In the tradition of writers like Joan Didion and Mary Karr, this literary memoir is sure to shock those already familiar with Valenti’s work and enthrall those who are just finding it.

sort by Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. Sex Object explores the painful, funny, embarrassing, and sometimes illegal moments that shaped Valenti’s adolescence and young adulthood in New York City, revealing a much shakier inner life than the confident persona she has cultivated as one of the most recognizable feminists of her generation. Books by Jessica Valenti (Author of Sex Object) Books by Jessica Valenti Jessica Valenti Average rating 3.88 43,357 ratings 4,304 reviews shelved 163,093 times Showing 15 distinct works. Valenti has been hailed as one of the foremost. The paperback edition of Sex Object was released in February of this year, from HaperCollins. Throughout the text, the author uses demonstrative examples from her own life experience to highlight and deconstruct. Politics & Prose at Busboys and Poets 14th & V welcomes Jessica Valenti to present the new book Sex Object. and successful feminists of her generation, Jessica Valenti has been leading. From subway gropings and imposter syndrome to sexual.

Now, in a darkly funny and bracing memoir, Valenti explores the toll that sexism takes from the every day to the existential. Sex Object is a critical feminist memoir written by Jessica Valenti. Sex Object is an antidote to the fun and flirty feminism of selfies and. Valenti explores the toll that sexism takes on womens lives, from the everyday to the existential. Who would I be if I didn’t live in a world that hated women asks. “Sharp and prescient… The appeal of Valenti’s memoir lies in her ability to trace objectification through her own life, and to trace what was for a long time her own obliviousness to it… Sex Object is an antidote to the fun and flirty feminism of selfies and self-help.” - New RepublicĪuthor and Guardian US columnist Jessica Valenti has been leading the national conversation on gender and politics for over a decade. Morrow/Dey Street, 25.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-06-243508-8 Reviewed by Laura Bates.

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