In 2008, I was one of the young feminist whippersnappers who voted for Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries - or as many of my older counterparts called me at the time, a traitor.

Next quotes

• Jessica Valenti:

  There is something to be said for the power of figureheads. After Hillary Clinton became secretary

• Jessica Valenti:

  Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent

• Jessica Valenti:

  As a kid, I wasn't sure that I would ever get married - I was not the kind of little girl who playe

• Jessica Valenti:

  My parents have a wonderful marriage, but they have been together since my mother was 12, married w

• Jessica Valenti:

  As I grew up and began identifying myself as a feminist, there were plenty of issues that continued

• Jessica Valenti:

  Once you get married, women are still implicitly expected to do the majority of the housework and t

• Jessica Valenti:

  Feminism isn't simply about being a woman in a position of power. It's battling systemic inequities

• Jessica Valenti:

  Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues af

• Jessica Valenti:

  A huge part of keeping women in their place has to do with creating a really limited definition of

• Jessica Valenti:

  It's not always easy being a full-time feminist - especially as a young woman - when you're constan