Jill Filipovic is a Brooklyn-based journalist, lawyer, and author of OK Boomer, Let’s Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind and The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness. A weekly columnist for CNN and a 2019 New America Future of War fellow, she is also a former contributing opinion writer to The New York Times and a former columnist for The Guardian. She writes at jill.substack.com, hosts The Week in Women podcast, and holds writing workshops and retreats around the world.
Recent Work
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How US Abortion Politics Distorts Women’s Lives in Conflict Zones
From Rwanda and Bosnia to Myanmar and Tigray, rape is now recognized as a genocidal crime. Yet its survivors rarely receive the health care they need—thanks to America’s deadly culture war.
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The Week in Women
A rundown of the week’s most important gender and women’s rights headlines, followed by a deeper dive into the week's biggest story.
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The Lost Girls of Covid
The pandemic is erasing decades of progress in young women’s health, education, and independence in developing nations.
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‘I Can No Longer Continue to Live Here’
What’s driving so many Honduran women to the U.S. border? The reality is worse than you’ve heard.
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The Pay Check Podcast: Set Back a Generation, the Lost Girls of Covid Fight to Regain Ground
After a surge in teen pregnancies during the pandemic, community-based programs are stepping in to help girls manage their lives and re-enroll in school.
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How America's Abortion Wars Went Global
In Colombia, women are discovering that the US controls their reproductive rights.
