Feminism Quotes by Jessica Valenti

How insulting is it to suggest the best thing women can do is raise other people to do incredible things?

— Jessica Valenti

I think feminism is taking off. It's just not visible in the way that we would like it to be.

— Jessica Valenti

If feminism wasn't powerful, if feminism wasn't influential, people wouldn't spend so much time putting it down.

— Jessica Valenti

I think feminism has always been global. I think there's feminism everywhere throughout the world.

— Jessica Valenti

Something you hear a lot is that feminism dead. But if feminism is dead, why do people try so hard to kill…

— Jessica Valenti

Men in their hearts hate women. It doesn’t matter how much we love them. They hate us”

— Jessica Valenti

If you're fighting to limit other women's rights, then you can't really call yourself a feminist.

— Jessica Valenti

I do think that more people are feminists than they realize.

— Jessica Valenti

While falling in love is fun, it's not everything, and it's not the antidote to an unfulfilled life, despite what Reese Witherspoon…

— Jessica Valenti

Whether people identify as feminists or not, if they're doing work that furthers a feminist cause, I think that's wonderful, like if…

— Jessica Valenti

“The important thing is that we are participating-whether it's by running, voting, or supporting (financially or otherwise) candidates who make a difference…

— Jessica Valenti

I'm glad that we have a history at all and that we can talk about feminist history. But I do think that…

— Jessica Valenti

There is no public space for women; the whole world is a prison where you have to be constantly aware at all…

— Jessica Valenti

I think people resist feminism because they're scared. I think for women, they're scared of being picked on or of being called…

— Jessica Valenti

I hear from a lot of young women, you know, I don't want to call myself a feminist because I don't want…

— Jessica Valenti

Obviously Feministing is kind of a women's space in a certain way, even though we have a lot of male readership and…

— Jessica Valenti

People ask me a lot, 'Well, can you be pro-life and be feminist? Can you be conservative and be feminist?' And I…

— Jessica Valenti

“Shit is fucked up when it comes to appearances and women. We’re expected to be hot - but if we are, we’re…

— Jessica Valenti

Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common…

— Jessica Valenti

“Do you think it is fair that guy will make more money doing the same job as you? Does it piss you…

— Jessica Valenti

Feminism isn't simply about being a woman in a position of power. It's battling systemic inequities; it's a social justice movement that…

— Jessica Valenti

“Trusting women means also trusting them to find their way. This isn’t to say, of course, that I think women’s sexual choices…

— Jessica Valenti

There have been women who stumbled across Feministing randomly, through a bizarre Google search or something, and had no idea what feminism…

— Jessica Valenti

I think the idea that feminism is dead is dangerous because it leads women and men to believe that (1) they don't…

— Jessica Valenti

There was no real strategic decision about editorial tone. It was kind of a write whatever you want to write, and we'll…

— Jessica Valenti

“..the hope I have for women: that we can start to see ourselves-and encourage men to see us-as more than just the…

— Jessica Valenti

“What’s the worst possible thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now. You’re probably thinking of words like slut, whore,…

— Jessica Valenti

It just struck me as really odd that there were all of these conversations going on about what young women were up…

— Jessica Valenti

“If you spend any amount of time doing media analysis, it’s clear that the most frenzied moral panic surrounding young women’s sexuality…

— Jessica Valenti

“Perhaps it’s true that in our sex-saturated culture it does take a certain amount of self-discipline to resist having sex, but restraint…

— Jessica Valenti

I ask myself a lot how other women can be against the ideology that has to do with women empowering other women.…

— Jessica Valenti

Something I say a lot when it comes to anti-feminist stereotypes is that they exist for a reason. The stereotypes of feminists…

— Jessica Valenti

You come to a point where you give up on holding yourself to a perfect feminist ideal — it just feels stifling.

— Jessica Valenti

I'm really aware of how feminism and feminist rhetoric has been appropriated by the right.

— Jessica Valenti

My informal writing style is a political choice, because I want feminism to be more accessible.

— Jessica Valenti

I think that blogging and the Internet has completely changed feminism for ever, I think.

— Jessica Valenti

Something I say a lot when it comes to anti-feminist stereotypes is that they exist for a reason.

— Jessica Valenti

I grew up definitely a feminist, but I didn't call myself a feminist until I took my first women's studies class in…

— Jessica Valenti

The biggest thinker that's influenced my feminism is definitely Bell Hooks, who's a feminist cultural critic, because of her accessibility but also…

— Jessica Valenti

Bra-burning never happened. It was completely made up by the media. A couple of women protesting a Miss America pageant threw some…

— Jessica Valenti