“I think the better question is: How do we want sexual mores to shift, and what will that do for the American experience of both consensual and nonconsensual sex?” Thinking Author:Vanessa Grigoriadis
“I finally stopped fretting and tried to think of Donald Trump's election as an opportunity. I didn't shift my thesis but I added some lines, in the Blurred Lines introduction, to my description of the progressive awakening that has happened in this country over the last five years - "Trump's presidency is a macroaggression". I wanted Trump to be a specter from the book's outset.” ThinkingCountryOpportunityElectionAwakeningProgressiveIntroductionThesis Author:Vanessa Grigoriadis
“I don't think we get the degree to which technological mediums like Snapchat and Instagram are also changing our relationships. I think we will learn down the line that they have created profound changes in our social and sexual lives.” ThinkingProfoundOur RelationshipTechnological Author:Vanessa Grigoriadis
“Believe women first. I think this is very important. We must believe women first, and if the evidence truly stacks against them - in a significant way, not just a minor way - then revise our position.” ThinkingBelieveImportantEvidenceSignificant Author:Vanessa Grigoriadis