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Save the date! Shameless Magazine presents Jessica Valenti!
UPDATE: There was a typo with the date - it should read June 25, 2008! That’s next week!
Shameless Magazine is proud to be a media sponsor of Jessica Valenti’s appearance in Toronto at the end of the month.
Wednesday June 25th, 7:00 p.m. at Camera Gallery (Queen and Ossington).
Valenti will be talking about her new book, followed by a panel discussion about choice, media, and sexuality.
About Jessica Valenti:
Jessica Valenti is the Executive Editor of Feministing.com. She’s a feminist writer from New York who has a Masters degree in Women’s and Gender Studies and has worked with organizations such as NARAL Pro-Choice America, Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund), Planned Parenthood, the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) and Ms. magazine. She is a co-founder of the REAL hot 100, and a contributing author to We Don’t Need Another Wave and Single State of the Union (Seal Press). Her writing has appeared in Ms. magazine, Salon, The Guardian (UK), The Nation, Bitch, and Alternet. In April 2007, Jessica was named one of ELLE magazine’s IntELLEgentsia. Her first book, Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide to Why Feminism Matters, was released in Spring 2007. Her most recent book, He’s a Stud, She’s a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know was just released with Seal Press in May.
Martinis and feminist hilarity to follow!
This event is all ages and free.
