Jill Filipovic Newsletter

Welcome to Writing Practice. The idea is simple: I send out a prompt, often with links to related published pieces to help fuel creativity. Then you write. Free subscribers get the Sunday Writing Practice emails; paid subscribers get all of them. Write as much or as little as you like. I would recommend not over-thinking this, and just using it as an opportunity to jot down some words. I would also recommend just writing through – don’t try to make it perfect (that’s for later).

Happy New Year and welcome to The Week in Women, a rundown of this week’s major women’s rights stories from around the world. First off, thank you SO much to all of you that have donated to send cash transfers to 800+ Rwandan families in poverty. And there is still time to give! Your donation is tax deductible and I’m hoping you can all help get us to our goal. You can donate here. Now onto the news! Jill Filipovic is a reader-supported publication.

Welcome to Writing Practice. The idea is simple: I send out a prompt, often with links to related published pieces to help fuel creativity. Then you write. Free subscribers get the Sunday Writing Practice emails; paid subscribers get all of them. Write as much or as little as you like. I would recommend not over-thinking this, and just using it as an opp…

Welcome to Writing Practice. The idea is simple: I send out a prompt, often with links to related published pieces to help fuel creativity. Then you write. Free subscribers get the Sunday Writing Practice emails; paid subscribers get all of them. Write as much or as little as you like. I would recommend not over-thinking this, and just using it as an opportunity to jot down some words. I would also recommend just writing through – don’t try to make it perfect (that’s for later).

Photo by Niko Nguyen on Unsplash Happy Monday and welcome to Monday Reads! First off, thank you SO much to all of you that have donated to send cash transfers to 800+ Rwandan families in poverty. And there is still time to give! Your donation is tax deductible and I’m hoping you can all help get us to our goal. You can donate here. Now, here are some fine reads from around the web, plus what you might have missed from the newsletter and elsewhere these past few weeks.

Hi readers and welcome to The Week in Women, a rundown of this week’s major women’s rights stories from around the world. Here we go! Jill Filipovic is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 19 states sued the Trump Administration to block its plan to ban gender affirming care for minors. The Justice Department released more than 30,000 pages of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Over the past few years, I’ve been consumed with what feels like an impossible task: Ridding my life of plastics (or at least radically decreasing their use). Reader, this is hard, if not impossible. I live in Hanoi, where the tap water isn’t always potable, which means I use filtered water that comes in giant plastic jugs (I do send these back to be re-filled which cuts down on the waste problem, but doesn’t solve the microplastics problem).

Photo by Florencia Viadana on Unsplash Happy Monday and welcome to Monday Reads! Here are some fine reads from around the web, plus what you might have missed from the newsletter and elsewhere these past few weeks. Jill Filipovic is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. ‘Commuting Is Bad’—Particularly for Womenby Stephanie H. Murray in the Atlantic Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid.

Did you wake up and realize it’s just days before Christmas and you haven’t checked off your shopping list yet? I’m here to help. Two years ago, I wrote that you should consider giving experiences, not things, and I stand by that. This year, my husband and I are gifting each other a shared trip (a week in Lamu, our absolute favorite place on earth, the place we both want our ashes scattered — and you can join me there on my Kenya storytelling retreat, if you’re so inclined).

Hi readers and welcome to The Week in Women, a rundown of this week’s major women’s rights stories from around the world. Here we go! Jill Filipovic is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The Trump Administration moved to ban gender-affirming care for minors by preventing hospitals from offering procedures through Medicaid.