Jill Filipovic

Hong Kong, New York

Writer at Freelance

Writer, author, columnist, recovering lawyer, and yogi. I write about women's rights, US politics, and foreign affairs

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Articles

The Children Are All Of Ours

6 days ago | jill.substack.com | Jill Filipovic

Motherhood, it is often said, is the hardest job in the world. I’m not sure that’s true, but I do think parenting in the captivity of an unforgiving society may be one of the most impossible jobs in the world.
Trump is making America sad again

1 week ago | newstatesman.com | Jill Filipovic

Donald Trump is not a happy man. In nearly every photograph of him, he’s scowling. His speeches are more fire and brimstone than love and light. His followers are famously unhappy as well, although their lack of emotional well-being is more likely to be coded as “disaffected” or “dissatisfied”. Americans, on the left and right, are growing more miserable – and Trumpism may be both a symptom of that unhappiness and a driver of it.
There Should Be Social Penalties For Lying

1 week ago | jill.substack.com | Jill Filipovic

Over the weekend, Donald Trump posted a photo of himself as the pope to his personal social media accounts and to the White House’s. On Monday, he told reporters, “I had nothing to do with it.” He continued,“Somebody made up a picture of me dressed like the pope, and they put it out on the internet. That’s not me that did it, I have no idea where it came from — maybe it was A.I. But I have no idea where it came from.”He may have no idea where the image came from.
Monday Reads

1 week ago | jill.substack.com | Tamar Eisen |Jill Filipovic

Photo by Taylor on UnsplashHappy Monday and welcome Monday Reads! Here are some fine reads from around the web, plus what you might have missed from the newsletter and elsewhere these past few weeks. Jill Filipovic is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Sorry Gov. Whitmer, But You’ve Got to Cut Trump From Your Dance Card

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | Jill Filipovic

Democratic Governors are in a tight spot. A notoriously vindictive man is in the White House, a man whose presidency every day imperils the future of American democracy. He has control of vast federal funds, which he uses to punish people (and whole states) he sees as ‘against’ him, while rewarding loyalists and toadies. And those governors also have an obligation to secure funding and support for their states. Opposition to Donald Trump for opposition’s sake is not the answer.
Why Are Pregnant Women More Likely to Die in "Pro-Life" States?

2 weeks ago | jill.substack.com | Jill Filipovic

Women who live in states that ban abortion are almost twice as likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth, and the immediate postpartum period than women who live in states that allow the procedure, a new study from the Gender Equity Policy Institute finds. Radically divergent maternal health outcomes between pro-choice and supposedly “pro-life” states pre-date the Dobbs decision, which stripped the constitutional right to privacy from women and allowed states to ban abortion.
Monday Reads

2 weeks ago | jill.substack.com | Tamar Eisen |Jill Filipovic

Photo by Callum Shaw on UnsplashHappy Monday and welcome Monday Reads! Here are some fine reads from around the web, plus what you might have missed from the newsletter and elsewhere these past few weeks. Jill Filipovic is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Yes, America Should Make It Easier to Have Kids-But Trump Wants to Punish Childless and Single Women

3 weeks ago | msmagazine.com | Jill Filipovic

This story originally appeared on Jill.substack.com, a newsletter from journalist, lawyer and author Jill Filipovic. The Trump administration wants to juice the birthrate. This isn’t surprising: Vice President JD Vance is an ardent pronatalist, as is shadow president Elon Musk, who seems to be working on populating Mars with his own progeny. Abortion opponents, who make up a solid chunk of Trump’s base, want to see women have more babies whether we like it or not.
Yes, America Should Make It Easier to Have Children

3 weeks ago | jill.substack.com | Jill Filipovic

The Trump administration wants to juice the birthrate. This isn’t surprising: Vice President JD Vance is an ardent pro-natalist. So is shadow president Elon Musk, who seems to be working on populating Mars with his own progeny. Abortion opponents, who make up a solid chunk of Trump’s base, want to see women have more babies whether we like it or not. Republicans and the Christian conservatives who elect them have generally been on the “be fruitful and multiply” side of things.
Monday Reads

3 weeks ago | jill.substack.com | Tamar Eisen |Jill Filipovic

Photo by Cristina Gottardi on UnsplashHappy Monday and welcome Monday Reads! Here are some fine reads from around the web, plus what you might have missed from the newsletter and elsewhere these past few weeks. Jill Filipovic is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.