{"id":74258,"date":"2018-09-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/national-voice-of-modern-feminism-author-and-columnist-jessica-valenti-to-speak-at-uri-sept-25\/"},"modified":"2018-09-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T00:00:00","slug":"national-voice-of-modern-feminism-author-and-columnist-jessica-valenti-to-speak-at-uri-sept-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/national-voice-of-modern-feminism-author-and-columnist-jessica-valenti-to-speak-at-uri-sept-25\/","title":{"rendered":"National voice of modern feminism, author and columnist Jessica Valenti to speak at URI Sept. 25."},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I.- September 22, 2018 — Considered the feminist powerhouse of her generation, author and columnist Jessica Valenti will speak on \u201cGender, Power and the Future of Feminism\u201d Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. on the University of Rhode Island\u2019s Kingston Campus. Her lecture is the first in a series scheduled for each Tuesday evening through Dec. 4, as part of the University\u2019s 2018 Honors Colloquium on Reimagining Gender: Voices, Power, Action<\/em><\/a>. The series is free and open to the public and will take place in Edwards Hall, 64 Upper College Road.<\/p>\n

Those who cannot attend can watch the lecture here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Valenti is a New York Times best-selling author of five books, including Sex Object: A Memoir<\/em>, and Full Frontal Feminism<\/em>, and is a columnist at the Guardian US. She is largely credited with shifting the feminist movement online, forcing conversations about women\u2019s rights, sexuality and politics, and sparking the burgeoning women\u2019s movement in the U.S. Valenti\u2019s blog, Feministing.com, has been called \u201chead and shoulders above any writing on women\u2019s issues in mainstream media\u201d by the Columbia Journalism Review. She has been lauded by Sheryl Sandberg in Lean In<\/em> and disparaged by Sarah Palin in Going Rogue<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Valenti\u2019s books have been critical and cultural hits: The Purity Myth <\/em>was made into a documentary by the Media Education Foundation, and Yes Means Yes<\/em> inspired sexual assault legislation of the same name across the country and on campuses.<\/p>\n

Reimagining Gender: Voices, Power, Action<\/em> will explore, at this pivotal time in society, the relevance of gender in shaping human rights and how our rising consciousness about gender issues is leading to vibrant social discussions, rearrangements of power and perceptions, and new possibilities. The series includes lectures, exhibits, a theater production and a film screening, all intended to help demonstrate the significant impact of women in society and to deepen the conversation about gender roles and stereotypes and the impact they have on our actions.<\/p>\n

Coordinators of the 2018 colloquium, marking its 55th<\/sup> year, are Rosario Pisa, professor and director of URI\u2019s Gender and Women\u2019s Studies program; Kyle Kusz, associate professor of kinesiology; Helen Mederer, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology; and, Smita Ramnarain, assistant professor of economics.<\/p>\n

MAJOR Sponsor<\/strong>\u00a0URI Honors Program<\/p>\n

Sponsors<\/strong>\u00a0URI Office of the President \u2022 URI Office of the Provost \u2022 The Mark and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment \u2022 The Thomas Silvia and Shannon Chandley Honors Colloquium Endowment \u2022 URI College of Arts and Sciences \u2022 URI College of Arts and Sciences Kenneth and Susan Kermes Distinguished Lecture Endowment \u2022 URI College of Pharmacy \u2022 URI John Hazen White Sr. Center for Ethics and Public Service \u2022 URI Gender and Women\u2019s Studies Program \u2022 URI Office of Community, Equity and Diversity \u2022 URI Theatre Department \u2022 URI College of Engineering \u2022 URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences \u2022 URI College of Health Sciences \u2022 URI College of Business \u2022 URI College of Nursing \u2022 URI Division of Student Affairs \u2022 URI Department of Communications and Marketing \u2022 URI Department of Publications and Creative Services \u2022 URI ITS Instructional Technology and Media Services \u2022 URI Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies \u2022 URI Department of Computer Science and Statistics \u2022 URI Department of Economics \u2022 URI Department of English \u2022 URI Department of Sociology and Anthropology \u2022 URI Gender and Sexuality Center \u2022 URI Multicultural Student Services Center \u2022 URI Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I.- September 22, 2018 — Considered the feminist powerhouse of her generation, author and columnist Jessica Valenti will speak on \u201cGender, Power and the Future of Feminism\u201d Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. on the University of Rhode Island\u2019s Kingston Campus. Her lecture is the first in a series scheduled for each Tuesday evening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}