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Her new book, Full Frontal Feminism, is an irreverent guide to why young women should embrace the F-word.Valenti spoke with Emma Pearse.
What’s with the cover, the title printed across a woman’s bare torso?
I’ve taken a lot of shit about the cover—somebody called me a patriarchal whore.
But let’s face it, no young woman is going to pick up a book with the woman’s symbol with a fist on it.
Has
It’s going to revolutionize feminism.I can’t tell you how many e-mails I get from girls who do a random search on Jessica Simpson or Britney Spears and end up on Feministing.
Who is Miss Magoo, the book’s dedicatee?
My mother: Miss Magoo was her gang nickname when she was growing up in Long Island City.
They would say Magoo and her Goos.
What impact do you think the partial-birth-abortion ban will have in New York?
If it’s happening to a woman in Texas, it’s going to affect us.
I’m terrified, frankly.
You got a lot of flak for not wearing a suit to meet Bill Clinton—were you intending to be provocative?
No, the whole manufactured “controversy” came as quite a shock.
It wasn’t a busty top; sadly, it was just a Gap crewneck sweater.
I guess some folks don’t get out all that often.
Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide to Why Feminism Matters
Seal Press.
256 pages.
$14.95.
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From the May 7, 2007 issue of New York
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