Child-rearing can be a tedious and thankless undertaking. Jessica Valenti More Quotes by Jessica Valenti More Quotes From Jessica Valenti One of the difficult things, especially about blogging, is that you put all of your personal out there, into the political. And what's been difficult, for me at least, is trying to keep some of the personal for myself. Jessica Valenti myselfmeyoupolitical I think talking is as casual as blogging, and sometimes writing can be as casual as talking. My informal writing style is a political choice, because I want feminism to be more accessible. Jessica Valenti thinkstylepoliticalsometimes When I started blogging in 2004, I responded to every comment no matter how nasty the reader was. I was generally polite, believing that these critics would be so charmed by my professionalism that they would see the error of their misogynist ways and swiftly run out to read a bell hooks book. Ha! Jessica Valenti seeprofessionalismmatterbook Dismissing socialization and gender roles as piddling compared to this amorphous idea of 'maternal imperative' is part of the reason progress is stalled for family-friendly policies. Jessica Valenti partgenderprogressreason I grew up in Long Island City. When I was growing up, my parents owned a women's clothing store in Queens. It was for older women. I got my bras there, until I realized I didn't want those huge, taupe bras. Everything was beige, with massive amounts of hooks. Jessica Valenti cityparentswomenlong How insulting is it to suggest the best thing women can do is raise other people to do incredible things? Jessica Valenti bestthingswomenpeople As a kid, I wasn't sure that I would ever get married - I was not the kind of little girl who played at being a bride. Jessica Valenti bridekidbeinggirl
