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'''Jessica Valenti''' (born [[November 1]], [[1978]]) is a blogger and [[feminist]] writer from [[New York]], and is presently the Executive Editor of Feministing.com, a feminist website she founded. Jessica received her master's degree in Women's and Gender Studies from [[Rutgers University]]<ref>{{cite web
'''Jessica Valenti''' (born [[November 1]], [[1978]]) is a blogger and [[feminist]] writer from [[New York]], and is presently the Executive Editor of Feministing.com. Jessica received her master's degree in Women's and Gender Studies from [[Rutgers University]]<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://womens-studies.rutgers.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=148#Jessica%20Valenti
|url=http://womens-studies.rutgers.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=148#Jessica%20Valenti
|title=Graduate Alumni Profiles - MA Degree Recipients
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|first=Julie
|first=Julie
|date=[[2001-05-22]]
|date=[[2001-05-22]]
}}</ref>. Her work has been featured in ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Nation]]'', ''[[TPMCafe]]'', ''[[Guernica Magazine]]'', ''[[Alternet]]'' and ''[[The Huffington Post]]''.<ref name="essays">See the ''[[#Internet essays|Internet essays]]'' section on this article.</ref>
}}</ref>. Her work has been featured in ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Nation]]'', ''[[TPMCafe]]'', ''[[Guernica Magazine]]'', and [[Alternet]].<ref name="essays">See the ''[[#Internet essays|Internet essays]]'' section on this article.</ref>


== Activities ==
== Activities ==
Jessica is a contributing author to ''[[We Don't Need Another Wave]]'' and ''[[Single State of the Union]]'' (Seal Press). She has written as a freelancer for ''Ms. magazine''<ref name="msmag"/>, ''Salon, The Guardian'' (UK), ''The Nation, Alternet, The Scholar & Feminist'' and ''Guernica''<ref name="essays"/>.
Jessica published essays on the compilations ''We Don't Need Another Wave''<ref>{{cite book
|title=We Don't Need Another Wave: Dispatches from the Next Generation of Feminists
|author=Berger, Melody (editor)
|publisher=Seal Press
|year=2008
|month=September
|day=25
|isbn=1580051820
}}</ref> and ''Single State of the Union''<ref>{{cite book
|title=Single State of the Union
|chapter=The Taming of the Threw
|author=Diane Mapes (editor)
|publisher=Seal Press
|year=2007
|isbn=1580052029}}</ref>. She has written as a freelancer for ''Ms. magazine''<ref name="msmag"/>, ''Salon, The Guardian'' (UK), ''The Nation, Alternet, The Scholar & Feminist'' and ''Guernica''<ref name="essays"/>.


Valenti first book, ''Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters'', was published in March 2007 by Seal Press<ref name="2books">See the ''[[#Books|Books]]'' section on this article.</ref>. To promote her book, she was interviewed by ''Liberal Oasis''<ref>{{cite web
Valenti first book, ''Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters'', was published by Seal Press. She appeared on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' on [[June 5]], [[2007]] to promote her book.<ref>[http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=88092 ''Colbert Report'' interview]</ref>
|url=http://www.liberaloasis.com/2007/04/full_frontal_feminism_author_j_1.php
|publisher=[[Liberal Oasis]]
|title=Full Frontal Feminism" Author, Jessica Valenti: The IM Interview
|work=The Blog
|date=2007-04-30
|accessdate=2008-10-25
|first=Bill
|last=Scher
}}</ref>, ''[[Alternet]]''<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://alternet.org/story/50843/
|title=Full Frontal Feminism
|publisher=[[Alternet]]
|first=Laura
|last=Barcella
|date=2007-04-27
|accessdate=2008-10-25
}}</ref>, ''[[New York Magazine]]''<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/31256/
|publisher=[[New York Magazine]]
|title=Q&A With 'Full Frontal Feminism' Author Jessica Valenti
|first=Emma
|last=Pearse
|date=2007-04-29
|accessdate=2008-10-25
}}</ref> and ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=88092|publisher=Comedy Partners|work=Colbert Nation|title=Jessica Valenti|date=2007-06-05|quote=Jessica Valenti has a hard time believing that the girls in the "Girls Gone Wild" videos are flashing their breasts for their own pleasure}}</ref>

In her interview with [[Salon.com]], Valenti discussed her style of writing and activism, by suggesting that feminists have been slow to adapt their message to a changing culture<ref name="salon">{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/04/24/valenti/|format=html|title=Tough titties (interview)|author=Rebecca Traister|date=[[2007-04-27]]|accessdate=2008-05-28|publisher=[[Salon.com]]}}</ref>.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=Seal Press
|publisher=Seal Press
|language=English
}}
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* {{cite book|title=He's a Stud, She's a Slut...And 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know
* {{cite book|title=He's a Stud, She's a Slut...And 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know
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|publisher=Seal Press
|publisher=Seal Press
|language=English
}}
}}


