15 Facts About Jessica Valenti

Jessica Valenti was the co-founder of the blog Feministing, which she wrote for from 2004 to 2011.

Between 2014 and 2018, Jessica Valenti was a columnist for The Guardian.

Jessica Valenti was raised in Long Island City, Queens, in an Italian-American family.

Jessica Valenti graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City in 1996 and attended Tulane University in New Orleans for a year, and then transferred to the State University of New York at Albany, graduating in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in journalism.

In 2002, Jessica Valenti received a master's degree in Women's and Gender Studies with a concentration in politics from Rutgers University.

Jessica Valenti wrote a blog for NARAL Pro-Choice America and taught at Rutgers University from 2008 to 2010.

Jessica Valenti writes that blogs like Feministing are helpful in encouraging activism in young people, and allow them to see current events with a feminist lens.

Jessica Valenti left the site in February 2011, saying she wanted it to remain a place for younger feminists.

In 2007, Jessica Valenti wrote Full Frontal Feminism, where she discusses the ways in which readers can benefit from being feminists.

In 2008, Jessica Valenti published He's a Stud, She's a Slut and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know.

In 2020, Jessica Valenti was the co-editor of the anthology Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World with Jaclyn Friedman.

Since 2014, Jessica Valenti has written regularly for The Guardian, where she is a columnist.

Jessica Valenti writes a newsletter, Abortion, Every Day, about abortion laws after the overturning of Roe v Wade.

Jessica Valenti has been the target of online threats and harassment throughout her career.

In 2009, Jessica Valenti married Andrew Golis, former deputy publisher of Talking Points Memo, former general manager of Vox Media, and currently the chief content officer for WNYC.