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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 the blog Feministing.com. Jessica graduated from [[Stuyvesant High School]] in 1996{{fact}}, received her master's degree in Women's and Gender Studies from [[Rutgers University]]{{fact}} and has worked for [[NARAL Pro Choice America]]{{fact}}, [[Planned Parenthood]]{{fact}}, and ''[[Ms. magazine]]''. According to her site, her work has been featured in ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[Bitch (magazine)|Bitch]]'', ''[[Guernica Magazine]]'', and Alternet.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://www.feministing.com/jessica.html|title=About Us|publisher=Jessica's own website|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
'''Jessica Valenti''' (born [[November 1]], [[1978]]) is a blogger and [[feminist]] writer from New York, and is presently the Executive Editor of the blog Feministing.com. Jessica graduated from [[Stuyvesant High School]] in 1996{{fact}}, received [http://womens-studies.rutgers.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=148#Jessica%20Valenti her master's degree] in Women's and Gender Studies from [[Rutgers University]] and has worked for [[NARAL Pro Choice America]]{{fact}}, [[Planned Parenthood]]{{fact}}, and ''[[Ms. magazine]]''. According to her site, her work has been featured in ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[Bitch (magazine)|Bitch]]'', ''[[Guernica Magazine]]'', and Alternet.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://www.feministing.com/jessica.html|title=About Us|publisher=Jessica's own website|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>


Jessica is the author of ''Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters'', which was released in spring 2007.<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=[[2008-05-16]]|publisher=[[Salon.com]]}}</ref>
Jessica is the author of ''Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters'', which was released in spring 2007.<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=[[2008-05-16]]|publisher=[[Salon.com]]}}</ref>

Revision as of 16:43, 28 May 2008

Jessica Valenti (born November 1, 1978) is a blogger and feminist writer from New York, and is presently the Executive Editor of the blog Feministing.com. Jessica graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1996[citation needed], received her master's degree in Women's and Gender Studies from Rutgers University and has worked for NARAL Pro Choice America[citation needed], Planned Parenthood[citation needed], and Ms. magazine. According to her site, her work has been featured in The Guardian, Bitch, Guernica Magazine, and Alternet.[1]

Jessica is the author of Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters, which was released in spring 2007.[2]


Activities

Jessica writes about the state of feminist blogging as well as sexism on the internet.[3]

Jessica is the editor of Beijing Betrayed, a global monitoring report on women's progress worldwide and a contributing author to We Don't Need Another Wave and Single State of the Union (Seal Press). Her writing has appeared in Ms. magazine, Salon, The Guardian (UK), The Nation, Bitch, Alternet, The Scholar & Feminist and Guernica.[citation needed]

Valenti was named one of Elle magazine's "IntEllegentsia" in April 2007[citation needed]. Her 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.[4]

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[2].

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)

Internet Essays

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Jessica's own website. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  2. ^ a b Rebecca Traister (2007-04-27). "Tough titties (interview)" (html). Salon.com. Retrieved 2008-05-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  3. ^ Jessica Valenti (2007-04-06). "How the web became a sexists' paradise" (html). The Guardian. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Colbert Report interview
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