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<title><![CDATA[Jessica Valenti - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16086.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jessica Valenti]]></description><category domain="16086">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Biden's VP Pick Isn't Being Vetted. She's Being Scrutinized]]></title>
							<link>https://gen.medium.com/the-vp-candidate-isnt-being-vetted-she-s-being-scrutinized-60d0218f6c28</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No woman will ever be seen as good enough, not even for the second-most important job]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Celebrate Abortion Victory. Then Prepare for Next Attack]]></title>
							<link>https://gen.medium.com/celebrate-this-abortion-rights-victory-then-prepare-for-the-next-attack-84288470456</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Another abortion rights disaster has been averted, but don't get complacent: More are on their way]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[American Boys in Desperate Need of an Intervention]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/opinion/feminists-misogyny-patriarchy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We fought for young women in the patriarchy first. But budding patriarchs could use some help too.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Spare Me the Calls for Civility. Trump Deserves Our Rage]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/15/samantha-bee-robert-de-niro-trump-language</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Samantha Bee and Robert De Niro have taken flak for foul language. But polite responses to Trump play right into his hands]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Myth of Conservative Feminism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/opinion/sunday/conservative-feminism.html?rref=collection%2Fissuecollection%2Ftodays-new-york-times</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The movement isn't about blind support for women in power.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[#MeToo Named the Victims. Now, Let's List the Perps]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/16/me-too-victims-perpetrators-sexual-assault</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All weekend, I heard the same two words repeated over and over from friends around the country: me too. I watched as my loved ones, family and colleagues raised their hands online to be counted as victims of sexual assault and harassment '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' a move, the viral message said, to show the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Latest Abortion Bill Is About One Thing--Hurting Women]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/05/us-abortion-bill-20-weeks-criminalize-hurt-women</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/05/us-abortion-bill-20-weeks-criminalize-hurt-women]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Majority leader, Kevin McCarthy,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' said that the goal of the bill'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' was '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'ending suffering and helping people live'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';', an ironic sentiment just three days after Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' let a health program expire'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that could leave millions of children without insurance and two days...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did You Weep During Wonder Woman? You Weren't Alone]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/08/weep-watching-wonder-woman-you-werent-alone</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a poster that hangs in my six-year-old daughter'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s room: it reads '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Wonder Woman for President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';', the superhero towering over the world she'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s doing her best to save. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a reproduction of a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 1972 Ms magazine cover, the feminist publication'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren (&amp; American Women) Won't Be Silenced]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/08/elizabeth-warren-silenced-women-mitch-mcconnell</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/08/elizabeth-warren-silenced-women-mitch-mcconnell]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans seem to be under the mistaken impression that having elected a notorious misogynist as president means that they can stifle women'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s voices without anyone noticing or caring.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The War on Abortion Is Just Beginning]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/26/war-on-abortion-donald-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve ever wondered what the oft-used and much maligned word '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'patriarchy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' looks like, you need look no further than a picture of Donald Trump, surrounded by white men, reinstating the global gag rule. The policy, which bans funding any international organization that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Supporters Deserve to be 'Vote Shamed']]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/19/hamilton-mike-pence-trump-voters-safe-space</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hey, Misogynists: Stop Denying Hillary Made History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/02/misogynist-killjoys-denying-hillary-clinton-made-history</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/02/misogynist-killjoys-denying-hillary-clinton-made-history]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over the past month, Americans have seen history made over and over again: Hillary Clinton became the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. We watched as a 102-year-old woman from Arizona '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' born before women had the right to vote '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' cast her state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Voters Care About Trump's Bad History With Women?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/19/donald-trump-bad-history-women-american-voters-sexism</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/19/donald-trump-bad-history-women-american-voters-sexism]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the strange tale of Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rise to power, it makes sense that women'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s votes are thought to be what will stop him from winning the White House. It would be poetic justice: the candidate who speaks about women as objects and animals '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the man known for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders Must Deliver More Than Platitudes on Abortion]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/22/bernie-sanders-abortion-policy-women-voters-reproductive-rights</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/22/bernie-sanders-abortion-policy-women-voters-reproductive-rights]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Women voters aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??t looking for talking points in 2016: we want candidates who will fight back against any and all restrictions on reproductive health]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, a Clinton Victory Would Be a Victory for Women]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/15/go-ahead-and-vote-for-hillary-clinton-because-she-is-a-woman</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/15/go-ahead-and-vote-for-hillary-clinton-because-she-is-a-woman]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When it comes to women in politics, the United States is pretty much the pits. Women make up half the population in this country but hold less than 20% of Congressional seats and comprise less than 25% of state legislators. The numbers for women of color are even more dismal.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' On the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cosby Finally Faces Charges, But Will He Face Justice?