Jessa Crispin University of Chicago Press, 256 pp., $16. More to Read . At L.A. Times Book Prizes ceremony, winners advocate for hope in the face of uncertainty. April 25, 2025.

By Jessa Crispin, University of Chicago, 240 pages, $16. Originally Published: October 1, 2015 at 9:45 AM CDT. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook; ...

In the beginning of the bookish Internet, Jessa Crispin made waves with her irreverent online literary magazine, “Bookslut.”She’s gone on to publish another magazine, “Spolia,” as well ...

In a sharp new book, Jessa Crispin uses the actor’s career to explore, and complicate, the “crisis of masculinity.” By Alexandra Jacobs When you purchase an independently reviewed book ...

Jessa Crispin There has always been a radical edge to feminism — that’s where all the progress originates from. It originates from women questioning the validity of marriage.

Jessa Crispin is 24 years old and a college dropout. She works by day as a Planned Parenthood fundraiser. She is smart, very smart, and nearly everything she says comes out in a skeptical half-drawl.

Despite rejecting her childhood upbringing decades ago, Jessa Crispin has found herself needing to confront some old ghosts. As far as she may have run from her Kansas hometown—to New York City ...

Powered by strong opinions and sharp wit, Jessa Crispin’s web site has become a must-read for book lovers. by Martha Bayne November 13, 2003 August 19, 2021. Share this: ...

Jessa Crispin. jessacrispin.com. Constance Grady is a senior correspondent on the Culture team for Vox, where since 2016 she has covered books, publishing, gender, celebrity analysis, and theater.

I don’t have the background people in publishing have,” literary blogger Jessa Crispin freely admits. “Bookslut is on the outside: we’re not located in New York, we’re not print, and we ...

A little etymology can be helpful in approaching Jessa Crispin’s latest book, “Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto.” The word “manifesto” arrived in English by way of Italian ...

According to Jessa Crispin, it is the most important question of our time, and the answer to it might be found in an unlikely place: the films of Michael Douglas. In the 1980s, the rules for ...