Jen Percy

In-Store: Jen Percy: Girls Play Dead w/ Leslie Jamison Eventbrite - Books Are Magic presents In-Store: Jen Percy: Girls Play Dead w/ Leslie Jamison - Monday, November 10, 2025 at Books Are Magic Montague, Brooklyn, NY. Find event and ticket information.

Join me tomorrow 11/10 @booksaremagic for the launch of my second book GIRLS PLAY DEAD:ACTS OF SELF PRESERVATION. I’ll be in conversation with Leslie Jamison. girlsplaydead.eventbrite.com

09.11.2025 18:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

‘These men think they’ve done nothing wrong’: the philosopher who tried to understand Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists — Guardian US When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sen...

“Once you see the videos, there’s nothing about it that is arousing. It’s not a rock movie of a hot woman on a beautiful bed. It’s a naked woman that could be your grandmother. You don’t know her, she’s in a coma; how does this turn you on?” apple.news/ArvmDalzgQ7e...

15.10.2025 20:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The National Press Club joins a long and sad list of Australian cultural institutions that have surrendered to political pressure (implied or real) and attempted to cancel or censor critics of Israel.

nickfeik.substack.com/p/censorship...

10.10.2025 04:26 — 👍 51    🔁 22    💬 4    📌 1

Girls Play Dead: Acts of Self-Preservation by Jen Percy Percy (Demon Camp), a New York Times Magazine contributing writer, offers a groundbreaking exploration of women’s often shamed a...

We're STARRY-eyed over @publisherswkly.bsky.social's review for GIRLS PLAY DEAD by @jenpercy.bsky.social: “A groundbreaking exploration of women’s often shamed and silenced responses to sexual assault... Extensive, empathetic.” www.publishersweekly.com/9780385550048

29.08.2025 15:33 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

21 Nonfiction Books Coming This Fall

Incredible to see my new book GIRLS PLAY DEAD: ACTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION on @nytimes.com list of top nonfiction books to read this fall. Out 11/11!

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/b...

03.10.2025 20:38 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Billionaire, the Psychedelics and the Best-Selling Memoir

I would be delighted to live in a world where the work of victims of sexual assault who are not billionaires got this kind of media coverage. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...

24.09.2025 13:26 — 👍 39    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 2

Pete Hegseth Is Playing Secretary As he sends troops into L.A. and prepares for war, his Pentagon is beset by infighting over leaks, drugs, and socks. How long will Trump stand by him?

My big story about Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon: nymag.com/intelligence...

13.06.2025 13:20 — 👍 2095    🔁 509    💬 106    📌 103

Israel Was Supposed to Sink Zohran Mamdani Will the Democratic Party absorb the lesson?

This story names something that had been really bothering me: public opinion, shaped by irrefutable, horrific, daily reporting by people in Gaza, turned against Israeli government years ago. Polls have shown this consistently. Why do Dems ignore their voters on this? nymag.com/intelligence...

28.06.2025 13:45 — 👍 261    🔁 50    💬 14    📌 10

Israel’s Crimes of the Century How Israel, with the help of the U.S., broke not only Gaza but the foundations of humanitarian law.

A must read on Israeli war crimes by Suzy Hansen @nymag.com

nymag.com/intelligence...

02.07.2025 19:54 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0