Jessica Valenti

The less obvious hurdle is that of preparing parents emotionally and putting forward realistic images of parenthood and motherhood. There also needs…

— Jessica Valenti

Social media is not just another way to connect feminist and activist voices - it amplifies our messages as well.

— Jessica Valenti

Women are brought up to believe you are going to be the better parent and you know what's best. I don't think…

— Jessica Valenti

“What is closer to the truth is that when confronted with the love you deserve, it is easier to mock it than…

— Jessica Valenti

Stress from blogging keeps me up at night.

— Jessica Valenti

I think we get into very dangerous territory when we start to define who can and cannot be a feminist. It's such…

— Jessica Valenti

It used to be, if you wanted to have a strong, influential voice in the feminist movement, you really needed to be…

— Jessica Valenti

The implications of likability are long-lasting and serious. Women adjust their behavior to be likable and as a result have less power…

— Jessica Valenti

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

The only purpose of an engagement ring is to show you 'belong' to someone, and your man makes bank.

— 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

Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important…

— Jessica Valenti

I do think that there is a real crisis of masculinity that's happening in America. I think the problem is - the…

— Jessica Valenti

Young women know that something is off; they know that the world is a messed-up place. They know that the world is…

— Jessica Valenti

“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…

— Jessica Valenti

What bothers me the most about the way that people appropriate feminist language is that they are the same people who are…

— Jessica Valenti

Value yourself for what the media doesn't - your intelligence, your street smarts, your ability to play a kick-ass game of pool,…

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

— 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

“Girls “going wild” aren’t damaging a generation of women, the myth of sexual purity is. The lie of virginity—the idea that such…

— Jessica Valenti

There's going to be biological differences between the genders. There's going to be biological differences between two women or two men. There's…

— 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

I think virginity is fine, just as I think having sex is fine. I don't really care what women do sexually, and…

— Jessica Valenti

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