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Rat Can't Read (she/her)<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Jezebel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jezebel</a> is back!From the new editor-in-chief, Lauren Tousignant: "I started reading the site as a sophomore in college in 2010...I’d go so far as to say that I feel raised by Jezebel and, as evidenced by the outpouring of tributes in the days after it shuttered, I’m not alone. The site’s DNA—sharp wit, searing takes, a commitment to in-depth reporting, and an overall immunity to bullshit—were formative to my identity as both a journalist and a feminist…as they were to an entire generation of women and non-binary people who’d been made to believe their anger was hysterical, their humor was unbecoming, their experiences of discrimination and assault were their own fault, and their voices only necessary for makeup recommendations or diet tips."More at <a href="https://jezebel.com/hey-were-back-1851088809" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jezebel.com/hey-were-back-1851088809</a><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Feminism</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Ladyblogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ladyblogs</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Feminist</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproductiveRights</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AbortionRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbortionRights</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ReproductiveJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproductiveJustice</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AbortionRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbortionRightsAreHumanRights</a>

Rat Can't Read (she/her)This was the era when the online confessional was popular, especially on women's blogs or <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/LadyBlogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LadyBlogs</a> like <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Jezebel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jezebel</a>. Women were writing in a way that felt honest about taboo topics like <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/HookUps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HookUps</a> and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DrugUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DrugUse</a>. Sometimes this writing felt like women's attempts at trying to be Cool Girls™️ or One of the Guys™️, but these confessionals were also often about <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/SexualHarassment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SexualHarassment</a>, assault, consent, sexual exploration and empowerment, body insecurities, traumas, and family strife, among other topics. For better and for worse, Jezebel, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/XOJane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XOJane</a>, and similar publications taught me what it was to be a woman, and they also helped me feel less alone as I was navigating my college and young adult years, as officially left girlhood behind and became a woman.

Rat Can't Read (she/her)I'm still processing the news that <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Jezebel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jezebel</a> is shutting down. Tbh, part of me is surprised it lasted this long, given the decline of text-based media on the internet and Peter Thiel's attempts to kill <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/GawkerMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GawkerMedia</a>. Yes, sometimes it was too snarky and superficial. It wasn't always as <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feminist</a> as it claimed, but it had solid coverage of <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproductiveRights</a> and sometimes it was good for a laugh. Plus, it defined my generation of <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Millennial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Millennial</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#women</a>, for better or worse, in a way that I'm still trying to understand a decade plus later. I learned a lot from the Jezebel writers over the years, some good lessons and some not-so-good. I wrote a huge paper in graduate school about the cultural significance of <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/LadyBlogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LadyBlogs</a>, including Jezebel, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/XOJane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XOJane</a>, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/TheHairpin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheHairpin</a> and other publications that are now long gone. Now I'm left wondering what the cultural significance of Jezebel's demise is. Online media and online spaces are so often ephemeral.

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