262 Quotes by Jessica Valenti

We say “misogynist”; I’ve written that “misogyny kills,” but the world falls flat on your tongue – it’s too academic sounding, not raw or horrifying enough to relay the truth of what it means.

When are we going to realize that hating other women – no matter how much money they have or how far they’ve fallen – is just as bad for ourselves as it is for anyone else?

Social media is not just another way to connect feminist and activist voices – it amplifies our messages as well.

After all, a right that can’t be exercised is not very useful to anyone.

When it comes to people who are saying really extreme things online, we have the tendency to think that they are just kooks, or that you shouldn’t pay attention to them, you shouldn’t take them seriously.

Whether people identify as feminists or not, if they’re doing work that furthers a feminist cause, I think that’s wonderful, like if it works for me, right, it works for the movement.

The only purpose of an engagement ring is to show you ‘belong’ to someone, and your man makes bank.

According to pop culture, women are either searching for a man, with a man, or getting over one.

Making women the sexual gatekeepers and telling men they just can’t help themselves not only drives home the point that women’s sexuality is unnatural, but also sets up a disturbing dynamic in which women are expected to be responsible for men’s sexual behavior.