Jessica Bennett

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

Recent Articles

How to Stop a 'Manterrupter' Like Donald Trump

10 battle tips to fight back

By Jessica Bennett

Stop Policing How Women Talk

A guide to fighting back against double standards

By Jessica Bennett

Monica Lewinsky and Why the Word Slut Is Still So Potent

Lewinsky was a 22-year-old intern when her affair with Bill Clinton branded her with a ​Scarlet ​L​etter​ S. Nearly two decades later, she's still suffering the repercussions.​ Why is the word slut still so damning?

By Jessica Bennett

More Sex—and 7 Other Benefits for Men Who Share in the Housework

8 reasons why it's good for men to embrace their inner feminist.

By Jessica Bennett

How Not to Be 'Manterrupted' in Meetings

A guide for women, men and bosses

By Jessica Bennett

'The Problem With Frats Isn't Just Rape. It's Power'

Too many frats breed sexism and misogyny that lasts long after college. Why we need to ban them—for good.

By Jessica Bennett

Lena Dunham and Feminism: Beware the Vitriol of the Sisterhood

The debate over revelations in Dunham's memoir is not just about the propriety of a child's sexual curiosity. It’s about women who make us uncomfortable.

By Jessica Bennett

Why Women Are Crying at the Gym

For a generation of stressed-out working women, exercise is as much about emotional release as it is physical training.

By Jessica Bennett

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 who want to delay child-bearing. Is this the key to real gender equality?

By Jessica Bennett

Caitlin Moran on Teen Girls, Sex and Pretending to Be Courtney Love

The "How To Build a Girl" author offers up her candid advice

By Jessica Bennett

Behold the Power of #Hashtag Feminism

Women are using social media to have a voice in a way that organizations like the NFL do not afford them.

By Jessica Bennett

An Ode to the Random College Roommate

A host of new apps are making roommate selection less random than ever. Here's what too much control means you might just miss out on

By Jessica Bennett

How to Reclaim the Word Feminist? Just Call Beyoncé

Beyonce’s brand of empowerment isn’t perfect, but her VMA performance on Sunday accomplished what activists could not: She took feminism to the masses.

By Jessica Bennett

How Selfies Are Empowering Women

How young women are turning a symbol of narcissism into a new kind of empowerment

By Jessica Bennett

Stop Telling Women Their Most Valuable Asset Is Their Youth

Why, in an era when we are succeeding in so many ways, do we buy into sexist tropes about aging?

By Jessica Bennett

The Beta Marriage: How Millennials Approach 'I Do'

We are a generation reared on technology and choice. Why wouldn’t we want to test a lifelong relationship first? How millennials are redefining "forever"

By Jessica Bennett

Why Masters of Sex Is the Most Feminist Show on Television

How do you make a show about sex interesting in an era when we’re bombarded by it? Easy. Put three women behind the lens.

By Jessica Bennett

Meet the Women Behind Masters of Sex

The writers manage to put science first—and still feel radical

By Jessica Bennett

I'm Sorry, but Women Really Need to Stop Apologizing

A new Pantene ad calls attention to how the apology is too often used as a crutch and a way to downplay female power

By Jessica Bennett

The Shame of the Male Virgin

Yes, the UCSB tragedy is a story about misogyny and violence. But it's also a story about the narrow way we still define what it means to be a man.

By Jessica Bennett
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