Full Frontal Feminism_ A Young Women's Guide to Why Feminism Matters - Jessica Valenti [85]
22 The 50/50 Campaign, Women’s Environment & Development Organization. Found online at: www.wedo.org/programs.
23 Found online at: wedo.org/campaigns.aspx?mode=5050main.
24 Getting the Balance Right in National Parliaments, 50/50 Campaign, Women’s Environment & Development Organization.
25 Found online at: www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt.
26 Found online at: www.sweden.se/templates.
13 A Quick Academic Aside
1 Lorde, Audre. “Age, Race, Class and Sex,” Race, Class and Gender in the United States, Fourth Edition. Ed. By Paula S. Rothenberg, St. Martin’s Press, 1998.
2 Working Group on Women and Human Rights, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rugters University. Found online at: www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/bkgdbrfintersec.html.
3 McIntosh, Peggy. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Found online at: http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~mcisaac/emc598ge/Unpacking.html.
4 Lorde, Audre. “Age, Race, Class and Sex,” Race, Class and Gender in the United States, Fourth Edition. Ed. By Paula S. Rothenberg, St. Martin’s Press, 1998.
5 Pharr, Suzanne. “Homophobia as a Weapon of Sexism,” Class and Gender in the United States, Fourth Edition. Ed. By Paula S. Rothenberg, St. Martin’s Press, 1998.
6 Ibid.
14 Get to It
1 Holla Back. Found online at: www.hollabacknyc.blogspot.com.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I’d like to give tremendous thanks to everyone who helped and supported me as I was writing this book: my editor Brooke Warner, my agent Tracy Brown, my ever-patient parents Nancy and Phil Valenti, Vanessa Valenti, Gwen Beetham, Raymond Clepper, Celina De Leon, Evan Derkacz, Ann Friedman, Allison Heiny, Adam Joseph, Amanda Marcotte, Christine Marron, Maureen McFadden, Kate Mogulescu, Jen Moseley, Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Joan Ross-Frankson, Bill Scher, Rebecca Traister, all the feminist bloggers out there who inspire me, and—with never-ending appreciation—all of the readers and supporters of Feministing.com.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jessica Valenti is the founder and executive editor of the popular blog Feministing.com. An out-and-proud feminist, she has a master’s degree in women’s and gender studies and has worked with both national and international women’s organizations. In addition to blogging for Feministing, Jessica is a blogger for NARAL Pro-Choice America and a cofounder of The REAL Hot 100, a national campaign that aims to change the perception of young women in the media. Her writing has appeared in Alternet, Salon, Guernica magazine, and The Guardian. Jessica lives in New York City, where she was born and raised and is likely to never leave.
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