
Description
Now in its updated second edition, Full Frontal Feminism embodies the forward-looking messages that bestselling author Jessica Valenti propagated as founder of the popular website, Feministing.com. Smart and relatable, the book serves as a complete guide to the issues that matter to today's young women, including health, equal pay, reproductive rights, violence, education, relationships, sexual independence and safety, the influence of pop culture, and more.
Chapters include:
You're a Hardcore Feminist. I Swear.
Feminists Do It Better (and Other Sex Tips)
Pop Culture Gone Wild
The Blame (and Shame) Game
If These Uterine Walls Could Talk
Material World
My Big Fat Unnecessary Wedding and Other Dating Diseases
"Real" Women Have Babies
I Promise I Won't Say "Herstory"
Boys Do Cry
Beauty Cult
Sex and the City Voters, My Ass
A Quick Academic Aside
Get to It
Since its original publication, Full Frontal Feminism has informed, inspired, and assured readers with the ultimate message of truth: You a feminist, and that's pretty cool.
Product Details
Publisher | Seal Press (CA) |
Publish Date | July 22, 2014 |
Pages | 288 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9781580055611 |
Dimensions | 8.2 X 5.5 X 0.8 inches | 0.7 pounds |
About the Author
Jessica is also the founder of Feministing.com, which Columbia Journalism Review called "head and shoulders above almost any writing on women's issues in mainstream media."
Her writing has appeared in publications like the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Nation, and Ms. magazine. She is currently a columnist at the Guardian US. Jessica lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.
Reviews
"Full Frontal Feminism shows us feminism is alive and well and kicking all kinds of oppressive male ass."--Margaret Cho
"Full Frontal Feminism tackles serious feminist issues with a sense of humor and justified anger."--Bitch Magazine
"Arresting, entertaining and serious."
--New York Times
"If feminism is enjoying a revival among young women, much of the credit should go to women such as Jessica Valenti."
--Guardian
"Valenti's writing has a wonderful defiant quality reminiscent of the days of the movement's youth."
--Washington Post
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