Wendy Shalit

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Wendy Shalit (born 1975) is an American author.

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she is the sister of writer Ruth Shalit and Mina Shalit. She graduated from Williams College with a BA 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 A--hole of the Month title.

At the same time, Shalit 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]

Shalit's second book, Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It's Not Bad to Be Good, was released on June 26th, 2007.

She currently lives with her family in Toronto, Ontario.[7]

[edit] Books

  • A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue 1999
  • Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect 2007

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Solipsisters
  2. ^ D1NT Nice People
  3. ^ Modesty Zone
  4. ^ http://blogs.modestlyyours.net/
  5. ^ http://www.modestlyyours.net/
  6. ^ [1][dead link]
  7. ^ How the `bad' girl became good

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