Feministing.com is a website that provides all sorts of information for women and allows people to comment on posts and creates an overall tight-knit community. Their mission statement is "Young women are rarely given the opportunity to speak on their own behalf on issues that affect their lives and futures. Feministing provides a platform for us to comment, analyze, influence and connect." I think this website was a great idea. Just the fact that it is a place for women to go and speak on issues important to them is an amazing thing.
The executive editor of the website is Jessica Valenti. She is a writer from New York and has accomplished tons. In 2007, she was also named IntELLEgentsia by Elle magazine. Check out the article here. I bring up her name because we mentioned her in class and I also think she is great role model because of her accomplishments and because of her attitude. If more females believed in themselves and weren't so worried about what others thought, then maybe a certain field like IT would have more even numbers of male and females... or maybe the females would even take over!Image of Jessica taken from http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/vel16/2008_01_01_archive.html
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