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Back in 2004, Jessica was working for a national women's organization and was feeling like the mainstream feminist movement wasn't really interested in hearing younger women's voices. So after a prompting by her then-boss (founder of LiberalOasis), she founded Feministing along with Vanessa and two other women she worked with (who have since left the site). For more of a backstory on how the different Feministing editors came to the site, watch their videos here.

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