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I remember at the time - right before we started Feministing.com - doing a Google search for the term "young feminism" and the term "young feminist," and the first thing that came up was a page from the National Organization for Women that was about 10 or 15 years old. And it just struck me as so odd that there was all of this young feminist activism going on, but that it wasn't necessarily being represented online, that the first things in a Google search to come up were really, really old. I think to a certain degree we really filled a gap, and that's why we got such a large readership.

Jessica Valenti

Thinking, Feminist, Google

Fuente: bigthink.com
There was no real strategic decision about editorial tone. It was kind of a write whatever you want to write, and we'll see how it goes. I think that we lucked out in that all of the women who started writing at Feministing.com were really funny, and I don't think that's something people are used to seeing or hearing when they read feminism. You know, you think feminism and you kind of think academic, women's studies, dry, humorless; there are all of these stereotypes that go along with what feminist thought is and what feminist writing is.

Jessica Valenti

Real, Escribir, Pensar

Fuente: bigthink.com
Cada mes aumentan nuestros lectores y nos preguntamos de dónde vienen. Esto es maravilloso. Y creo que una de las mejores sorpresas fue que a menudo se oye que a las mujeres jóvenes no les interesa el feminismo, que las mujeres jóvenes no se identifican como feministas. Pero en realidad, la mayoría de nuestros lectores son mujeres jóvenes. Así que ver a tanta gente joven involucrándose y aceptando Feministing.com fue algo realmente emocionante.

Jessica Valenti

Pensamiento, Gente, Feminista

Fuente: bigthink.com
It just struck me as really odd that there were all of these conversations going on about what young women were up to. Were young women having too much sex? Were young women politically apathetic? Are young women socially engaged or not? And whenever these conversations were happening, they were mostly happening by older women and by older feminists. And maybe there would be a younger woman quoted every once in a while, but we weren't really a central part of that conversation. We weren't really being allowed to speak on our own behalf.

Jessica Valenti

Feminist, Speak, Odd

Fuente: bigthink.com
I think that it's incredibly important that we're actually paying attention to the feminism that's going on on the ground in different countries and see what we can do to support the work that's already going on, as opposed to kind of assuming that we know best for women in other areas.

Jessica Valenti

Country, Thinking, Support

Fuente: bigthink.com
I think feminism has always been global. I think there's feminism everywhere throughout the world. I think, though, for Western feminism and for American feminism, it not so surprisingly continues to center Western feminism and American feminism. And I think the biggest hurdle American feminists have in terms of taking a more global approach is that too often when you hear American feminists talk about international feminism or women in other countries, it kind of goes along with this condescending point of view like we have to save the women of such-and-such country; we have to help them.

Jessica Valenti

Country, Thinking, Feminist

Fuente: bigthink.com
I think that blogging and the Internet has completely changed feminism for ever, I think. You know, it used to be, 10 years ago, if you wanted to have a strong, influential voice in the feminist movement, you really needed to be part of this New York/D.C. elite group of feminists, or part of a mainstream feminist organization. And now it's kind of an amazing thing that you can just start a blog and put your voice out there and build your readership.

Jessica Valenti

Strong, Thinking, Feminist

Fuente: bigthink.com
Sé que no estaría escribiendo libros si no hubiera sido por la blogosfera feminista, y creo que es algo realmente asombroso. Y creo que el poder de divulgación es increíble. Antes, si alguien se involucraba en el feminismo, probablemente era porque ya estaba interesado. Ya estaban interesadas en el feminismo; ya estaban interesadas en ser activistas, y encontraban el camino a una reunión de NOW o a un grupo de concienciación o algo así.

Jessica Valenti

Libro, Escritura, Pensamiento

Fuente: bigthink.com
One of the things I really like about doing work online, and the thing I like about the work I'm doing now, is that I get to meet feminists all the time and I get to read new feminists every day on the blogosphere. And it's really that kind of diversity of thought that informs me more than anything else these days. It's just kind of learning something new all the time. And I kind of love that there's not really a feminist canon; or maybe there is, but it's being changed, that it's a constantly moving canon in the feminist blogosphere. I love that.

Jessica Valenti

Moving, Diversity, Feminist

Fuente: bigthink.com
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 biological differences between all of us. My concern is, why are we so concerned about it? Why are we so worried about it? Why, whenever a study comes out about men do this one way and women do this one way, or men's brains and women's brains - why are we so interested in that? You know, what makes us so fascinated by differences between the sexes? And I think more often than not that interest is deeply embedded in sexism.

Jessica Valenti

Men, Thinking, Brain

Fuente: bigthink.com
Tanto si la gente se identifica como feminista como si no, si están haciendo un trabajo que promueve una causa feminista, creo que es maravilloso, como si funciona para mí, claro, funciona para el movimiento. Pero creo que personalmente se lo están perdiendo. Si no te identificas como feminista, te estás perdiendo toda una comunidad que podría ayudarte en tu trabajo, en tu vida personal y darte apoyo.

Jessica Valenti

Pensar, Gente, Dar

Fuente: bigthink.com
Creo que la gente se resiste al feminismo porque tiene miedo. Creo que las mujeres tienen miedo de que se metan con ellas o de que las llamen la atención. Muchas jóvenes me dicen: "No quiero llamarme feminista porque no quiero discutir con alguien". Y no está bien, no es algo con lo que esté bien que te asocien. No hay ningún beneficio en decir que eres feminista.

