expected to put up with because those experiences fall short of explicit harassment or assault," writes


  1.   Retweeted
    "Every shoulder rub and unwanted kiss tells us how little our personal space, privacy, and dignity really mean. Women are reminded of our place again and again and again. And then, when we’re told it’s all in our heads, we’re reminded one more time."
  2. I wrote about Joe Biden & the everyday infringements that chip away at women's sense of safety and bodily autonomy