Wendy Shalit
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Wendy Shalit (born 1975) graduated from Williams College with a BA degree in Philosophy.
Her articles on cultural and literary topics have appeared in Commentary, The Wall Street Journal and Slate.
She is the author of the book A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue, published by Free Press in 1999. Her book has attracted much controversy, most notably earning her attacks from Katha Pollitt in The New York Times [1] and Larry Flynt in Hustler magazine, where she was awarded the "Asshole of the Month" title.
At the same time, Wendy also received many letters of support[2] from young women who were disenchanted with the sexual revolution, prompting her to start an online support forum called ModestyZone.net[3].
ModestyZone hosts the ModestlyYours blog[4], with 20 bloggers "of all ages and backgrounds whose voices are not normally heard in the mainstream (or even non-mainstream) media."[5]
Mona Charen has called ModestlyYours an "antidote to the vulgarity that is shoved in our faces from magazine covers, television, raunch radio, movies, and shows. . . Shalit names a "rebel of the month" on the site, choosing young women who exemplify modesty, intelligence, and integrity. They are the counter counterculture -- and not a minute too soon."[6]
Amazon.com is listing Shalit's next book as Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It's Not Bad to Be Good.[7], due to be released on March 6th, 2007.
