Jessica Valenti

No longer maligned as a fascistic movement of man-haters or declared dead on national magazine covers, feminism is now the zeitgeist. Beyoncé calls herself a feminist in forty foot lights; democratic candidate Hillary Clinton stumps for women’s rights on the 2016 campaign trail; and a vibrant conversation is happening in real time across social media. “Gutsy young third wave feminist” (New York Times) and Guardian US columnist Jessica Valenti has been leading the national conversation for over a decade and is widely credited with sparking the online wave of the women’s movement. In Sex Object, Valenti focuses on funny, painful, embarrassing, and sometimes illegal moments from her own life that illuminate what it’s like to be a woman today. Structured in three acts to follow the arc of what a woman’s life is supposed to be focused on—Bodies, Boys, Babies—Sex Object explores drugs, sex, harassment, assault, bad boyfriends, too-nice boyfriends, abortions, birth, class anxiety, impostor syndrome, work, death threats, resistance, and family. Feminism is once again “having a moment" and Sex Object shockingly illuminates the contemporary female experience—and the woman who is helping to shape it.

A Memoir

Sex Object

The United States is obsessed with virginity — from the media to schools to government agencies. In The Purity Myth, Jessica Valenti argues that the country's intense focus on chastity is damaging to young women. Through in-depth cultural and social analysis, Valenti reveals that powerful messaging on both extremes — ranging from abstinence-only curriculum to "Girls Gone Wild" infomercials — place a young woman's worth entirely on her sexuality. Morals are therefore linked purely to sexual behavior, rather than values like honesty, kindness, and altruism. Valenti sheds light on the value — and hypocrisy — around the notion that girls remain virgins until they're married by putting into context the historical question of purity, modern abstinence-only education, pornography, and public punishments for those who dare to have sex. The Purity Myth presents a revolutionary argument that girls and women are overly valued for their sexuality, as well as solutions for a future without a damaging emphasis on virginity.

How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women

The Purity Myth

The creator of Feministing.com presents evidence of the ongoing spirit of feminism that considers a wide range of topics from health and reproductive rights to violence and education, in a volume that challenges modern criticisms of today's young women and invites the newest generation to become comfortable with feminist activism. Original.

A Young Women's Guide to why Feminism Matters

Full Frontal Feminism

A founder of Feministing.com tackles controversial double standards that are challenging today's women, informing readers on how to combat sexist attitudes regarding such topics as aging, innocence, and equal capability. Original.

He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know

Jaclyn Friedman

Collects essays that provide a variety of perspectives and experiences that will educate and inform readers on the value of female sexuality and its correlation to a rape-free society.

Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape

Yes Means Yes!

What would happen if we believed women? A groundbreaking anthology offers a potent rallying cry and theory of change Harvey Weinstein. Brett Kavanaugh. Jeffrey Epstein. Donald Trump. The most infamous abusers in modern American history are being outed as women speak up to publicly expose behavior that was previously only whispered about -- and it's both making an impact, and sparking a backlash. From the leading, agenda-setting feminist editors of Yes Means Yes, Believe Me brings readers into the evolving landscape of the movement against sexual violence, and outlines how trusting women is the critical foundation for future progress. In Believe Me, contributors ask and answer the crucial question: What would happen if we didn't just believe women, but acted as though they matter? If we take women's experiences of online harassment seriously, it will transform the internet. If we listen to and center survivors, we could revolutionize our systems of justice. If we believe Black women when they talk about pain, we will save countless lives. With contributions from many of the most important voices in feminism today, Believe Me is an essential roadmap for the #MeToo era and beyond.

How Trusting Women Can Change the World

Believe Me

A high-profile feminist, and a mother herself, explores the question of whether or not to have children, and how having children changes the life of parents, often not for the better, in this modern world. 20,000 first printing.

A New Mom Explores the Truth about Parenting and Happiness

Why Have Kids?

This groundbreaking feminist classic dismantles the way we view rape in our culture and replaces it with a genuine understanding and respect for female sexual pleasure. In the original edition, feminist, political, and activist writers alike presented their ideas for a paradigm shift from the "No Means No" model--and the result was the groundbreaking shift to today's affirmative consent model ("Yes Means Yes," as coined by this book). With a timely new introduction, refreshed cover, and the timeless contributions of authors from Kate Harding to Jill Filipovic, Yes Means Yes brings to the table a dazzling variety of perspectives and experiences focused on the theory that educating all people to value female sexuality and pleasure leads to viewing women differently, and ending rape. Yes Means Yes has radical and far-reaching effects: from teaching men to treat women as collaborators and not conquests, encouraging men and women that women can enjoy sex instead of being shamed for it, and ultimately, that our children can inherit a world where rape is rare and swiftly punished.

Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World without Rape

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a stirring and succinct examination of post-Roe America, “one of the most successful and visible feminists of her generation” (Washington Post) takes on what’s become the country’s most resonant political issue.

OUR BODIES, THEIR LIES, AND THE TRUTHS WE USE TO WIN

Abortion

''Nesta sincera autobiografia, Jessica Valenti, uma das feministas mais proeminentes da atualidade, explora o preço que o machismo cobra na vida das mulheres. Dos assédios em transportes públicos e o medo do sucesso ao despertar sexual e a maternidade, Objeto Sexual revela os momentos dolorosos, constrangedores, e às vezes "fora da lei", que moldaram o período da adolescência e de jovem adulta de Valenti na cidade de Nova York. Visceral e emocionante, Objeto Sexual, não apenas conta as histórias vividas pela autora, mas reproduz as que se repetem todos os dias, na vida de milhões de mulheres objetificadas ao redor do mundo.''

Memórias de uma feminista

Objeto sexual

Nesta sincera autobiografia, Jessica Valenti, uma das feministas mais proeminentes da atualidade, explora o preço que o machismo cobra na vida das mulheres. Dos assédios em transportes públicos e o medo do sucesso ao despertar sexual e a maternidade, Objeto Sexual revela os momentos dolorosos, constrangedores, e às vezes “fora da lei”, que moldaram o período da adolescência e de jovem adulta de Valenti na cidade de Nova York. Visceral e emocionante, Objeto Sexual, não apenas conta as histórias vividas pela autora, mas reproduz as que se repetem todos os dias, na vida de milhões de mulheres objetificadas ao redor do mundo.

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