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Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters Paperback – April 17 2007
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This revised edition includes a new foreword by Valenti, reflecting upon what's happened in the five years since Full Frontal Feminism was originally published. With new openers from Valenti in every chapter, the book covers a range of topics, including pop culture, health, reproductive rights, violence, education, relationships, 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
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
Valenti knows better than anyone that young women need a smart-ass book that deals with real-life issues in a style they can relate to. No rehashing the same old issues or belaboring where today's young women have gone wrong. Feminism should be something young women feel comfortable with. Full Frontal Feminism is sending out the message to readers-yeah, you're feminists, and that's actually pretty frigging cool.
- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSeal Press
- Publication dateApril 17 2007
- Dimensions14.61 x 2.54 x 20.96 cm
- ISBN-101580052010
- ISBN-13978-1580052016
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- The New York Times
"If feminism is enjoying a revival among young women, much of the credit should go to women such as Jessica Valenti."
- The Guardian
" Full Frontal Feminism shows us feminism is alive and well and kicking all kinds of oppressive male ass."
- Margaret Cho
" Full Frontal Feminism is an irreverent guide to why young women should embrace the F-word."
- New York Magazine
" Full Frontal Feminism tackles serious feminist issues with a sense of humor and justified anger."
- Bitch magazine
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- Publisher : Seal Press; 1st (first) edition (April 17 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1580052010
- ISBN-13 : 978-1580052016
- Item weight : 363 g
- Dimensions : 14.61 x 2.54 x 20.96 cm
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About the author

Jessica Valenti - called one of the Top 100 Inspiring Women in the world - is a feminist author & columnist. Her most recent book, Sex Object: A Memoir, was a New York Times bestseller.
In 2004, Jessica founded the award winning blog Feministing.com, which Columbia Journalism Review called “head and shoulders above almost any writing on women’s issues in mainstream media.”
Jessica’s articles have topped the most-read lists at The New York Times, The Atlantic, the Guardian, and The Washington Post. She's also written for Salon, Bitch, Ms. Magazine and The Toast.
Jessica has been interviewed on The Colbert Report, profiled in The New York Times magazine, and is a widely-sought after speaker.
She has a Masters degree in Gender Studies from Rutgers University and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter. You can find her writing at jessica.substack.com
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the author sites examples with no context and then gives response of "Like Really", and "nuff said". im astounded the this was recommended. The author of the list it was recommended from must be a shill.
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A CBC documentary a few months ago sparked my interest in the topic, and made me think that I might be wrong. I went and read a Women's Studies book that made me more of supportive of feminism intellectually, but I found that material to be dry and too complex for me to be confident in my new opinions. A month later I got Full Frontal Feminism, which really solidified my new views. I love Valenti's style of slamming down sexist criticisms in just one sentence, and unveiling the true motivations of her opponents. Some of the contradictions she brought up were really powerful too. The one about conservatives not wanting to provide daycare for single mothers because a woman's place is in the home, but not giving her welfare because she should get a job, was probably the most influential moment in the book for me.
I see that the more negative reviews here disliked her book for the very reasons that I loved it. They seemed to find her arguments to be too simplistic, but simplification is what I needed to really grasp the issues.
I also saw the book criticized for its sweeping attacks on her opponents. I am usually a strong advocate for reasoning using sound logic backed up by evidence, but it is sometimes important to recognize when one's opponents are not being honest about their motivations, and when Valenti did this, I found it very helpful.
When I finished reading this book, I searched for the Feministing blog, and I now follow it daily.
Jessica Valenti beantwortet diese Frage. In einem kurzweiligen, leicht lesbaren Text deckt sie auf, wie der Feminismus in den Medien diskreditiert wird und Feministinnen stets als hässliche, männerhassende und fanatische Frauen dargestellt werden, denen jeder Spaß am Leben und jeder Humor fehlt.
Valenti beschränkt sich jedoch nicht auf diese Analyse; sie stellt dar, wie der Feminismus "das Leben besser macht". Sie geht zum Beispiel darauf ein, wie typische "Frauenprobleme" wie zum Beispiel Schönheitsideale systematisch das Selbstbewusstsein, die finanzielle Situation und die Gesundheit von Frauen beeinträchtigen (Stichwort Essstörungen) und wie die sexuelle Doppelmoral das Leben beeinflusst; und dann erklärt sie, warum der Feminismus zumindest auf einige dieser Fragen eine Antwort hat, die es uns leichter macht, damit klarzukommen. Aber auch den "ernsten" Themen wie zum Beispiel der Frauengesundheit oder der sexuellen Gewalt gegen Frauen widmet sich das Buch.
Am Ende des Buches findet sich ein ausführliches Quellenverzeichnis mit Artikeln, Internetadressen und Büchern zum Weiterlesen.
Was mir an diesem Buch besonders gefällt, ist seine Aktualität. Es ist gerade bei Büchern über gesellschaftliche Themen in einer sich schnell wandelnden Zeit ein ganz anderes Gefühl, ein aktuelles Buch zu lesen, als eines aus früheren Zeiten. Was mir außerdem gefällt, ist die verblüffende Ehrlichkeit der Autorin in Bezug auf ihre eigenen Erfahrungen, aber auch in Bezug auf den Feminismus (dem sie auch ein sehr kritisches Kapitel widmet). Das ist selten! Außerdem gefallen mir ihre Tipps, mit gewissen Problemen besser umgehen zu lernen. Diese sind oft sehr konkret und lebensnah.