Vanessa Valenti, Editor
- Website: http://www.feministing.com
Vanessa is a 28-year old freelance writer and blogging consultant living in New York City. She has worked with the Mount Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Girls for Gender Equity, NARAL Pro-Choice New York and the National Institute for Reproductive Health. Vanessa is a graduate of the BA program in Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University and is a co-founder of The Real Hot 100, a grassroots media project that challenges unrealistic images of women in the media. She also blogs about international women’s issues at UN Dispatch.
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Vanessa's Articles:- The Contraception Failure, Alternet, June 16, 2008
- The Christian Right's Slick Campaign to Make Abstinence Seem Trendy, Alternet, August 28, 2008
TV Appearances:
- NY1, August 14, 2007
Recent Entries from Vanessa
Recents Comments from Vanessa
- Fixed!
(posted to What the military is actually doing to prevent assault and harassment) - Troll banned. Sorry about that, folks - we had some technical issues last night so wasn't able to ban until this morning. Thanks all for alerting us!
(posted to What We Missed ) - Done, thanks for pointing out! And GregoryButler10031, I note that the phrase isn't a new one in the post :)
(posted to That's Gay: No Homo) - I actually completely missed that. Thanks for pointing out folks, I'll make a note of it.
(posted to That's Gay: No Homo) - Thanks for pointing out, I'll fix that.
(posted to Not. Okay. )
Responses to Comments from Vanessa
- What is she saying? I think that as disturbing as the game is in a language that I don't speak, I think it would be woefully depressing if I knew what she was saying. (posted to Not. Okay. )
- You might still disagree (and I do think there is a point to be made for that as well), but to be fair to the campaign, you need to know what is being said as well. The woman enters the (posted to Not. Okay. )
- I feel sick after seeing this. (posted to Not. Okay. )
- Players do get rewarded for beating her more. There is a scale ranging from "pussy" to "gangsta," and the more a player hits her, the closer they move along the scale to gangsta. (posted to Not. Okay. )
- What the fuck!!! (posted to Not. Okay. )











