Jessica Valenti

Jessica Valenti, 28, is the founder and Executive Editor of Feministing.com and the author of Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide to Why Feminism Matters. She has a Masters degree in Women’s and Gender Studies from Rutgers University and has worked with national and international women’s organizations. Jessica is also a co-founder of the REAL hot 100, a campaign that aims to change the perception of younger women in the media and the blogger for NARAL Pro-Choice America. Her writing has appeared in Ms. Magazine, Bitch, Alternet, Salon, Guernica Magazine and The Guardian (UK), as well as the anthologies We Don’t Need Another Wave and Single State of the Union. In 2007, she received a Choice USA Generation award for her commitment to reproductive rights issues and was named one of ELLE Magazine’s 2007 IntELLEgentsia.