Vanessa Valenti

Vanessa Valenti "is a 29-year old freelance writer, blogger and blog consultant living in New York City. She has been active in the feminist movement for the last decade, working with the Mount Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Girls for Gender Equity, NARAL Pro-Choice New York and the National Institute for Reproductive Health. Vanessa is a graduate of the BA program in Women and Gender Studies at Rutgers University and is a co-founder of The Real Hot 100, a grassroots media project that challenges unrealistic images of women in the media. She also blogs about global gender justice issues at UN Dispatch. Vanessa co-founded Feministing with Jessica and two other friends in April 2004."

• Editor, Feministing