--- description: Jessica Bennett is a contributing editor at The New York Times and the author ofFeminist Fight Club: An Office Survivial Manual for a Sexist Workplace title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Jessica Bennett  ## Jessica Bennett Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Jessica Bennett is a contributing editor at The New York Times and the author of_[Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survivial Manual for a Sexist Workplace](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014PT1QLS/?tag=timecom-20)  ## Jessica Bennett Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Oct 19, 2016 ### [How to Stop a 'Manterrupter' Like Donald Trump](https://time.com/4536571/manterrupter-donald-trump/) 10 battle tips to fight back [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 15, 2016 ### [Stop Policing How Women Talk](https://time.com/4484580/feminist-fight-club/) A guide to fighting back against double standards [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 20, 2015 ### [Monica Lewinsky and Why the Word _Slut_ Is Still So Potent](https://time.com/3752821/monica-lewinsky-ted2015-slut-play/) Lewinsky was a 22-year-old intern when her affair with Bill Clinton branded her with a ​Scarlet ​L​e... *  Mar 5, 2015 ### [More Sex—and 7 Other Benefits for Men Who Share in the Housework](https://time.com/3732185/men-at-home/) 8 reasons why it's good for men to embrace their inner feminist. [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jan 14, 2015 ### [How Not to Be 'Manterrupted' in Meetings](https://time.com/3666135/sheryl-sandberg-talking-while-female-manterruptions/) A guide for women, men and bosses *  Dec 3, 2014 ### ['The Problem With Frats Isn't Just Rape. It's Power'](https://time.com/3616158/fraternity-rape-uva-rolling-stone-sexual-assault/) Too many frats breed sexism and misogyny that lasts long after college. Why we need to ban them—for ... *  Nov 4, 2014 ### [Lena Dunham and Feminism: Beware the Vitriol of the Sisterhood](https://time.com/3556776/lena-dunham-feminist-critics-molestation-charges/) The debate over revelations in Dunham's memoir is not just about the propriety of a child's sexual c... *  Oct 20, 2014 ### [Why Women Are Crying at the Gym](https://time.com/3525030/women-yoga-exercise-classes-soulcycle/) For a generation of stressed-out working women, exercise is as much about emotional release as it i... *  Oct 15, 2014 ### [Company-Paid Egg Freezing Will Be the Great Equalizer](https://time.com/3509930/company-paid-egg-freezing-will-be-the-great-equalizer/) From Facebook to Citigroup, more companies are covering the cost of elective egg freezing for women ... *  Oct 8, 2014 ### [Caitlin Moran on Teen Girls, Sex and Pretending to Be Courtney Love](https://time.com/3479123/caitlin-moran-how-to-build-a-girl-interview/) The "How To Build a Girl" author offers up her candid advice *  Sep 10, 2014 ### [Behold the Power of #Hashtag Feminism](https://time.com/3319081/whyistayed-hashtag-feminism-activism/) Women are using social media to have a voice in a way that organizations like the NFL do not afford ... *  Sep 2, 2014 ### [An Ode to the Random College Roommate](https://time.com/3256670/random-college-roommate/) A host of new apps are making roommate selection less random than ever. Here's what too much control... *  Aug 26, 2014 ### [How to Reclaim the Word _Feminist_? Just Call Beyoncé](https://time.com/3181644/beyonce-reclaim-feminism-pop-star/) Beyonce’s brand of empowerment isn’t perfect, but her VMA performance on Sunday accomplished what ac... *  Aug 11, 2014 ### [How Selfies Are Empowering Women](https://time.com/3099103/feminist-selfies-uglyfeminists-iwokeuplikedis/) How young women are turning a symbol of narcissism into a new kind of empowerment *  Aug 7, 2014 ### [Stop Telling Women Their Most Valuable Asset Is Their Youth](https://time.com/3087527/stop-telling-women-our-most-valuable-asset-is-our-youth/) Why, in an era when we are succeeding in so many ways, do we buy into sexist tropes about aging? 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