===Internet essays===
==== 2006 ====
* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[AlterNet]]
|title=Losing Our Feminist Leaders
|url=http://www.alternet.org/story/31954/
|year=2006
|month=February
|day=8
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[Salon.com]]
|title=No fear
|url=http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/04/04/jong_qa/index.html
|year=2006
|month=April
|day=4
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[AlterNet]]
|title=A Good Job Is Hard to Find
|url=http://www.alternet.org/story/34161/
|year=2006.
|month=April
|day=5
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[AlterNet]]
|title=Abstinence Double Standard Threatens Girls' Health
|url=http://www.alternet.org/story/37956/
|year=2006
|month=June
|day=26
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Guardian]]
|title=It's getting hot in here...
|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,,1788801,00.html
|year=2006
|month=June
|day=2
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[Salon.com]]
|title="Strident" and proud
|url=http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/12/katha_pollitt/
|year=2006
|month=July
|day=12
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Guardian]]
|title=Chastity is chic
|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,,1832128,00.html
|year=2006
|month=July
|day=28
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Huffington Post]]
|title=Why Do Conservatives Hate Vaginas?
|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-valenti/why-do-conservatives-hate_b_28711.html
|year=2006
|month=September
|day=05
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Huffington Post]]
|title=Conservatives: Knocking Up Teen Girls One Law at a Time
|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-valenti/conservatives-knocking-u_b_31265.html
|year=2006
|month=October
|day=08
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Huffington Post]]
|title=Girl Politicians Have Cooties
|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-valenti/girl-politicians-have-coo_b_33947.html
|year=2006
|month=November
|day=12
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Huffington Post]]
|title=Bush Appoints New (Terrifying) Director of the Office on Violence Against Women
|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-valenti/bush-appoints-new-terrif_b_35166.html
|year=2006
|month=November
|day=29
}}

==== 2007 ====
* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Huffington Post]]
|title=A Roe Resolution: Trust Women
|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-valenti/a-roe-resolution-_b_39252.html
|year=2007
|month=January
|day=22
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[TPMCafe]]
|title=Misogyny in our midst
|url=http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2007/apr/12/misogyny_in_our_midst
|year=2007
|month=April
|day=12
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Guardian]]
|title=Up the revolution!
|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/apr/18/gender.uk
|year=2007
|month=April
|day=18
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Guardian]]
|title=How the web became a sexists' paradise
|url=http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2051580,00.html
|year=2007
|month=April
|day=26
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Huffington Post]]
|title=Full Frontal Feminism
|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-valenti/full-frontal-feminism_b_47031.html
|year=2007
|month=April
|day=27
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[Guernica Magazine]]
|title=The Supreme Court: Making misogyny official
|url=http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/324/the_supreme_court_making_misog/
|year=2007
|month=April
|day=27
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Guardian]]
|title=Is segregation the only answer to sexual harassment?
|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2007/aug/03/healthandwellbeing.gender
|year=2007
|month=August
|day=3
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Guardian]]
|title=The Books That Changed Our Lives
|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/sep/26/gender.politicsphilosophyandsociety
|year=2007
|month=September
|day=26
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Huffington Post]]
|title=Rape Survivor Denied Treatment Because She "Appeared Intoxicated"
|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-valenti/rape-survivor-denied-trea_b_68981.html
|year=2007
|month=October
|day=18
}}

==== 2008 ====
* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Nation]]
|title=The Sisterhood Split
|url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080324/valenti
|year=2008
|month=March
|day=6
}}

* {{cite web
|first=Jessica
|last=Valenti
|authorlink=Jessica Valenti
|publisher=[[The Guardian]]
|title=Hillary's loss can still be a gain for American women
|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/07/hillaryclinton.uselections2008
|year=2008
|month=June
|day=7
}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.feministing.com Feministing.com]
*[http://www.feministing.com Feministing.com]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-valenti/ Huffington Post]
*[http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/04/24/valenti/index.html Salon.com Interview]
*[http://www.liberaloasis.com/2007/04/full_frontal_feminism_author_j_1.php Liberal Oasis interview]
*[http://alternet.org/story/50843/ Alternet Interview]
*[http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/31256/ NY Magazine]
*[http://www.guernicamag.com/ Guernica Magazine]


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Jessica Valenti (born November 1, 1978) is a blogger and feminist writer from New York, and is presently the Executive Editor of Feministing.com. Jessica received her master's degree in Women's and Gender Studies from Rutgers University[1], has blogged for NARAL Pro-Choice America [2] and worked as a freelance contributor for Ms. magazine[3]. Her work has been featured in The Guardian, The Nation, TPMCafe, Guernica Magazine, and Alternet.[4]

Activities

Jessica is a contributing author to We Don't Need Another Wave and Single State of the Union (Seal Press). She has written as a freelancer for Ms. magazine[3], Salon, The Guardian (UK), The Nation, Alternet, The Scholar & Feminist and Guernica[4].

Valenti first book, Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters, was published by Seal Press. She appeared on The Colbert Report on June 5, 2007 to promote her book.[5]

Bibliography

Books

  • Valenti, Jessica (2007). Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters. Seal Press. ISBN 978-1580052016. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |day= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • Valenti, Jessica (2008). He's a Stud, She's a Slut...And 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know. Seal Press. ISBN 978-1580052450. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |day= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)


References

  1. ^ Department of Womens and Genders Studies (2005-08-06). "Graduate Alumni Profiles - MA Degree Recipients". Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2008-05-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Blog for Choice. "About Our Bloggers". NARAL Pro-Choice America.
  3. ^ a b Foster, Julie (2001-05-22). "WND Exclusive Feminists flag WND columnist". WorldNetDaily.com. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ a b See the Internet essays section on this article.
  5. ^ Colbert Report interview
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