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Jessica Valenti

@jessicavalenti.bsky.social
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Parents of boys - please make sure they’re speaking up now, not just doing the right thing in the future 🙏 #cornell
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Reproductive Freedom for All @reproductivefreedomforall.org · 02/10/2026
There's been a lot of repro news this week. Let @jessicavalenti.bsky.social and @mintimm.bsky.social break it down for you. Join them for The Week in Abortion LIVE at 4pm ET open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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LIVE SOON: The Week in Abortion: LIVE with Jessica Valenti and Mini Timmaraju
Starting Oct 2 at 4:00 PM EDT
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
LIVE NOW with @mintimm.bsky.social of Reproductive Freedom for All to catch up on this absolute deluge of news from the past week. If you need a debrief join us here: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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LIVE NOW: The Week in Abortion: LIVE with Jessica Valenti and Mini Timmaraju
Jessica Valenti on Substack
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Let’s be clear: this is *the* fight.
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EXPLAINER: Shield Laws Under Siege
Everything you need to know about the two new lawsuits targeting abortion providers & pro-choice states
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is a big f’ing deal. Story at the newsletter right now, and full explainer coming soon (so make sure you’re subscribed to AED) Three anti-abortion states are asking the Supreme Court to allow them to extradite abortion providers from pro-choice states.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I know a lot of us have already clocked the victim blaming—but it’s about to get much worse #cornell
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think its important to understand the campus sexual assault crisis is way worse than you think. universities suspend just 1/12,400 students each year for sexual misconduct & expel 1/22,900. once you read title ix administrators in their own words, you get a sense why that is:
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Not Only Do Campus Sexual Assailants Go Unpunished, They Often Get Special Treatment
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m genuinely worried that he weakened her civil case with this statement out of petty fury that he’s rightfully getting heat for not pressing charges against rapists. He clearly isn’t interested in seeing her succeed and he basically called her a liar—a huge gift to the civil defense
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republican states are asking the Supreme Court to let them extradite abortion providers. Here's what we know so far
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BREAKING: Republicans File Supreme Court Suit to End Shield Laws
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: Republican attorneys general from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas have filed two sweeping lawsuits targeting dozens of providers who ship abortion pills—and the blue states that protect them.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How is it possible that we’re still here twelve years later
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know we’re all thinking about what happened at Cornell. But I also can’t stop thinking about Emma Sulkowicz and all the other young women forced to carry that weight. Read my column at the newsletter 💜
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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Mostly-male cops and prosecutors find it more believable that a 20-year-old would want to have sex with a room full of fraternity brothers than accept that she was raped. What ever happened to common fucking sense?”
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In 2014, I interviewed a Columbia University student who went from class to class carrying the mattress she was raped on—a protest performance piece to remind college administrators what they put on her shoulders. Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.
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Carrying That Weight—Again
I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case. It hurts my heart to think about how little has changed. It’s been nearly twenty years since I published Yes Means Yes! how is it possible that we’re still begging for the same scraps of humanity?
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Carrying That Weight—Again
I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don’t think banning (traditional) frats will magically “fix” anything overnight—and there’s a lot it doesn’t address. But when so much SA is centered around one specific area of campus life, it’s worth taking about #cornell
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The good news? Most women trust their healthcare provider for accurate information—that means it’s more important than ever that we make healthcare accessible to young women!
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thanks to 10 News in Tennessee for sharing Amanda Jablonski’s story. We cannot let these nightmares become normalized.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don’t even know what to say anymore jessica.substack.com/p/her-baby-h...
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Atlas Mugged (N95 Duckbill 😷)✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"We already have travel bans in this country. We just don't call them that." —Jessica Valenti
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Abortion, Every Day spoke to a woman whose state refused to let her cross state lines for an abortion. Don’t tell me Republicans will never criminalize travel—they already do. Pieces like this make me so proud to work with @kylietcheung.bsky.social
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She Wanted An Abortion. The State Wouldn’t Let Her Leave
Travel bans are already here—we just don’t talk about them
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
As a teen, S faced a felony charge over a vape pen. 5 years later, that charge—& the routine dehumanization of navigating the criminal legal system—would trap S in her anti-abortion state & force her to give birth. For some groups, abortion travel bans are already here—we just don’t call them that:
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She Wanted An Abortion. The State Wouldn’t Let Her Leave
Travel bans are already here—we just don’t talk about them
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The EPA will test America's drinking water for abortion medication & birth control—caving to a years-long pressure campaign from anti-abortion extremists.
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BREAKING: EPA Will Test Drinking Water for Abortion Pills & Contraception
The federal agency just caved to years of anti-abortion pressure
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
LIVE NOW to recap the week in abortion news and stories. Join me here: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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LIVE SOON: Jessica Valenti Live: This Week In Abortion & Ask Me Anything
Starting Sep 11 at 3:30 PM EDT
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Silvered Mane @silvered-mane.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Most important article you will read today. Post Dobbs, anything is possible if we don't keep our eye on the ball.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This isn’t run-of-the-mill conservative outrage or harmless thought exercises. It’s a political trial balloon. Conservatives are looking for any reason at all to broadly subjugate women, and they see the furor around Clancy’s case as their best opportunity in years.
