This is an excerpt from Amanda Marcotte's February 2013 lecture at Northwestern University. She is a freelance writer and journalist who is best known for her outspken views on feminism and politics. She has been described as “Funny, really funny,“ with a “wit as sharp as the survival knife“ (Sacramento News and Review). Her “writing zings, it crackles, it leaves a mark, and never sugarcoats“(Markos Moulitsas Zuniga of Daily Kos). She has authored two books, It's Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments (2008) and Get Opinionated: A Progressive's Guide to Finding Your Voice (and Taking a Little Action) (2010). She currently writes and or blogs for Pandagon, Salon, Alternet, Reuters, USA Today, The American Prospect, Guardian UK, RH Reality Check, and Slate's XX Factor.
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