“I hear from a lot of young women, you know, I don't want to call myself a feminist because I don't want to get in an argument with someone. And it's just not cool; like it's not a cool thing to be associated with.” KnowsWantYoungArgumentFeministYoung WomenCool Things Author:Jessica Valenti
“There's no benefit to saying that you're a feminist. But you do kind of get a nice patriarchal pat on the head if you say, oh, I'm not like that, like I'm not one of those crazy feminists, which is something that happens a lot, where young women or young men will express some sort of feminist ideal, will say, you know, I think it's crap that Wal-Mart won't give out emergency contraception, but I'm not one of those crazy feminists.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenGivingKindHappensYoungNiceCrazyBenefitsIdealsFeministYoung ManCrapYoung WomenEmergenciesContraception Author:Jessica Valenti
“I don't think that there's a guy behind the desk at every newspaper saying "No, woman" and sending her on her way, but that's what's systemic about it, right, like that people don't quite realize that maybe they're attracted to a male op-ed more than a female op-ed, or because of networking they know this person from going out to a bar with them.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayPersonsGuyRealizingBehindsFemaleMalesNewspapersBarsGoing OutDesksNetworkingSaying No Author:Jessica Valenti
“I think that online harassment has become so ubiquitous on the Internet that a lot of women do feel safer, whatever that means, in spaces where they know like people are not going to bother them in that kind of way.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayFeelsKindMeanSpaceInternetBotherOnlineHarassment Author:Jessica Valenti
“What bothers me the most about the way that people appropriate feminist language is that they are the same people who are - you know, anti-feminists - they're the same people who say that feminism is ruining the family, yet when it behooves them to, they'll say Sara Palin's a feminist - when all of a sudden it works in their favor.” PeopleKnowsWayLanguageFeminismFeministFavorsBotherAppropriatePalinAnti Feminist Author: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 loud; like you need to just stop talking so much and stop being so opinionated; like no one wants to listen to you because you're really annoying. And I'm glad that I didn't shut up, because it seems like people are listening.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantNeedsSaidSeemsSchoolTalkingLike YouListeningHigh SchoolGladLoudGuidanceAnnoyingShut UpCounselorOpinionatedGuidance Counselor Author:Jessica Valenti
“Be as pissed off as you want to be. Don’t hold back because you think it’s unladylike or some such nonsense. We shouldn’t be shamed out of our anger. We should be using it. Using it to make change in our own lives, and using it to make change in the lives around us. (I know, I’m cheesy.) So the next time someone calls you emotional, or asks if you’re PMSing, call them on their bullshit.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantShouldNextAsksEmotionalNonsenseBullshitNext TimeCheesyPissed Off Book:He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know Source: He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know
