How insulting is it to suggest the best thing women can do is raise other people to do incredible things? — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
If feminism wasn't powerful, if feminism wasn't influential, people wouldn't spend so much time putting it down. — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Something you hear a lot is that feminism dead. But if feminism is dead, why do people try so hard to kill… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think that online harassment has become so ubiquitous on the Internet that a lot of women do feel safer, whatever that… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
People are not going to give up marriage. But we can try to make it more fair. We can try to change… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
People aren't comfortable thinking of women as people. Like we're not people, we're women, and that means something completely different, especially when… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
When it comes to people who are saying really extreme things online, we have the tendency to think that they are just… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Instead of focusing on men and focusing on what we can do to prop them up, people seem really incredibly focused on… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Yes, the more successful you are—or the stronger, the more opinionated—the less you will be generally liked. All of a sudden people… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Something you hear a lot is that feminism dead. But if feminism is dead, why do people try so hard to kill… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think I was in high school, actually, and it was a guidance counselor or someone said, you know, you're just too… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Because there's no accountability on line in the same way there is in real life, all of a sudden you can say… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
You have to have your personal life, and at the end of the day I think what people forget, especially when you're… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
People seem to think, because of the way that the media has appropriated third-wave feminism or young feminism, that all young feminists… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think that the ideal of parenting can make people unhappy. It's that this lie that they're being told by society that… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
And really, how insulting is it that to suggest that the best thing women can do is raise other people to do… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
It's time to teach our daughters that their ability to be good people depends on their being good people, not on whether… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
My problem with the wedding industry started when I studied in college and liked to have the television on in the background,… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
The truth is that we don't need everyone to like us; we need a few people to love us. Because what's better… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
We've been growing our readership every month, and we're kind of like, where are they all coming from? This is wonderful! And… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
I don't think that there's a guy behind the desk at every newspaper saying "No, woman" and sending her on her way,… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
The Internet is the new public space. And because women are out in public, people don't like that in much the same… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What bothers me the most about the way that people appropriate feminist language is that they are the same people who are… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
The less obvious hurdle is that of preparing parents emotionally and putting forward realistic images of parenthood and motherhood. There also needs to be… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
Social media is not just another way to connect feminist and activist voices - it amplifies our messages as well. — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
Women are brought up to believe you are going to be the better parent and you know what's best. I don't think that's necessarily… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
“What is closer to the truth is that when confronted with the love you deserve, it is easier to mock it than accept it.” — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
I think we get into very dangerous territory when we start to define who can and cannot be a feminist. It's such a slippery… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
It used to be, if you wanted to have a strong, influential voice in the feminist movement, you really needed to be part of… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
The implications of likability are long-lasting and serious. Women adjust their behavior to be likable and as a result have less power in the… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
I think I was in high school, actually, and it was a guidance counselor or someone said, you know, you're just too loud; like… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
The only purpose of an engagement ring is to show you 'belong' to someone, and your man makes bank. — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
Something I say a lot when it comes to anti-feminist stereotypes is that they exist for a reason. The stereotypes of feminists as ugly,… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important role is… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
I do think that there is a real crisis of masculinity that's happening in America. I think the problem is - the way it's… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
Young women know that something is off; they know that the world is a messed-up place. They know that the world is a sexist… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
“I’m talking about the soul-crushing drudgery of day-to-day parenthood that we’re too embarrassed to talk about. The boredom, the stress, the nagging dissatisfaction, and… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share
