Book Review On "Full Frontal Feminism" by Jessica Valenti

I would recommend it as a great feminist primer for young girls/women, except for her chapter on the anti-choice movement. Some of my "fellow" feminists may gasp to see me say this, but not all anti-choicers are a) men, or b) anti-birth control. While it may be that the anti-choicers IN POWER are anti-birth control men, most of the anti-choice people I know are women who at some point in their lives have used some form of birth control. Even if they are not the anti-choicers in power, they should NOT be made invisible. Maybe they can organize to start an anti-choice movement that does not include discourse about "legitimate rape" (WTF?) and does not condone pharmacists choosing not to dispense birth control pills based on their religion (which, scarily, some pharmacists are doing). Even though I am passionately pro-choice, I think a movement like that, even if it is anti-choice in terms of abortion, would be a step in the right direction; if feminists like Valenti keep stereotyping anti-choicers in the way described above, I fear it is less likely that such a movement will emerge. Lastly, although it was refreshing to read encouraging words about a woman's choice to keep her last name when she marries, as I have done, why is it so terrible for a woman to choose to take her husband's last name and to wear an engagement ring but it's perfectly OK for Valenti to wear high heels and make-up even as she is conscious that throwing out all her makeup would be "revolutionary?"? Which begs another question, what's the difference between the patriarchy telling women what to do and feminists (aka "bossy" feminists like Valenti) telling women what to do? In "The Purity Myth," Valenti stereotypes what she calls "the purity movement" in a similar manner to the way she stereotypes anti-choice people in this book. I don't think I care for Jessica Valenti. Give me Naomi Wolf or Angela Y. Davis any day.