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Jessica Valenti
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: November 1
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It's become impossible to enjoy most quality television shows because the hurt or endangered women device is so frequently used.
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Given the reality of unintended parenthood and parental unhappiness, one would think that women and men who make the decision not to have children - who are deliberate and thoughtful about the choice to bring another person into the world - would be seen as less selfish than those who unthinkingly have children. Yet the stigma remains.
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My informal writing style is a political choice, because I want feminism to be more accessible.
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Wedding fever is one of the scariest diseases I have ever seen.
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I think that it's incredibly important that we're actually paying attention to the feminism that's going on on the ground in different countries and see what we can do to support the work that's already going on, as opposed to kind of assuming that we know best for women in other areas.
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Life is messy, and it's okay if you are too! We all screw up, that doesn't have to define us.
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According to the virginity movement, men have no self-control when it comes to anything sexual.
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Whether people identify as feminists or not, if they're doing work that furthers a feminist cause, I think that's wonderful, like if it works for me, right, it works for the movement.
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Present-day American society-whether through pop culture, religion, or institutions-conflates sexuality and morality constantly. Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women’s morality means that nothing else matters-not what we accomplish, not what we think, not what we care about and work for. Just if/how/whom we have sex with. That’s all.
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I think people resist feminism because they're scared. I think for women, they're scared of being picked on or of being called out.
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Women do not get raped because they weren’t careful enough. Women get raped because someone raped them.
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If you go to places like YouTube, it's a cesspool, and a lot of the comments are really horrifying and misogynist and harassing.
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I think feminism has always been global. I think there's feminism everywhere throughout the world.
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I grew up definitely a feminist, but I didn't call myself a feminist until I took my first women's studies class in college.
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If you don't identify as a feminist, you're missing out on this whole community that's out there that could really help you with your work, help you with your personal life, and just give you support.
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Stress from blogging keeps me up at night.
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You know, people ask me a lot, well, can you be pro-life and be feminist? Can you be conservative and be feminist? And I think that yeah, maybe personally you can be those things. But I think if you're advocating for legislation, or if you're fighting to limit other women's rights, then you can't really call yourself a feminist.
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