By Jessica Valenti
ISBN-10: 1580055729
ISBN-13: 9781580055727
Now in its up-to-date moment version, Full Frontal Feminism is a booklet that maintains to embrace the forward-looking messages that writer Jessica Valenti propagated as founding father of the preferred site, Feministing.com.
Full Frontal Feminism is a great and relatable consultant to the problems that subject to today's younger ladies. This variation incorporates a new foreword by way of Valenti, reflecting upon what's occurred within the seven years due to the fact that Full Frontal Feminism was once initially released. With new openers from Valenti in each bankruptcy, the booklet covers various themes, together with popular culture, well-being, reproductive rights, violence, schooling, relationships, and more.
Chapters include:
- You're a Hardcore Feminist. I Swear.
- Feminists Do It greater (and different intercourse Tips)
- popular culture long past Wild
- The Blame (and disgrace) Game
- If those Uterine partitions might Talk
- fabric World
- My gigantic fats pointless marriage ceremony and different relationship Diseases
- “Real" ladies Have Babies
- I Promise I Won't Say “Herstory"
- Boys Do Cry
- attractiveness Cult
- Sex and the City citizens, My Ass
- a short educational Aside
- Get to It
Since its unique booklet, Full Frontal Feminism has reassured readers—yeah, you're feminists, and that's really lovely cool.
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What’s really irresponsible is telling young 31 FULL FRON TAL FEMIN ISM women there’s something wrong with having sex. Naturally, just calling yourself responsible doesn’t quite cut it. I know it’s annoying, but sometimes you have to get off your ass and do something. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR HEALTH b Get thee to a gyno! Get regular checkups—no one wants a sick vagina, after all. ). com. b Use protection. If you’re having straight sex, use two forms of contraception if you don’t want to get preggers.
What kills me is that we’re falling for this crap. Women feel so bad about losing their virginity that some of them are actually deluded by the idea that they can become “born again” virgins. Like a self-imposed dry spell. For fuck’s sake, there are even women who are getting plastic surgery 26 Feminists Do It Better (and Other Sex Tips) to get fake hymens put back in! Who the hell wants their hymen back? —that younger women are looking to oversexualized pop culture to define themselves are the very same ones that are shoving virginity down our throats.
But really and truly, the following gem is my fave. It comes from an “educator” speaking at an abstinence conference last year: “Your body is a wrapped lollipop. When you have sex with a man, he unwraps your lollipop and sucks on it. ”8 Holy. Shit. Is that clear enough for you? Without your precious “lollipop,” you’re a piece-of-shit, dirty-ass, alreadysucked-on candy. Which is supposedly why you have to hold on to your most precious commodity—your virginity. Our Hymens, Ourselves I have never really understood what the big deal was about virginity.
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