Jessica Valenti

Type: Person

Name: Jessica Valenti

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Oh, Those Missing Girls? Cleveland PD Is Going To Have Some Splaining To Do

Cleveland PD has been celebrating today at the marvelous return to the living of three young women (and a tiny girl born into captivity) who were snatched a decade ago by three of the ugliest motherfuckers we have ever had the misfortune of eyeballing. ... [Published Wonkette - May 08 2013]

Entities: Cleveland (Ohio, United States), Ariel Castro, Police, Jessica Valenti

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Honeybee Deaths and Climate Whiplash, Explained

Why have so many honeybees died off? "Since 2006, millions of bees have been dying in a phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder RELATED: Chart in hand, Jordan Weissmann explains how oil shales in North Dakota RELATED: Jessica Valenti takes stock ... [Published Yahoo! News - May 03 2013]

Entities: Honeybee, Climate, Jessica Valenti, Climate Research

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Center for Reproductive Rights

Hey FDA, Why the Age Restriction on Morning After Pill … Plan B?

CONTRACEPTION POLITICS - Tuesday, the FDA announced that it will make Plan B—also known as emergency contraception (EC) or the morning after pill—available over the counter to women older than 15 years old who can prove their age.This decision comes less ... [Published City Watch - May 03 2013]

Entities: Sex, Jessica Valenti, Cecile Richards, Pregnancy, Center for Reproductive Rights

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images No ID? No Plan B

Plan B, an emergency contraception that should be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy, will be available over-the-counter to women age 15 and up.The Tuesday announcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) might sound like ... [Published ABC News - May 02 2013]

Entities: Justin Sullivan, No I.D., Contraceptive, Jessica Valenti

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

National Organization For Women

Why the White House is fighting greater access to the morning-after pill

Help hold the government accountable Earlier this week, the FDA announced that the morning-after pill would be available to women ages 15 and older without a prescription down from the previous age limit of 17.But that has hardly pleased reproductive ... [Published The Week Magazine - May 02 2013]

Entities: White House, Sex, Federal Court, Jessica Valenti, National Organization For Women

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Hey, FDA: Drop the Plan B Age Restriction

From: Jessica Valenti Jessica Valenti We can’t let our discomfort with teen sex trump young people’s right to reproductive health. ... [Published The Nation: All Blog Posts - May 01 2013]

Entities: Jessica Valenti, Sex

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Contraceptives Are the Root of All Evil Dandelions

Religious conservatives are coming for your contraceptives. Really. They are. (Click image for larger version. Via Jessica Valenti .) [ Comment on this story ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] ... [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Contraceptive, Jessica Valenti, Religion

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 2 reports

People 4.29.13

CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” will have less of the “half” next season. The network has renewed the show for an 11th season and is working to re-sign actor Angus T. Jones in a recurring role rather than as a regular cast member, according to multiple reports. ... [Published Media Life Magazine - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Matt Jones, Hanley Wood, Joshua Clover, Michael Sorkin

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

News tweets: Bush Library and Tylenol

here is the news making waves in America - in 140 characters or less.1. Virgin America now allows you to send drinks to people on flights, taking making an ass of yourself & getting rejected to new heights.Copywriter Mark Campbell (@mrwordsworth) is not ... [Published BBC - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Tylenol, Jill Abramson, Virgin America Inc, Kevin Curtis

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Trust Us, It's Sexist.

From: Jessica Valenti Jessica Valenti ... [Published The Nation: All Blog Posts - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Jessica Valenti

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Don’t wait for perfect: Why women should embrace a ‘good enough’ life

Elsa Walsh is the author of Divided Lives: The Public and Private Struggles of Three American Women. She is a former Washington Post reporter and New Yorker staff writer. This essay is adapted from a speech she delivered at St. Marys College of Maryland ... [Published Washington Post - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Sheryl Sandberg, Feminism, Connie Schultz, Jessica Valenti, Katharine Weymouth

First reported Jan 30 2013 - Updated Jan 31 2013 - 2 reports

Why Are Feminists So Angry

by Jessica Valenti, The Nation, USA- I’m grateful for the generation that came before me who continue to fight and who paved the way. I’m grateful for all of the amazing young activists who fight this fight despite being told over and over again that ... [Published Byline Portal - Jan 31 2013]

