Jill Filipovic

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Jill Filipovic
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Born c. 1983 (age 40–41)[1]
United States
Nationality American
Alma mater New York University Law (2008)[2]
Occupation Attorney, writer
Known for Blogging at Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post, Feministe
Website www.jillfilipovic.com

Jill Filipovic (born c. 1983}[1] is a New York attorney and feminist author. She was hired by Cosmopolitan to write for the cosmopolitan.com blog in April, 2014.[3] Prior to that she was a columnist for The Guardian,[4] and blogger for The Huffington Post,[5] and, since 2005, Feministe, one of the largest feminist blogs.[6][7][8] She has written articles for the New York Times,[9] Washington Post,[10] and Time. [11]

Opinions

Men's rights groups

Filipovic has been an outspoken critic of A Voice for Men.[12] Michelle Goldberg, writing in The Washington Post, said she had been "singled out by [men's rights groups]" for her criticism.[13] She was also cited in Hate Crimes in Cyberspace as a victim of hate crime for her feminism.[14] According to Kerryn Goldsworthy, she has been Googlebombed by her detractors. [15]

TSA and civil liberties

A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screener was fired after Filipovic used her blog to describe an incident in which a handwritten comment was left in her luggage. She later wrote "I would much prefer a look at why 'security' has been used to justify so many intrusions into our civil liberties". [16]

Beauty pageants

Filipovic has been noted for her writing about beauty pageants, saying "the norms that these contests promote are unfortunately not ... obsolete ... we pay lip service to women's rights, but focus more on how good women look in a bathing suit".[17]

Name change

Filipovic's opposition to name change for women who marry (published in The Guardian) was cited as recommended reading on the social construction of gender in Critical Encounters in Secondary English: Teaching Literacy Theory to Adolescents.[18]

Bibliography

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Filipovic 2013.
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  8. Chittal, p. 356.
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  14. Citron 2014, pp. 111–112.
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  17. Day 2015, p. 197.
  18. Appleman 2014, p. 85.
Sources
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Further reading

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