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The Real Stakes of the Lindsay Clancy Gender War
Conservatives are using a Massachusetts murder case to argue for an end to women’s voting rights
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s normalization that keeps me up at night. Big thanks to @propublica.org for their always-excellent work. I wish it wasn’t necessary.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
YUCK TIMES A THOUSAND Go to tarapark01 on TikTok for the full video but my mind is totally blown
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Today in my TikTok algorithm: AI is going to kill us all but at least we’ll have an apple flip phone 🙃
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today's newsletter: -Texas has delayed its maternal mortality report until after the midterms -Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled -Conservatives want abortion on the 2028 ballot in Massachusetts -A Louisiana business gives little girls pretend ultrasounds before they "adopt" dolls 🙃
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Report: Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Doubled
9.9.26
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Horrific though unsurprising report from @propublica.org: Ectopic pregnancy deaths have basically doubled since the end of Roe
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing oral arguments this morning in FDA v. Louisiana—the biggest challenge to abortion rights since the end of Roe. @kylietcheung.bsky.social are hanging out on a live chat to answer questions and shoot the shit. Join us rn:
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Jessica Valenti in Abortion, Every Day
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will be hearing oral arguments in the mifepristone case (Louisiana v. FDA) Wednesday starting at 10am ET. The ongoing federal lawsuit is one of the largest challenges...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The Right needs Americans to believe that pregnancy is only positive. They can pretend that forcing women into childbirth isn’t a nightmare, but a gift” The Right are terrified of women uniting & demanding an end to the patriarchy. The Clancy case is a trial balloon. Pay attention:
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This isn’t run-of-the-mill conservative outrage or harmless thought exercises. It’s a political trial balloon. Conservatives are looking for any reason at all to broadly subjugate women, and they see the furor around Clancy’s case as their best opportunity in years.
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The Real Stakes of the Lindsay Clancy Gender War
Conservatives are using a Massachusetts murder case to argue for an end to women’s voting rights
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Conservatives have a major political interest in rejecting Lindsay Clancy’s legal defense. If they concede postpartum psychosis is real, they’ll also have to admit that pregnancy and childbirth are dangerous for women’s mental health. And that could take down their abortion politics entirely
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The Real Stakes of the Lindsay Clancy Gender War
Conservatives are using a Massachusetts murder case to argue for an end to women’s voting rights
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I just published an uncharacteristically long piece on what conservatives' response to the Lindsay Clancy case really means. I hope you'll take the time to read it—I think it's important
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The Real Stakes of the Lindsay Clancy Gender War
Conservatives are using a Massachusetts murder case to argue for an end to women’s voting rights
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The last time I saw Gloria Steinem, I got to sing her happy birthday. Before she blew out the candles, she told the room that it wasn’t just her wish—but that we’d all get one. “So get a grip on a wish,” she said.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The first sentence of this piece says it all: "After Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, a new study shows emergency room doctors are less likely to treat pregnant women who are bleeding." www.jconline.com/story/news/l...
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Indiana’s abortion ban has a ‘chilling effect’ on ER pregnancy care
A study found ER doctors are more hesitant to care for pregnant patients who are bleeding.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Must-read piece from @kylietcheung.bsky.social: Mike Mazzei is likely to become the nation’s first sitting governor to openly endorse jailing abortion patients
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The Likely Next Oklahoma Gov. Wants to Jail Abortion Patients
Mike Mazzei would be the nation’s first openly ‘abolitionist’ governor
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
For a few precious hours on a few dozen acres, we saw what happens when tens of thousands of women and girls simultaneously let their guards down.
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Daisy Chain Gave Women Room to Breathe
Inside Olivia Rodrigo's feminist fantasyland,
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
There are worse places to be than sandwiched between Doechii and Katseye 💅
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Read @kylietcheung.bsky.social on Daisy Chain Fields, along with reactions from other writers, activists & Abortion, Every Day readers 🌼
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Daisy Chain Reminds Us Feminism Has Always Been Cool
Reflections on Olivia Rodrigo’s iconic festival
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
After four years of struggling to talk about abortion, Republicans think they’ve found the message that will take them through the midterms and into 2028
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The GOP’s 2028 Abortion Strategy in One Word: Massachusetts
Republican candidates will lean into “late” abortion. Democrats need to be ready.
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Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
important piece from the always sharp @jessicavalenti.bsky.social jessica.substack.com/p/gop-2028-a...
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The GOP’s 2028 Abortion Strategy in One Word: Massachusetts
Republican candidates will lean into “late” abortion. Democrats need to be ready.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Let’s talk about McKenna West, Alliance Defending Freedom, and what’s really going on here
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
For the first time since the end of Roe v Wade, a federal court has ruled that *there are still protections for abortion rights under the US Constitution.*
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A Federal Judge Says the Constitution Still Protects Abortion
The ruling protects abortion for physical and mental health in Idaho—with the potential for broader impact
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Congratulations, Massachusetts!
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