Jen Percy
@jenpercy.bsky.social
Writer at NYTM and author of GIRLS PLAY DEAD: ACTS OF SELF PRESERVATION (Nov 2025)
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
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.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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
“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...
‘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...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“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...
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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...
nickfeik.substack.com/p/censorship...
October 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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...
nickfeik.substack.com/p/censorship...
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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
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...
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August 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/b...
21 Nonfiction Books Coming This Fall
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October 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/b...
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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...
The Billionaire, the Psychedelics and the Best-Selling Memoir
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September 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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...
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My big story about Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon: nymag.com/intelligence...
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?
nymag.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
My big story about Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon: nymag.com/intelligence...
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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...
Israel Was Supposed to Sink Zohran Mamdani
Will the Democratic Party absorb the lesson?
nymag.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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...
