#142 - Believe Me: Why trusting women is essential for collective well-being with Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti

I'm joined by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti editors of a
new anthology Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the
World. We discuss why we need a book about believing women’s
experiences are as credible and reliable as men. Believing women
starts with believing ourselves and caring for our personal
well-being.


Samantha Irby contributes an essay about her chronic illness
which you can read on Elle. 

Anuradha Bhagwati, author of the memoir Unbecoming, writes
about the disbelief of her disability from countless others.

Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her, writes about the
lack of C-level women in technology jobs and how it leaves us
more vulnerable to online harassment.



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About JaclynJaclyn Friedman is an
educator, activist, and the force behind four hit books: Yes
Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without
Rape (one of Publishers’ Weekly’s Top 100 Books of 2009), What
You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex
& Safety, Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power & How to Stop
Letting the System Screw Us All, and the forthcoming anthology
Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World. Her podcast,
also called Unscrewed, is paving new paths to sexual liberation,
and was named one of the best sex podcasts by both Marie Claire
and Esquire. Friedman is a popular speaker on campuses and at
conferences across the US and beyond. She has been a guest on the
Today Show, Nightline, PBS News Hour, Call Your Girlfriend, and
numerous other audio and TV shows, and her commentary has
appeared in outlets including The New York Times, Vox, Refinery
29, The Washington Post, Glamour, and The Guardian.


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About JessicaJessica Valenti - called one
of the Top 100 Inspiring Women in the world - is a columnist for
Medium and a feminist author. Her most recent book, Sex Object: A
Memoir, was a New York Times bestseller. In 2004, Jessica founded
the award winning blog Feministing.com, which Columbia Journalism
Review called “head and shoulders above almost any writing on
women’s issues in mainstream media.” Jessica’s articles have
topped the most-read lists at The New York Times, The Atlantic,
the Guardian, and The Washington Post. She's also written for
Salon, Bitch, Ms. Magazine and The Toast. Jessica has been
interviewed on The Colbert Report, profiled in The New York Times
magazine, and is a widely-sought after speaker.


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