About the book
Guardian US columnist Jessica Valenti turns from politics and policy to her own life in a memoir about the toll sexism takes on women. Across 21 chapters she recounts embarrassing, painful and at times illegal episodes from her teens and early adult years in New York City, from subway gropings and street harassment to imposter syndrome, poor treatment by sexual partners, sexual awakening and motherhood. She argues that most women make everyday decisions shaped by male aggression and sexual assault, and that men can begin to ease the problem by listening to women and believing them. Valenti, who launched Feministing.com in 2004, chose the title despite fearing a backlash. Dey Street published the memoir in 2016.
MakerBot co-founder Bre Pettis said Valenti rises above the internet's cruel critics, naming the ugliness and bringing it into the light.
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Bre Pettis (Co-founder/MakerBot)
In a world where there are countless critics sitting in their underwear being ghastly human beings on the internet, Valenti rises above it, names it, and bring all the ugliness into the light.
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