Jessica is a 29 year-old feminist writer from New York. She has a Masters degree in Women's and Gender Studies from Rutgers University and has worked with organizations such as NARAL Pro-Choice America, Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund), Planned Parenthood, the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) and Ms. magazine. She is also a co-founder of the REAL hot 100, a campaign to highlight the important work that young women are doing across the country.
Jessica is the editor of Beijing Betrayed, a global monitoring report on women's progress worldwide and a contributing author to We Don't Need Another Wave and Single State of the Union (Seal Press). Her writing has appeared in Ms. magazine, Salon, The Guardian (UK), Bitch, Alternet, The Scholar & Feminist and Guernica.
In April 2007, Jessica was named one of ELLE magazine's IntELLEgentsia.
She is the author of two books, Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters, and He's a Stud, She's a Slut...and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know.
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Recent Entries from Jessica
- Jay Smooth on the RNC, hating, and community organizers - Feministing
- Shark Fu of Angry Black Bitch joins Feministing! - Feministing
- EU Parliament says sexism in advertising must stop - Feministing
- Quick Hit: Palin's Handling of Other People's Pregnant Teens - Feministing
- Feminism and canned biscuits: Ruining breakfasts for men across America - Feministing
Recents Comments from Jessica
- SarahPalinISNTHillaryClinton, I've noticed you commenting on several threads dedicated to Palin. I understand you're trying to spread the word and whatnot, but unless you have something to say about a specific post, please don't randomly plug your site. Thanks.
(posted to McCain, Palin, and working mothers) - I couldn't concentrate on anything, I was too focused on the baby-passing choreography.
(posted to Sarah Palin speaking at the RNC right now...) - Ann, you nailed it. Can we dub any children conceived at the RNC "drill babies?" Please?
(posted to Sarah Palin speaking at the RNC right now...) - Sarah, I'm totally with you. When Rudy started in about sexism I nearly fell out of my seat. Just horrifying. But I guess conservatives have always appropriated feminism when benefits them - remember when Bush used women suffering under the
(posted to Sarah Palin speaking at the RNC right now...) - I see, so when Republicans "use women suffering under the Taliban as an excuse" that is wrong, but sitting back and doing nothing about the plight of those women is somehow acceptable? Um, no. Using women's oppression as an excuse
(posted to Sarah Palin speaking at the RNC right now...)
Responses to Comments from Jessica
- We all know that the pit bull with lipstick remark is offensive to women. But it is also offensive to pit bull owners. It is enforcing the stereotype that all pit bulls are fierce and out of control. I'm not (posted to Sarah Palin speaking at the RNC right now...)
- Um. Toni... Really? (posted to Sarah Palin speaking at the RNC right now...)
- **I like your response Flash LOL** One, I'd like to address the "experience" issue. Yes, Obama is a little light on governmental experience... and maybe not as starkly different from Palin as he should be, but the two are nowhere (posted to Sarah Palin speaking at the RNC right now...)
- I would like to go on record as holding the belief that Sarah Palin's pitbull metaphor did not automatically create or try to reinforce a feeling that women are (like) dogs, except in the very obvious intentional way. There is (posted to Sarah Palin speaking at the RNC right now...)
- You know, the more I think about this "don't bring up her family" stuff, the more ridiculous I think it is. Republicans have been going on and on about "family values" for as long as I can remember. And of (posted to Sarah Palin speaking at the RNC right now...)










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