Jennifer Baumgardner
Photo by Marina Ioffe
Jennifer Baumgardner is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and lecturer. She is the founder and publisher of Dottir Press, editor-in-chief of the Women's Review of Books, co-founder of several organizations, author of six books, and the former editor of the Feminist Press and Ms. Magazine. Originally from Fargo, North Dakota, she lives in New York City with her husband, two sons, and two Abyssinian cats.
Available to speak on activism 101, feminist publishing, third-wave feminism, the b in lgbtq, reproductive justice, sexual assault, screenings and talk-backs for It Was Rape and I Had an Abortion
Praise and Awards
“In her role as author and activist, Jennifer Baumgardner has permanently changed the way people think about feminism . . . and will shape the next hundred years of politics and culture.”—The Commonwealth Club of California, hailing Baumgardner as one of Six Visionaries for the Twenty-First Century
Jezebel 25
Feminist Press 40 Under 40
Recipient of the Stand Up for Reproductive Justice Award from the Feminist Women's Health Center of Atlanta
Select Works
The Great Courses: Feminism in the 1990s
From abortion rights to ‘zines, Feminism in the 1990s explores the ways third-wave feminism reacted to popular culture while simultaneously being co-opted by it.
Manifesta (20th Anniversary)
Young Women, Feminism And The Future
The twentieth anniversary release of a groundbreaking feminist text: a powerful indictment of the current state of feminism, and a passionate call to arms.
Gripping and emotional, this film is an opportunity to empathize with people—not just absorb faceless statistics—and to puncture the silence and denial that allow sexual assault to thrive.