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Jessica ValentiVerified account ‏@JessicaValenti · 3h3 hours ago
The guy next to me on the subway was checking Twitter; he followed almost all the same people I did but NO WOMEN. Passive sexism is for real
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  1. @JessicaValenti Were you above ground? Or at a station that has wi-fi/cellphone access?
    1 retweet 3 favorites
  2. @JessicaValenti I've noticed a lot of dudes won't RT non-dudes. What's with that?
    9 retweets 4 favorites
  3. @NellSco oh that's interesting, haven't paid attention to that...
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  4. @JessicaValenti so if you don't immediately see female tweets whilst EAVESDROPPING that proves sexism? How fucked are you?
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  5. @JessicaValenti @shaneferro That's not passive sexism. stop creeping
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  6. @JessicaValenti You managed to come to that conclusion from a few moments of spying on someone's Twitter feed?
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  7. Important test for men one thinks might be kind of alright: does he have women authors on his shelf? Surprisingly few do. @JessicaValenti
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  8. @marstrina @JessicaValenti But... but... how can people live their lives without reading Janet Evanovich?
    1 retweet 9 favorites
  9. @marstrina @JessicaValenti This is also a fun tool to check that out (and old so you probably know it already). http://twee-q.com/index.php 
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  10. @HFDSP @JessicaValenti aaaaargh! I only RT 46% women! *crawls off to die in shame*
    1 retweet 6 favorites
  11. @JessicaValenti If the first is indeed true "almost all the same people" and the second is true, then you don't follow enough women. Right?
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  12. @JessicaValenti Seriously, you're being a bit creepy. WHO KNEW judgmental sneaks were sitting so nearby they could spy on Twitter choices?
    4 retweets 26 favorites
  13. @marstrina @JessicaValenti I got 68%, which was a bit of a surprise, thought it would be much closer to 50-50.
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  14. @JessicaValenti If there is any sexism going on, it is by the one spying on men and making sweeping assumptions.
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  15. @JessicaValenti No, that's not creepy at all.
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  16. @JessicaValenti I follow lots of girls and interact with them regularly. I especially like following pretty anti-feminist girls.
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  17. @JessicaValenti His gf/wife may have deleted all of his female friends. Stop assuming.
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  19. @JessicaValenti so much judgey-pants. Do you appreciate when people make snap judgments of you based on so little info?
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