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Last night, Jessica Valenti spoke to students at Penn State about why it's important to use activism to battle rape culture. Before she started, she named three reasons why she was a feminist this month: Todd Akin and his comments on "legitimate rape." The GOP platform on abortion and women's rights. This Belvedere vodka ad. In today's culture, there is absolutely wrong with being a feminist, and Valenti stressed this greatly. Feminism isn't just about attaining equality between the sexes, but rather a variety of topics, including racism, sexism, economic inequalities, transphobia, and homophobia. In today's society, a culturally-broad and wide definition of rape is absent.