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Jessica Goldstein
1 month
I profiled Julia Stiles for the @nytimes ! 25 years (!) after the release of 10 Things I Hate About You, she's still channeling the spirit of the indomitable Kat Stratford.
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Jessica Goldstein
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Viola Davis: "There's no prerequisites to worthiness. You're born being worthy. And I think that's a message that a lot of women need to hear: The women who are still in silence bc of trauma, bc of shame due to assault, they need to understand it's not their fault." #GoldenGlobes
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Jessica Goldstein
8 years
It's almost like Hillary is used to rude men interrupting her, like she's a woman in the world or something
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Jessica Goldstein
5 years
As we all know, Toledo was the site of the Bowling Green massacre
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days (2003)
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Jessica Goldstein
5 years
wait so rihanna IS shy ronnie?!
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
Looks like this fence is turning out exactly as the president hoped!!!
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
"The Knot Worldwide, which owns The Knot and WeddingWire, is currently working on new guidelines to ensure wedding vendors on their websites don’t use language that glorifies, celebrates, or romanticizes Southern plantation history."
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
good thing Tom Cotton got to write that NYT op-ed or we would have no way of knowing what his opinions are
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
@JimDeRogatis here's an interview he gave @jesshopp in 2013 on being the only journalist for years to take this story seriously:
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Jessica Goldstein
8 years
"I hope sometimes I pick you up, too."
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Jessica Goldstein
8 years
hey @TIME I think you meant to say "convicted rapist" not "Stanford swimmer"
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Stanford swimmer Brock Turner to be released from jail Friday
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
"In a vertical cascade of photos, I watch my friends’ ex-boyfriends nurturing the pregnancies of the nice-looking women they married instead. Sometimes I know the names of the resulting children, kids I will almost certainly never meet."
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Jessica Goldstein
8 years
but without a visible headphone wire how will men on public transportation know i never want to talk to them #AppleEvent
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
"Spicer spent several minutes hidden in the bushes."
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
"a growing hunger for a feminism concerned more w the lives of low-income women than w the number of female CEOs"
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Jessica Goldstein
3 years
oh my GOD
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
I wonder who knows more about anti-semitism: Sean Spicer or @AnneFrankCenter ?
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Jessica Goldstein
8 years
Ahem Trump I'm pretty sure the Trojan horse was filled with good dudes #debatenight
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Jessica Goldstein
8 months
My latest for the @washingtonpost is all about TEETH! I went to Beverly Hills to report on cosmetic dentistry, the state of the celebrity smile, and an eerie cultural phenomenon I am calling "hotness creep."
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
“You want to believe it’s not happening."
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
Love to trust NBC, burier of the Access Hollywood tape and killer of Ronan Farrow’s Harvey Weinstein story, to determine what news has “pizzazz”
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Jessica Goldstein
8 years
i just realized: #parksanddnc
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Jessica Goldstein
2 years
She's Logan Roy's right hand, Roman's "mommy-girlfriend," & on top of Waystar Royco (...for now). But what power moves will Gerri make next? Consulted THE @j_smithcameron for @marieclaire ! Go ahead & click, you filthy slime puppies:
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
ahhh this is what i hoped would happen on election night!!
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Jessica Goldstein
6 years
HOT TAKE: Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman was better & this is a snub
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
well since no one has had any grievances against the government lately how important could this possibly be
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Brian Tyler Cohen
4 years
Amy Coney Barrett doesn’t know the five freedoms guaranteed in First Amendment.
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Jessica Goldstein
3 years
i'm sorry one more OH MY GOD
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Jessica Goldstein
8 years
Here's the full-page ad Trump took out at the time, pushing for the death penalty:
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Jessica Goldstein
5 years
ok also on top of everything @roselavelle has done so many perfect dog tweets?! we do not deserve the #USWNT
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Jessica Goldstein
8 years
I know stuff is weird with Trump and Putin but PSA the Obamas literally invited Russian spies to a state dinner 🇷🇺
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.
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Jessica Goldstein
1 year
I profiled David Suh, TikTok's reigning king of portrait photography, who has earned his staggering following with his practical posing tips and his personal mantra: Everyone is photogenic. Read it in this weekend's @wpmagazine and online now!
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Jessica Goldstein
5 years
"It is an example of how power protects power."
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5 years
. @RonanFarrow on Hillary Clinton's reluctance to speak with him after finding out he was writing about Harvey Weinstein: "It was a personal moment of gut-punch to me...where people that I thought would support that kind of reporting were actually very leery of it."
