The first step is to not talk to brick walls.
Jessica ValentiFor this week’s video I wanted to answer a question I’ve gotten a lot over the years, and it goes something like this: Do you ever try to talk to your brother, your father, or someone in your life about feminism, but you get the sneaking suspicion (or the clear-as-day realization) that they just don’t get it?
You can ask me a question on Twitter using the hashtag #AskJessica. If you’re not on Twitter, hit me up on my Facebook page. I’ll answer one question a week by video—so if there’s anything you’ve ever wanted to ask me, now is the time!
And don’t forget to check out last week’s #AskJessica video, “How Do I Deal With Street Harassment?”
Jessica ValentiTwitterJessica Valenti is the author of Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth about Parenting and Happiness. She has also written three other books on feminism, including The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women, which was recently made into a documentary. She is editor of the award-winning anthology Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape and the founder of Feministing.com, which Columbia Journalism Review calls “head and shoulders above almost any writing on women’s issues in mainstream media.” Jessica was the recipient of the 2011 Hillman Journalism Prize and was called one of the Top 100 Inspiring Women in the world by The Guardian.