JenAshleyWright
Author of IT ENDED BADLY and GET WELL SOON (@henryholt) and upcoming KILLER FASHION, out November. Feminism for @harpersbazaarus. Beautiful screaming lady.
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No Families, No Children, No Future | The American Conservative
Thirty percent of women under 25 consider themselves LGBT. Has this ever happened, anywhere?
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JenAshleyWright
I'm never going to get over how ecstatically happy the women in the picture used for this dumb article are.
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Ducktales Reboot Shows Disney Is Working Hard to Ruin Your Childhood | National Review
‘Ducktales’ producer makes serious accusations against Donald Duck for his penchant for female ducks like Daisy.
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JenAshleyWright
80,000 people are dead and the National Review is raving about how having a gay pair of ducks on Duck Tales is an unforgivable affront to Donald Duck (a large talking duck who never wore pants).
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Experts: 90 percent of US coronavirus deaths could have been avoided if measures taken just two weeks earlier
Two medical experts say issuing social distancing measures just two weeks earlier could have drastically changed the trajectory of coronavirus deaths in the United States.
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JenAshleyWright
The Right is going to try to gaslight you into thinking there's nothing more Trump could have done. Don't let them.
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50 Years Ago, Doctors Called Domestic Violence 'Therapy'
In light of recent news about domestic violence, looking back at a 1964 study that extols its benefits
Trump calls coronavirus criticism Democrats' 'new hoax' and links it to immigration
The president was in South Carolina where he falsely called ‘the Democrat policy of open borders’ a threat to Americans’ health
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JenAshleyWright
I spent years learning about the worst things leaders can do during disease outbreaks. They are:
1: Deny the disease exists
2: Suppress scientific information
3: Blame it on a vulnerable minority
4: Say anyone who got it was a sinner/had it coming.
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Get Well Soon
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A witty, irreverent tour of history's worst plagues - from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio - and a celebration of the heroes who fought them.
In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea...
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JenAshleyWright
In the midst of a possible global pandemic, if you want some historical perspective on what we’ve done right and wrong in the past, I wrote a book about it called GET WELL SOON.
The @audible_com version is especially popular.
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Harvey Weinstein Is Found Guilty on Two Counts: Live Updates
Mr. Weinstein was found guilty of a felony sex crime and rape, but acquitted of the most serious charges against him, predatory sexual assault.
Trump decries 'Parasite' best picture Oscar: "Can we get 'Gone With the Wind' back?"
President Donald Trump bemoaned the best picture Academy Award going to the South Korean film 'Parasite' at a campaign rally in Colorado Thursday night. "Can we get, like, 'Gone With the Wind' back, please?" Trump asked.
Oklahoma professor allegedly says 'OK, boomer' is like 'calling someone a (N-word)'
According to the OU Daily, the professor said that “Calling someone a boomer is like calling someone a (N-word).”
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JenAshleyWright
Boomers: in my day we didn't need "safe spaces" like you little snowflakes who think words are weapons.
Also boomers: If you refer to me as a boomer that is a hate crime and I will not hesitate to call the police.
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Natalie Portman's 2020 Oscars Cape Is Embroidered With The Names Of Snubbed Women Directors
During the Oscars 2020 announcements in January, Issa Rae famously read the list of all-male best director nominees and said, "Congratulations to those men." Now, Natalie Portman's Oscars look is drawing attention to that same lack of diversity. The…
Stop Expecting Women to Regret Their Abortions
The assumption is not only statistically inaccurate, it also leads to harmful legislation on women's rights.
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JenAshleyWright
Anti-choicers continually say that most women regret their abortions. A new study shows that practically none of them do.
My latest for @HarpersBazaarUS.
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The Secrets of Jewish Genius
It’s not about having higher I.Q.s.
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JenAshleyWright
Is there no one at the @nytopinion section to say "no, Bret, you can't publish a column that draws on eugenics, the discredited pseudo-science that lead to the forced sterilization of thousands?"
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The Decade of Enduring Male Fragility
We've tolerated 10 years of unchecked rage from men who believe they're the “real” victims in modern society. Will 2020 be any different?
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JenAshleyWright
2000s: Girl power! Girl bosses! Women can do anything!
2010s: So, clarification, "anything" wasn't intended to include video game development, comic books, talking online, running for political office, or ghost-busting.
For @harpersbazaarus.
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The Eco-Fascists Are Coming
When Republicans eventually stop denying climate change, they'll start doing something much worse.
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JenAshleyWright
When people say the U.S. doesn't have room for refugees, remind them that, if people lived in the same density they do in Brooklyn, the entire U.S. population could fit inside New Hampshire.
Wrote about some of the bad things to come for @HarpersBazaarUS.
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Jennifer Wright
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JenAshleyWright
This law would functionally make it illegal for me to do my job in California. @LorenaSGonzalez please rethink this.
If you want to talk about the reality of freelance writing careers, I’m around. Contact me at JenAshleyWright.com
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"Everybody Is Freaking Out": Freelance Writers Scramble to Make Sense of New California Law
A new bill that caps freelance submissions may make writing financially unsustainable for many workers even though the legislator behind the law insists that the goal is "to create new good jobs and a livable, sustainable wage job."
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JenAshleyWright
This law would functionally make it illegal for me to do my job in California. @LorenaSGonzalez please rethink this.
If you want to talk about the reality of freelance writing careers, I’m around. Contact me at JenAshleyWright.com
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We Came First: Relationship Advice from Women Who Have Been There: Jennifer Wright: 9781786275028: Amazon.com: Books
We Came First: Relationship Advice from Women Who Have Been There [Jennifer Wright] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. History's most fabulous, revered, and sassy women provide wise counsel about modern life's romantic complexities
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JenAshleyWright
My fourth book #WeCameFirst 💘 is officially on sale now! Relationship advice from historical women — much of it bad, all of it relatable.
From @LaurenceKingPub, beautifully illustrated by Carly Jean Andrews.
Pick it up here or from a bookstore near you.
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The Most Common Criticisms of Greta Thunberg on Twitter
Retorts about the 16-year-old are, at times, outright hilarious.
Why Rich White People in America Get a Lot of Chances
Members of the Trump administration are going to waltz away from this terrible period completely unscathed.
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JenAshleyWright
Rich white people you've seen on TV — like Sean Spicer and Sarah Huckabee Sanders — get a lot of second chances. The brown people who died in their administration's concentration camps don't.
My latest for @HarpersBazaarUS
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Amazon fires: Brazil to reject G7's $20 million aid package
The French and Brazilian presidents have traded barbs over the fires.