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Jessica Goldstein
1 year
For the @washingtonpost , I had an all-time great conversation with all-time great @Nick_Offerman , who generously rallied after a 12 hour night shoot & less than 4 hours of sleep to talk about fate & gender & love & more!
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Jessica Goldstein
8 years
This guy is going to eat so many almonds tonight
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
🎵 with a comma after daughter 🎵
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Donald J. Trump
7 years
My daughter, Ivanka, will be on @foxandfriends tomorrow morning. Enjoy!
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Jessica Goldstein
1 year
stir the pot at thanksgiving this week by asking a totally innocent question with me: why don't more men take their wives' names? my latest for the @washingtonpost :
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
the America issues of @GQMagazine and @Allure_magazine 🇺🇸
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
COLIN 👏 KAEPERNICK 👏 STARTED 👏 PROTESTING 👏 DURING 👏 OBAMA'S 👏 PRESIDENCY 👏
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The Washington Post
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"Disrespecting the flag is a disgraceful way to protest Trump" via @PostOpinions
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Jessica Goldstein
2 years
Like I said
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Jessica Goldstein
2 years
For the @washingtonpost , I reported on an issue near & dear to my closet: the surprising, not-quite-overnight resurgence of @Abercrombie (yes, *that* Abercrombie).
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
Allred: "It is the first time Mr. Cosby has been held accountable." #CosbyTrial
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Jessica Goldstein
6 years
@annehelen @chaneyj personal favorite riggins moment is when tami asks him what the scarlet letter is about and he goes
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
surprise winner of the #Emmys : #DCPublicSchools
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Jessica Goldstein
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"The point is that you don't have to intend to kill everybody. People hear the phrase 'Oh, there's concentration camps on the southern border' & think, 'Oh, it's not Auschwitz.' But you don't have to intend to kill everyone to have really bad outcomes."
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
This is not a pick-me-up
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Jessica Goldstein
3 years
Here’s all the journalism I ever did about that pharma bro
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Jessica Goldstein
8 years
Tim Kaine doesn't care who said what to who when, he thinks Kim and Kanye owe Taylor an apology
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
hoping megyn kelly is secretly a liberal is the new hoping ivanka trump is secretly a liberal
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Jessica Goldstein
3 years
!!!
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Jessica Goldstein
2 years
i profiled @sydney_sweeney for the @washingtonpost ! if you're an adult who is terrified of/for Gen Z, chances are you've seen Sydney as Olivia on White Lotus or Cassie on Euphoria. The rising star swears she's nothing like either one.
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
Happy Veterans Day, here is a story about my grandpa, who stole a Nazi flag from Hitler’s house and lived to tell the tale
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Jessica Goldstein
8 years
I wish Trump had to answer "what is the Heller decision?" Bc he'd probably be like "I think that deaf, blind girl def should have water"
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
the trope that female journalists have sex with sources in order to break stories is a fantasy that exists entirely in the minds of mediocre male screenwriters. can someone please tell clint eastwood to go back to shouting at chairs
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
"Whatever it was, it was Gothic." Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah on Dylann Roof:
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Jessica Goldstein
3 years
White House press sec Jen Psaki has yet to be caught in an unhinged lie or a spontaneous informercial. The bar is on the floor... but she’s cleared it. But is the public too easily charmed by what you could call competence porn? My @washingtonian story:
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Jessica Goldstein
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*the Netflix exec in charge of GLOBAL KIDS CONTENT of all things
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Yashar Ali 🐘
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NEW: A Top Netflix Executive Told A Woman That They Don't Believe Danny Masterson’s Rape Accusers, Then She Told Him She Was One Of His Accusers.
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
Gloria Allred arrives at the #CosbyTrial : "I will say this is a very historic day... I expect a vigorous cross-examination by the defense."
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Jessica Goldstein
2 years
Entering my “era” era in the @washingtonpost ! Featuring: Taylor Swift, Ben Affleck, Dickensian peasant-core, Fleabag, dinosaurs, & more
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
From Kristy's Great Idea to a slumber party staple: I wrote an oral history of the 1995 Baby-Sitters Club movie for @vulture !
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Jessica Goldstein
3 years
In 2020, I finally watched The Sopranos, & I was not alone. ( @HBO says viewership increased ~3x over the pandemic.) Now it is all I ever want to think or talk about! So I scored a session with THE Dr. Melfi, @Lorraine_Bracco , for the @washingtonpost :
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
you'd think w a former easter bunny on staff the trump white house would be extra-equipped to handle this smdh 🐰 🐰 🐰
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
the '20s are BACK baby!!!
