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Fed-Up Teens Are Outing Their Rapists on TikTok

Social media may feel like some women’s only route to justice

Jessica Valenti
GEN
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3 min readDec 15, 2020

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Close up of a teenager using her smartphone. Her face is obscured by her phone.
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Since Covid-19 hit, I’ve become a bit of a TikTok addict. The social media app offers entertaining, quick content that makes me feel connected to what young people are up to, an algorithm that’s proven remarkably mindful of my interests: dog…

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Jessica Valenti
GEN
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Feminist author & columnist. Native NYer, pasta enthusiast.