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About Jessica Valenti
American feminist writer
Jessica Valenti is an American feminist writer. She co-founded the blog Feministing and wrote for it from 2004 to 2011. She has 91 quotes on the site. Valenti is the author of six books, including Full Frontal Feminism, The Purity Myth, Why Have Kids?, and Sex Object: A Memoir. She has also co-edited Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power, A World Without Rape, and Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World. From 2014 to 2018, she was a columnist for The Guardian, and she now runs the Abortion, Every Day newsletter. Michelle Goldberg described her as “one of the most successful and visible feminists of her generation.”
More from Jessica Valenti (91 quotes) →Keep reading Jessica Valenti
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- “Wanting to be liked means being a supporting character in your own life, using the cues of the actors around…”Jessica Valenti
- “My least favorite form of street harassment is when a guy asks why I’m not smiling. It’s related to that: Wom…”Jessica Valenti
Reflections: more sayings
- “My English is closer to the literary English, and I'm not very familiar with jokes in English or with, you kn…”J. M. G. Le Clezio
- “I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of m…”Ahmet Zappa
- “I'm inspired by NeNe. And I've seen who NeNe has become, I've seen her successes, and I support her.”Eva Marcille
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Books by Jessica Valenti
Sex object
2016
Believe Me
2020
The purity myth
2009
Full Frontal Feminism
2014