Entities: Jessica Valenti, United States

More Content

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Oh, Those Missing Girls? Cleveland PD Is Going ... [Published Wonkette - May 08 2013]
Elizabeth Smart Says Pro-Abstinence Sex Ed Harm... [Published Slate - The XX Factor - May 06 2013]
Japan’s Child Pop. shrinks By 150,000 to a reco... [Published Quick Take - As It Happens - May 05 2013]
Honeybee Deaths and Climate Whiplash, Explained [Published Yahoo! News - May 03 2013]
Hey FDA, Why the Age Restriction on Morning Aft... [Published City Watch - May 03 2013]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images No ID? No Plan B [Published ABC News - May 02 2013]
Why the White House is fighting greater access ... [Published The Week Magazine - May 02 2013]
Hey, FDA: Drop the Plan B Age Restriction [Published The Nation: All Blog Posts - May 01 2013]
Contraceptives Are the Root of All Evil Dandelions [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Apr 29 2013]
People 4.29.13 [Published Media Life Magazine - Apr 28 2013]
People list 4.29.13 [Published Media Life Magazine - Apr 28 2013]
News tweets: Bush Library and Tylenol [Published BBC - Apr 27 2013]
Trust Us, It's Sexist. [Published The Nation: All Blog Posts - Apr 26 2013]
NYT's Abramson finds defenders online [Published Politico - Apr 24 2013]
Don’t wait for perfect: Why women should embrac... [Published Washington Post - Apr 19 2013]
Sex crimes, Audrie Pott, and our children: how ... [Published Star Ledger - Apr 17 2013]
Blogger to speak at UNI event on Wednesday [Published Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier - Apr 16 2013]
The Marriage Con [Published The Nation: All Blog Posts - Apr 10 2013]
University of North Carolina Faces Backlash For... [Published Think Progress - Apr 02 2013]
Stroganoff Over Science? [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Apr 02 2013]
What’s So Funny About Steubenville? [Published The Nation: All Blog Posts - Mar 22 2013]
VIEWPOINT: ‘Kindergartners Shouldn’t Be Taught ... [Published Think Progress - Mar 17 2013]
Only 'Yes' Means Yes: What Steubenville's Rape ... [Published The Nation: All Blog Posts - Mar 15 2013]
Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men... [Published The Nation: All Blog Posts - Mar 12 2013]
Corporate Feminism And The Class Divide, Ctd [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Mar 08 2013]
Corporate Feminism And The Class Divide [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Mar 06 2013]
VIEWPOINT: Why We Need To Stop ‘Mansplaining’ [Published Think Progress - Mar 03 2013]
American Horror Story [Published The Nation: All Blog Posts - Feb 15 2013]
Fox Uses Lesbian Photo for 'Traditional' Marria... [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Feb 12 2013]
Oops! FoxNews.com Uses Pic of Same Sex Wedding ... [Published Crooks and Liars - Feb 11 2013]

Blogs

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Oh, Those Missing Girls? Cleveland PD Is Going ... [Published Wonkette - May 08 2013] Cleveland PD has been celebrating today at the marvelous return to the living of three young women (and a tiny girl born into captivity) who were snatched a decade ago by three of the ugliest motherfuckers we have ever had the misfortune of eyeballing. ...
Elizabeth Smart Says Pro-Abstinence Sex Ed Harm... [Published Slate - The XX Factor - May 06 2013] In 2004, 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her Salt Lake City home, held captive in the mountains, and raped repeatedly for nine months. Since her escape, she has emerged as an advocate for human trafficking victims—and recently, a critic ...
Japan’s Child Pop. shrinks By 150,000 to a reco... [Published Quick Take - As It Happens - May 05 2013] India has more children than the total population of any country in the world – except China. <a title="How about doing a few things just coz they are right? Mebbe not 'necessarily' 'profitable'\|Joel Pett, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, Cartoonists ...
Hey, FDA: Drop the Plan B Age Restriction [Published The Nation: All Blog Posts - May 01 2013] From: Jessica Valenti Jessica Valenti We can’t let our discomfort with teen sex trump young people’s right to reproductive health. ...
Contraceptives Are the Root of All Evil Dandelions [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Apr 29 2013] Religious conservatives are coming for your contraceptives. Really. They are. (Click image for larger version. Via Jessica Valenti .) [ Comment on this story ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] ...

Audio/Video

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Fox Uses Lesbian Photo for 'Traditional' Marria... [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Feb 12 2013]