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| It's exhausting for women to consider: this is just the tip of the iceberg | It's exhausting for women to consider: this is just the tip of the iceberg |
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| We have so much more work to do writes Jessica Valenti in The Week in Patriarchy newsletter | |
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| What’s difficult about being a feminist writer in this moment - when so many men are being outed as abusers, so many women coming forward with their stories - is that we know this is just the tip of the iceberg. | What’s difficult about being a feminist writer in this moment - when so many men are being outed as abusers, so many women coming forward with their stories - is that we know this is just the tip of the iceberg. |
| For every story that gets published, there are 10 or 20 more that will never see the light of day. All of us who do this work are hearing from women, a lot of women. | For every story that gets published, there are 10 or 20 more that will never see the light of day. All of us who do this work are hearing from women, a lot of women. |
| Some of these women will decide that they don’t want to go public after all, some won’t have their stories told because their attacker isn’t high-profile enough. There are all sorts of reasons that not everyone’s story gets told. But they’re there. | Some of these women will decide that they don’t want to go public after all, some won’t have their stories told because their attacker isn’t high-profile enough. There are all sorts of reasons that not everyone’s story gets told. But they’re there. |
| So as we continue to read and shake our heads in disappointment, remember that this is just a tiny fraction of the horror women are enduring. We have so much more work to do. | So as we continue to read and shake our heads in disappointment, remember that this is just a tiny fraction of the horror women are enduring. We have so much more work to do. |
| Glass Half Full | Glass Half Full |
| If all else is getting you down, at least you’re not this guy. | If all else is getting you down, at least you’re not this guy. |
| What I’m RTing | What I’m RTing |
| amid all of this, i honestly still can’t believe that the person who literally admitted to sexual assault *on tape* is in the white house. it’s just astonishing | amid all of this, i honestly still can’t believe that the person who literally admitted to sexual assault *on tape* is in the white house. it’s just astonishing |
| "They're kneeling to protest police violence.""Awful!""He preyed on a 14 yr old.""Well she's not 14 anymore so what's the problem?" | "They're kneeling to protest police violence.""Awful!""He preyed on a 14 yr old.""Well she's not 14 anymore so what's the problem?" |
| "Whoa if true" is not an acceptable answer to four women alleging pedophilia on the record | "Whoa if true" is not an acceptable answer to four women alleging pedophilia on the record |
| All these GOP senators say they’ll disavow Moore “if” the allegations are true. What is the level of proof they require? Only if Moore fesses up? Women are on the record. | All these GOP senators say they’ll disavow Moore “if” the allegations are true. What is the level of proof they require? Only if Moore fesses up? Women are on the record. |
| This is the future liberals want https://t.co/nRMqkOiU0s | This is the future liberals want https://t.co/nRMqkOiU0s |
| Who I’m reading | Who I’m reading |
| Emily Nussbaum on the Louis CK allegations; a sex therapist on why men force women to watch them masturbate; and Jia Tolentino on “Listening to What Trump’s Accusers Have Told Us” | Emily Nussbaum on the Louis CK allegations; a sex therapist on why men force women to watch them masturbate; and Jia Tolentino on “Listening to What Trump’s Accusers Have Told Us” |
| What I’m writing | What I’m writing |
| On Louis CK, Roy Moore and how the #MeToo movement might come to an end. | On Louis CK, Roy Moore and how the #MeToo movement might come to an end. |
| How outraged I am | How outraged I am |
| On a scale of one to ten, I’m just really, really tired. | On a scale of one to ten, I’m just really, really tired. |
| How I’m making it through this week | How I’m making it through this week |
| Trying to channel this laughing baby seal. | Trying to channel this laughing baby seal. |
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