Jessica Bennett

@nymag, formerly @nytimes. I write on culture n politics & teach journalism at NYU. Author, Feminist Fight Club & This Is 18.

[Jessica Bennett @jessicabennett]

Late last year, as the pandemic inched on, we set up a hotline where working moms could call in and scream, laugh, cry or vent for a solid minute. We called it The Primal Scream Line.

And scream they did.

https://t.co/JCw8WaZxsO

[Jake Pearson @JakePearsonProP]

WENDY WILLIAMS UNGUARDED: No one comes across as credible in @jessicabennett deep dive into why the celebrity DJ is under court-appointed monitoring — and who is looking out for her best interests. Echoes @propublica series into NY’s broken system.

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[New York Magazine @NYMag]

Donald Trump lost his bid to a federal court to reconsider the $5 million verdict won by E. Jean Carroll after a jury found that the president sexually abused and defamed her.

Read @jessicabennett’s profile of Carroll on what’s next for the writer. https://t.co/4HCtTx9ZJd

[Jessica Bennett @jessicabennett]

@angeliferrara This platform is such a hellscape but I opened it last night to search something and then my browser was still open this morn and your tweet was at the top and IM SO GLAD IT WAS. Reading this with great interest and would love to be in touch!

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

The women who have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct have spent years trying to be heard. They’re making one last stand, @jessicabennett writes.

Read: https://t.co/PUBBedF1YP

[Jessica Bennett @jessicabennett]

@jeffreynparker @nytimes 🙏

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

“The Democrats have finally gone low, deploying a bit of verbal jujitsu so delightfully petty it might just work,” @jessicabennett writes.

Read: https://t.co/9PMRRD1gnU

[Adam Klasfeld @KlasfeldReports]

Count 2: GUILTY
Count 3: GUILTY
Count 4: GUILTY
Count 5: GUILTY
Count 6: GUILTY
Count 7: GUILTY
Count 8: GUILTY
Count 9: GUILTY
Count 10: GUILTY

[Michael Stipe @stipemichael_]

Thats me in the corner

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Here are some of our favorite collective names for animals:

a murder of crows
a tuxedo of penguins
a bask of crocodiles
a destruction of cats
a tower of giraffes
a parliament of owls
a cackle of hyenas
a smack of jellyfish
an ambush of tigers
a wisdom of wombats

[Jessica Bennett @jessicabennett]

@ejeancarroll on @maddow right now saying, of Trump:

“He is nothing.”
“He is nothing.”
“He is nothing.”

Rachel asks her lawyer: is $83.3M enough to stop him?

She replies: So far it seems to have been.

The man must absolutely frothing at the mouth.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

In @nytopinion

E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against Donald Trump was about defamation. But it was also about the worth of a woman, long past middle age, who dared to claim she still had value, Jessica Bennett writes. https://t.co/aZhmm08GSN

[Jessica Bennett @jessicabennett]

Carry yourself with the confidence of an 80-year-old woman who dares to claim she still has value

@ejeancarroll

https://t.co/z3JatBU8P2

[Jessica Bennett @jessicabennett]

And the American Dialect Society’s “Word of the Year” is…

Enshittification — a “sadly apt” term, as the lexicographer @bgzimmer put it, for when an online platform goes to shit

Ahem.

https://t.co/N175JrFfSQ

[The New York Times @nytimes]

In Opinion

“In 2023, it felt as though the world was glorifying girlhood, or an exaggerated version of it,” writes Jessica Bennett. “Was it just coincidence that this embrace came at a time when girls themselves seemed so very miserable?” https://t.co/pJjbLc899v

[Jessica Bennett @jessicabennett]

@chrismohney @skydylanrobbins @topherchris TBT!!!! Our band photo. Reunion in 2024??

[Jessica Bennett @jessicabennett]

@isabelpatriciaa 🫶

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Addi, London and Anna let our reporter @jessicabennett into their lives and phones for a year. At 13, they were legally able to join social media, and their phones were always close at hand. https://t.co/H3tbo0dcdx

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Three girls, one slice of middle school. This is what it’s like to be a 13-year-old girl, in a world that can’t stop talking about the dire state of your future. https://t.co/H3tbo0dcdx

[The New York Times @nytimes]

“I just feel like I need my phone, you know?”
“This morning I got caught with blush on and I lied and got in trouble.”
“Not having social media makes me just as insecure as having it would.”

Here’s what it's like to be a 13-year-old girl today. https://t.co/pVPQ9uSOpk

[The New York Times @nytimes]

This is what it's like to be a 13-year-old girl today, in a world that can't stop talking about the dire state of your future. https://t.co/CNhT81XQCj