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/30/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-charges-courtroom-justice</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/30/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-charges-courtroom-justice]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After more than 50 women came forward with horrific stories of alleged druggings and rapes over the course of more than 30 years, Bill Cosbymay finally face a jury. Prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced today that Cosby will be charged with aggravated indecent assault, a felony in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Abortion Just an Unpleasant Medical Procedure]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/15/planned-parenthood-videos-abortion-truths</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/15/planned-parenthood-videos-abortion-truths]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Anti-choice activists began planning their next political moves on Tuesday, after a video was released of a Planned Parenthood Federation of America staffer discussing fetal tissue donation with someone claiming to represent a medical company.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Sexists Are Scared of Mad Max]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/27/sexists-are-scared-of-mad-max-because-it-is-a-call-to-dismantle-patriarchies</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/27/sexists-are-scared-of-mad-max-because-it-is-a-call-to-dismantle-patriarchies]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I hadn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t planned on seeing Mad Max: Fury Road, but once I heard that some men had declared the movie a feminist conspiracy of mass-emasculating proportions, I couldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t resist.And now I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m here to tell you that I can see why some men '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' sexist men, anyway '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' would be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Feminists Want]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/20/feminists-do-not-care-about-pink-eat-salads-shave-your-crotch</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/20/feminists-do-not-care-about-pink-eat-salads-shave-your-crotch]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Women around the world will be treated to such an extraordinary feat of feminism in 2016 that they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll scarcely know what to do with it. No, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m not talking about the first female president of the United States '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s small potatoes!]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Can't Slap On Feminist Label]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/13/feminism-isnt-a-label-republicans-can-slap-on-when-its-convenient</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/13/feminism-isnt-a-label-republicans-can-slap-on-when-its-convenient]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the lead-up to 2016, Republicans are going to have to perform some serious magic with female voters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Blame Jackie for Getting Details Wrong]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/06/jackie-uva-rape-details-rolling-stone-report</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/06/jackie-uva-rape-details-rolling-stone-report]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rolling Stone just doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t get it. Months after the magazine published a widely-criticized article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia, the details of which proved unverifiable, those responsible still refuse to take any real responsibility. Instead, editors at...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Political Correctness Isn't About Free Speech]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/28/pc-culture-freedom-of-speech-freedom-to-be-offended</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/28/pc-culture-freedom-of-speech-freedom-to-be-offended]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When a writer like New York Magazine'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Jonathan Chait feels it necessary to whine in print about his and other (mostly well-remunerated) writers'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' inability to write offensive tripe without consequence, I think: Boo-fucking-hoo. Get a real problem.A man in the UK tried to kill...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Curb Campus Sex Violence, Ban Fraternities]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/24/rape-sexual-assault-ban-frats</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/24/rape-sexual-assault-ban-frats]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When I was at Tulane University, girls were warned about the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'bad'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' fraternities: the ones that spiked the punch at parties with Everclear and maybe drugs, the kind of frats where girls got hurt. During my first week of class 18 years ago, rumours circulated about a girl on my...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Good Guys Don't Let Girls Get Raped]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/19/men-women-rape-prevention-its-on-us</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/19/men-women-rape-prevention-its-on-us]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rape jokes. Calling women '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'sluts'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'. Protecting a friend from driving drunk instead of preventing sexual assault. You know better '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s on you, too]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Constant Barrage of Sexism Women Face]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/28/yesallwomen-barage-sexism-elliot-rodger</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/28/yesallwomen-barage-sexism-elliot-rodger]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Women have had enough. The stares. The butt-grabs. The little comments. And now this: a man writes a 140-page misogynist manifesto before killing six people, and yet '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' still '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' women are called hysterical for insisting this tragedy was driven by sexism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Choice Still Matters]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/01/pregnancy-20-week-abortion-ban-mississippi</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/01/pregnancy-20-week-abortion-ban-mississippi]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Twenty-eight weeks into my pregnancy, I developed a life-threatening illness, the only cure for which was to not be pregnant. Luckily, I was far enough along that I didn't need to have an abortion to save my life, but my daughter's birth was still mired in terror.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sexism May Put Hillary in White House]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sexism-for-the-win-could-prejudice-bring-it-home-for-hillary-clinton-in-2016/2014/01/24/ee61eb00-8450-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first female president, brought to you by .'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‰').';'.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‰').';'. sexism!It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been six years since a heckler yelled '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Iron my shirt!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' at a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign event shortly before the New Hampshire primary. Since MSNBC'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Chris Matthews called Clinton...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Free Abortions on Demand Without Apology]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thenation.com/blog/175934/free-abortions-demand-without-apology#axzz2dBkjGB00</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[A &quot;Feminist Army&quot; Storms Texas]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thenation.com/article/175086/feminist-army-storms-texas#axzz2YGXGxPni</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the struggle for equality, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not always about the wins. As we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve now learned from Texas feminists, losing well'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'gloriously, even'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'can be almost as important. A sweeping abortion ban is expected to pass the state legislature nearly two weeks after it was shut down...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Feminists for the Win in 2012]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jessica Valenti</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Something strange is happening to feminists. We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re winning. The election gave us the re-election of a feminist-friendly president, a record number of women in Congress, the first openly gay US senator and wins for marriage equality in four states. There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s energy and interest on...]]></description>
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