Jessica Valenti

Pensamiento, Gente, Feminista

Fuente: bigthink.com
Las mujeres jóvenes saben que algo no va bien; saben que el mundo es un lugar desastroso. Saben que el mundo es un lugar sexista porque han tenido experiencias en su propia vida; ven que les pasan cosas a sus amigas, a sus padres. Pero como el feminismo no está ampliamente aceptado, porque no tienen necesariamente acceso al pensamiento feminista o a grupos feministas, no tienen necesariamente un lenguaje para expresar los sentimientos y los pensamientos que tienen. Y, desde luego, no tienen un sistema de apoyo que les diga: "Oye, no pasa nada; tienes razón, es una putada".

Jessica Valenti

Support, Feminist, Parent

Fuente: bigthink.com
You know, people ask me a lot, well, can you be pro-life and be feminist? Can you be conservative and be feminist? And I think that yeah, maybe personally you can be those things. But I think if you're advocating for legislation, or if you're fighting to limit other women's rights, then you can't really call yourself a feminist.

Jessica Valenti

Lucha, Pensamiento, Gente

Fuente: bigthink.com
I always go with the dictionary definition of feminism, which is just social, political and economic equality for women. And that's kind of a strategic thing on my part, because I think that it's the hardest definition to argue with. You know, who doesn't want that? Everyone wants equality for women.

Jessica Valenti

Thinking, Political, Feminism

Fuente: bigthink.com
Algo que se oye mucho es que el feminismo ha muerto. Pero si el feminismo está muerto, ¿por qué la gente se esfuerza tanto en matarlo? Hay algo que no tiene sentido. Así que creo que cuando las mujeres jóvenes escuchan: "Oye, alguien está tratando de conseguir algo sobre mí, ya sabes, alguien está tratando deliberadamente de mantenerme alejada de un movimiento que podría hacer mi vida mejor", creo que eso realmente resuena con ellas.

Jessica Valenti

Thinking, People, Feminism

Fuente: bigthink.com
Algo que digo mucho cuando se trata de estereotipos antifeministas es que existen por una razón. Los estereotipos de que las feministas son feas, odian a los hombres, son peludas o lo que sea, son realmente estratégicos. Es una forma muy inteligente de mantener a las jóvenes alejadas del feminismo, es difundir la idea de que todas las feministas odian a los hombres, o que todas las feministas son feas; y que realmente vienen de un lugar de miedo. Si el feminismo no fuera poderoso, si el feminismo no fuera influyente, la gente no pasaría tanto tiempo menospreciándolo.

Jessica Valenti

Powerful, Hate, Smart

Fuente: bigthink.com
Creo que la maternidad ha hecho que todas las cuestiones parezcan mucho más urgentes que antes. Así que no cambió necesariamente mi opinión sobre ciertas cosas, sino que me animó a ser aún más activa en favor de mi hija.

Jessica Valenti

Hija, Maternidad, Pensamiento

Fuente: www.omnivoracious.com
Life is messy, and it's okay if you are too! We all screw up, that doesn't have to define us.

Jessica Valenti

Messy, Okay

"'Life is messy, and it's okay if you are too": Jessica Valenti on "Sex Object'". Interview With Sara Nelson, www.amazonbookreview.com. June 9, 2016.
I think anyone who wants the social, political and economic equality for women can call themselves a feminist. It does get trickier, of course, when you see anti-woman politicians or pundits claiming the feminist label while working hard to dismantle feminist gains.

Jessica Valenti

Thinking, Political, Feminist

"'Life is messy, and it's okay if you are too": Jessica Valenti on "Sex Object'". Interview With Sara Nelson, www.amazonbookreview.com. June 9, 2016.
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 slope, and I have no interest in being the feminist police!

Jessica Valenti

Thinking, Feminist, Police

"'Life is messy, and it's okay if you are too': Jessica Valenti on 'Sex Object'". Interview With Sara Nelson, www.amazonbookreview.com. June 09, 2016.
Lately, I'm thinking a lot about, in parenting and in my writing, how to create a language about sexism in a way that is attractive and approachable to this age group. I can teach my daughter about not talking to strangers but I can't teach her about how to succeed in a sexist world or even how to exist as a body in a sexist world. I want to begin by asking girls what they want and why they want it? Interrogating that. If this is the sex life you want, what makes you think you want that? I imagine the only way to authentically get at sexuality is by asking those questions.

Jessica Valenti

Girl, Daughter, Writing

Fuente: therumpus.net
I ask myself a lot how other women can be against the ideology that has to do with women empowering other women. Going along with the access of power and the status quo and forging a special position and the thought process that goes: I am not like those women. When it comes to things like assault, for example, perhaps it makes them feel safer. It's the denial: I'm okay. This won't happen to me. Acknowledging that the world is a profoundly unsafe for women is a scary thought.

Jessica Valenti

Empowering, Scary, Special

Fuente: therumpus.net
I think it's important to let kids be kids and be cautious about accelerated sexuality as pressure to mature too quickly. My hackles go up when I see a teacher making kids feel like they are older, special, mature. Let kids be kids.

Jessica Valenti

Profesor, Niños, Pensamiento

Fuente: therumpus.net
I think that we're our own worst enemies in a lot of ways, especially when it comes to doing work where you're criticized a lot or doing work where there's a lot of hater directed at you; and to not constantly second-guess yourself.

Jessica Valenti

Thinking, Worst Enemy, Way

Fuente: bigthink.com

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