Jessica Valenti

Jessica Valenti is an American feminist writer. She was the co-founder of the blog Feministing, which she wrote for from 2004 to 2011. Valenti is the author of five books: Full Frontal Feminism (2007), He's a Stud, She's a Slut (2008), The Purity Myth (2009), Why Have Kids? (2012), and Sex Object: A Memoir (2016). She also co-edited the books Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape (2008), and Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World (2020). Between 2014 and 2018, Valenti was a columnist for The Guardian. She currently runs the Abortion, Every Day newsletter on Substack. The Washington Post described her as "one of the most successful and visible feminists of her generation".

1 November 1978

Born on the same birth date (1 November 1978): Danny Koevermans • Helen Czerski

Born on the same birth day (1 November): Big Kenny • Bill Anderson (singer) • Edward Said • Eugen Jochum • Gillian Knight • Hermann Broch • James Bradford (weightlifter) • Jeremy Hunt • John Strype • John Williamson (singer) • L. S. Lowry • Matt Jones (actor) • Maxie Rosenbloom • Oliver Plunkett • Perikles Ioannidis • Sakutarō Hagiwara • Spencer Perceval • Stephen Antonakos • Stephen Vogt • Süleyman Demirel • Yuko Ogura

Born in the same month (November 1978): Barry Robson • Bobby Allen (ice hockey) • Carmen Cali • Dimitrios Konstantopoulos • John Grabow • Jonas Howden Sjøvaag • Jun Fukuyama • Kéné Ndoye • Lauren German • Maurice Evans (basketball) • Mista (footballer) • Rachel McAdams • Reggie Wayne • Xavier Nady