Writer, Columnist
Columnist for the Guardian U.S. and the author of “Sex Object: A Memoir.”
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Jessica Valenti
FROM Jessica Valenti
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Jessica Valenti: “Sex Object: A Memoir” When Jessica Valenti was 12, a man masturbated in front of her on a New York subway station platform. As she tells in her new memoir, it was just the first of many similar episodes...Growing up in New York, her teens were filled with men pushing themselves up against her in crowded subway cars, flashing her, or making suggestive comments.
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