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
if only there were some way to predict which men were likely to commit mass acts of violence
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"I’m not pro choice, I’m pro abortion. There’s nothing morally wrong with wanting one or getting one. There doesn’t need to be any other reason to terminate a pregnancy other than a pregnancy not being wanted."
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
liberals are waiting for an ivanka that is never going to arrive. #SNL gets it:
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
P.S. Yes, Claudia's yellow plaid pants are an intentional nod to Cher Horowitz aka Alicia Silverstone aka Kristy's mom! Everything you love is connected 💛
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
In a tearful monologue about his infant son, Jimmy Kimmel calls out Trump and makes the personal political:
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Jessica Goldstein
6 years
so cool that even though James Franco and his brother Dave were at the #SAGAwards the person who had to comment on James' sexual exploitation allegations was Allison Brie
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Jessica Goldstein
6 years
I've been asking Trump voters every couple seconds if they regret voting for the president, via @mcsweeneys :
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Jessica Goldstein
5 years
the photo of meghan and beyonce will be better than the entire movie
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Omid Scobie
5 years
Buckingham Palace confirm that Duchess Meghan will be joining Harry on the carpet for the #LionKing premiere this Sunday. And yes, @Beyonce ’s people tell me that she will be attending. Expect the internet break down.
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Jessica Goldstein
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@samsanders @annkpowers @taylorswift13 This observation is also A++ "...just remember that she comes from a place where disclosure is always crafted so minutely that you can read it as a universal no matter how personal it gets. That’s what country music is."
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Jessica Goldstein
8 years
Ah yes the kind of fame all women want: being a rape victim #debatenight
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8 years
This video is produced by Shonda Rhimes because nothing airs on Thursday nights without her involvement
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Jessica Goldstein
5 years
favorite thing about harry styles continues to be his genuine appreciation/admiration of his young, female fanbase
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Jessica Goldstein
8 years
Campaign for #Hamilton husbands to teach a class for men to learn how to talk to and about women
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Jessica Goldstein
3 years
"I had a union at my old job." GREAT point, Meg. @petridishes and I agree: Their working conditions are horrendous. Their in-laws choose violence. Their voices get stolen by witches and trapped in magical shells. It's time for princesses to unionize.
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Jessica Goldstein
2 years
"If Ephron has a lasting legacy... it’s this: she showed how we can fall in and out of love with people based solely on the words that they speak and write... words are so important that you can fall for your enemy just because he knows how to use them."
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
2) defense atty saying "the only thing that is worse" than being sexually assaulted is "the false accusation of sexual assault"
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
Remembering what #PhilandoCastile remembered:
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Jessica Goldstein
6 years
cool cool
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
Really feels like the royal family’s “biggest crisis” since Diana’s death ought to be Prince Andrew’s ties to noted serial child rapist and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein! but sure this also seems dire
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Jessica Goldstein
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🚨 starting today I am a full-time freelancer! 🚨 I write about culture, music, movies, TV, books, comedy, theater, Washington, health, millennial goings-on, social media, pop nostalgia, crime, gender, etc. etc. etc. Editors, come find me! DMs are open.
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Jessica Goldstein
5 years
Wrote about how @KamalaHarris 's equal pay proposal reflects a broader change in how we're (finally) thinking about sexism: as a systemic issue that individual women can't, and shouldn't, be expected to dismantle alone:
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
in related news, it's election day. curfew is at 7 but polls don't close until 8... i'm sure it will be fine! no misunderstandings, everything v cool
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Juliana Pignataro
4 years
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon ordered forces and bases in the Washington D.C. area to "Force Protection Condition Charlie," a threat condition that indicates "likely" targeting of military forces and or terrorist action and the second highest alert level available.
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Jessica Goldstein
7 years
every song about America sounds like a protest song in 2017
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Jessica Goldstein
4 years
man this whole interview with @KillerMartinis : "I’m not putting too much pressure on myself to create, which is hard for a freelancer... You just got shot in the face you’re allowed to not pitch for an hour."
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Jessica Goldstein
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I profiled everyone’s favorite not-a-robot, @DarcyCarden , for the @washingtonpost ! Featuring @KenTremendous , @ilazer , @abbijacobson , & Bill Hader:
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