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Kymberly Blackstock included feministing in her review of feminist blogs praising them for being “successful in giving a new generation the chance to engage with as well as begin to direct which topics will rise to the top of the feminist agenda”. While she criticized Valenti for the blog’s lack of involment in global issues. She also writes that blogs like Feministing are helpful in encouraging activism in young people, and allow them to see current events with a feminist lens.

In 2007, Valenti wrote “Full Frontal Feminism”, where Valenti discusses the ways in which readers can benefit from being feminists. Melinda Lewism, of the University of Kansas notes how the book “gives women the license to feel great and do amazing things”. She also compliments her in the way she presents feminism as accessible to men and women. In 2014 a second edition of the book was published that included a new foreword.

Valenti authored “The Purity Myth” in 2009 about the way ideals about women’s sexuality are being used to weaken women’s rights. A documentary film based on the book was released in 2011.