The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women by Jessica ValentiRequirements: EPUB reader, 368 kbOverview: The United States is obsessed with virginity from the media to schools to government agencies. In The Purity Myth Jessica Valenti argues that the country’s intense focus on chastity is damaging to young women. Through […]
Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness by Jessica ValentiRequirements: EPUB reader, 233 kbOverview: A provocative and intimate exploration of modern parenthood by “a gutsy young third wave feminist” – The New York Times If parenting is making Americans unhappy, if it’s impossible to “have it all,” if people […]
Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide to Why Feminism Matters (2nd Edition) by Jessica ValentiRequirements: ePUB or PDF Reader, 2.3 MB (ePUB 550 KB, PDF 1.8 MB)Overview: Now in its updated second edition, Full Frontal Feminism is a book that continues to embody the forward-looking messages that author Jessica Valenti propagated as founder of […]
My Rival Valentine by Jessica CraftsRequirements: ePUB Reader, 151 kBOverview: Let the games begin. Alexa and Sean are best friends, former step-sibs, and remorseless heartbreakers. After yet another kiss-and-tell session about their latest conquests, they both realize they’re bored and that they’ve nailed every desirable single in the city. So Alexa proposes a bet. The […]
Sex Object by Jessica ValentiRequirements: .ePUB and/or .MOBI Reader, 1.1MBOverview: Author and Guardian US columnist Jessica Valenti has been leading the national conversation on gender and politics for over a decade. Now, in a darkly funny and bracing memoir, Valenti explores the toll that sexism takes from the every day to the existential. Sex Object […]