Author Archives: Valerie Tarico

About Valerie Tarico

Seattle psychologist and writer. Author - Trusting Doubt; Deas and Other Imaginings.

Men Should Be Able to Express Opinions and Feelings about Abortion

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Valerie Tarico

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I don’t see any way to deny the validity of male voices in abortion conversations without broadly trashing the human capacity to empathize and perspective-take and wrestle with moral questions. Continue reading →

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$100M Jesus Ads Point to Exploitable Weakness in Religious Right

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Valerie Tarico

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The people paying for this ad campaign are the same ones promoting homophobia, advocating against reproductive healthcare for women, and funding politicians to protect the good old pecking orders: rich over poor, men over women, pasty white people over everyone with more melanin. Continue reading →

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Abortion isn’t the Only Part of Women’s Healthcare That Just Lost Half a Century

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Valerie Tarico

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Leading with a diaphragm that will fail 1 in 5 women during a single year over an implant that will fail 1 in 2000 leads to less reproductive empowerment, not more. One might think of it, in fact, as a form of stochastic coercion; you don’t know who is going to get forced by contraceptive failure into a baby they didn’t want, but you know for sure that someone will. Continue reading →

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Shun, Exclude, Expel, Ostracize, Exile—The Power of Silence and Separation—And Staying Engaged

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Valerie Tarico

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Being excluded activates the same brain pathways as physical pain. A few days after Thanksgiving 2022 a sad little article flitted across my newsfeed. After a group of friends removed a 13-year-old Italian girl from their group chat (as a … Continue reading →

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Men are More Than Allies When It Comes to Abortion Rights

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Valerie Tarico

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Abortion access—or lack thereof—affects the lives of men almost as much as the lives of women. Why are we treating men as mere allies? Allyship used to mean people who shared a mutual interest or who faced a common threat, … Continue reading →

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