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Jessica Valenti is a blogger and feminist writer from New York City. She is the founder and Executive Editor of the feminist blog Feministing.com. Valenti received her master's degree in Women's and Gender Studies from Rutgers University, has blogged for NARAL Pro-Choice America, and has worked as a freelance contributor for Ms. magazine. Her work has been featured in The Guardian, The Nation, TPMCafe, and Alternet.

Feministing

Valenti and Feministing are frequently identified as part of the third-wave feminist movement.

Valenti founded Feministing in 2004, as a source for feminist news and ideas "by and for" young feminists. It was created while Valenti was working at the National Organization for Women's legal defense fund, in response to what she felt was dismissal from older feminists.

Valenti and Feministing have often been the center of a developing swirl of feminist debate online, sometimes acriminous but usually welcome to the hundreds of passionate participants. Valenti was, for example, the center of a vitriolic dispute in the blogosphere when law professor Ann Althouse accused her of drawing attention to her figure with a "three quarter pose" while posing for a picture with President Bill Clinton.

Other publications

Valenti is a contributing author to Click: When we knew we were feminists, We Don't Need Another Wave and Single State of the Union. She has written as a freelancer for Ms. magazine, Salon, The Guardian (UK), The Nation, Alternet, The Scholar & Feminist and Guernica.

Valenti's first book, Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters, was published by Seal Press in early 2007. To promote her book, she was interviewed by Liberal Oasis, Alternet, New York Magazine, Salon.com and The Colbert Report. In May 2008, Valenti published her second book He's a Stud, She's a Slut...And 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know. Valenti released her third book, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession With Virginity is Hurting Young Women in March 2009.

Personal life

Valenti attended Stuyvesant High School. On October 3, 2009, Valenti married Andrew Golis, the deputy publisher of Talking Points Memo.

Valenti gave birth to a baby girl named Layla Sorella Valenti-Golis on Sunday, August 15th. Layla was delivered at 29 weeks by emergency c-section after Valenti was diagnosed with severe pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome.

Bibliography

Books

References

  1. Department of Women's and Gender Studies (2005-08-06). "Graduate Alumni Profiles - MA Degree Recipients". Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  2. Blog for Choice. "About Our Bloggers". NARAL Pro-Choice America.
  3. ^ Foster, Julie (2001-05-22). "WND Exclusive Feminists flag WND columnist". WorldNetDaily.com.
  4. Valenti, Jessica (2008-08-21). "Jessica Valenti Article Archive". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  5. Valenti, Jessica (2008-03-26). "The Sisterhood Split". The Nation.
  6. Valenti, Jessica (2008-11-19). "Anti-Choicers Switching Up Strategies?". TPM Cafe.
  7. Valenti, Jessica (2008-11-19). "Alternet Author Page". Alternet.
  8. Kramer Bussel, Rachel (15 May 2006). "Jessica Valenti, Executive Editor and Founder, Feministing.com". interview. Gothamist.com. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  9. ^ Barcella, Laura (2007-04-27). "Full Frontal Feminism". Alternet. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  10. Traister, Rebecca (24 April 2007). "Tough titties". interview. Salon.com. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  11. Dominus, Susan (1 February 2008). "Feminists Find Unity Is Elusive". article. New York Times. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  12. http://scienceblogs.com/mikethemadbiologist/2006/09/apparently_feminists_arent_all.php
  13. Funk, Liz (12 October 2006). "Feministing: Feminist? Or Just -Ing?". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  14. Clark-Flory, Tracy (15 September 2006). "The blogosphere's breast debate". Salon.com. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  15. Martin, Courtney (editor) (April 27, 2010). Click: When we knew we were feministss. Seal Press. ISBN 1580052851. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  16. Berger, Melody (editor) (September 25, 2008). We Don't Need Another Wave: Dispatches from the Next Generation of Feminists. Seal Press. ISBN 1580051820. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  17. Diane Mapes (editor) (2007). "The Taming of the Threw". Single State of the Union. Seal Press. ISBN 1580052029. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  18. Scher, Bill (2007-04-30). "Full Frontal Feminism" Author, Jessica Valenti: The IM Interview". The Blog. Liberal Oasis. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  19. Pearse, Emma (2007-04-29). "Q&A With 'Full Frontal Feminism' Author Jessica Valenti". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  20. Rebecca Traister (2007-04-27). "Tough titties". Salon.com. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  21. "Jessica Valenti". Colbert Nation. Comedy Partners. 2007-06-05. Jessica Valenti has a hard time believing that the girls in the "Girls Gone Wild" videos are flashing their breasts for their own pleasure
  22. Jess McCabe (7 May 2008). "He's a stud, she's a slut?". The F-Word.
  23. Lane, Dakota (2009-10-18). "Jessica Valenti and Andrew Golis". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-06.

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