Jaclyn Friedman
Feminist writer and activist
Jaclyn Friedman is an American feminist writer, speaker and activist. She wrote Unscrewed and co-edited Yes Means Yes.
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About Jaclyn Friedman
Jaclyn Friedman was born in 1971 and is an American writer and activist. She speaks on university campuses about feminism, sexual freedom and anti-rape activism. She wrote Unscrewed and What You Really Really Want, and she co-edited Yes Means Yes with Jessica Valenti. The two also co-edited Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World. Friedman founded Women, Action & the Media and later served as its executive director. She led the #FBrape campaign, which got Facebook to treat content that promotes gender-based violence as hate speech. She also founded EducateUS, an organization working to advance sex education across the US, and has hosted a podcast called Unscrewed about paths to sexual liberation.