Jessica Bennett

I spent some time at Smith College learning about a program aimed at teaching students "how to fail." Why do college students need to learn failure? Well, lots of reasons, but among them researchers believe that a lack of "resilience" -- or inability to recover from some of the basic setbacks that come with college life, from being rejected from a club to bombing a quiz, along with added pressure among first-generation students who are the first in their families to attend college -- are contributing factors in alarming mental health trends on campus, including an increase in depression and anxiety.

On Campus, Failure Is On the Syllabus (NY Times)

If ‘Wonder Woman’ Can Do It, GIrls Can Too 

My latest in the New York Times.

Fun fact: Hillary Clinton carries hot sauce in her purse at all times. I had the pleasure of watching last week’s final presidential debate in Chicago with her childhood girlfriends -- the women who were there for her first political defeat (student council, their junior year, when girls were not supposed to run) and will be there with her on election day on, more than 50 years later. My piece from Sunday’s New York Times: Debate-Watching With Hillary Clinton’s BFFs 

Hillary Clinton Will Not Be Manterrupted

When a Feminist Pledges a Sorority

For most of 2016, to be a vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton — in certain circles of Bernie Sanders-supporting progressives, anyway — was to be the square in the Lacoste shirt cast to the corner of the hipster prom.

“I was yelled at when I wore my Hillary shirt to a grocery store in West Hollywood, possibly the most ‘accepting’ neighborhood in the whole world,” said Kate Hess, a producer in Los Angeles.

“The first time I posted about Hillary, I couldn’t even function for 24 hours,” said Danielle Thomson, 34, a writer in New York. “I kept refreshing my feed — sweating.”

“I’m treated like a traitor to my generation,” said 22-year-old Patrick Ross, a playwright in Philadelphia.

My latest: Hillary Clinton Supporters Can Now “Go Public” - NY Times

I wrote a book (!!)

It’s out in September, avail for preorder now.

"My images explore the intersection of life as a young woman online and off." -22-year-old Petra Collins, one of 28 dope-ass women whose work I had the pleasure of curating for Instagram's #MyStory exhibit this week -- devoted to women who are shattering gender stereotypes and upending cliches. (Petra’s photo is above.) See all of the women featured here.

NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN BETTER

Women of Weed: Colorado’s newest “gangapreneurs” are female. Denver, CO.

Joan Didion(s)

Monica Lewinsky Is Back, But This Time It’s On Her Terms

(Photo by Damon Winter for the New York Times)

Lips

The New Rules of Punctuation (!)

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