Jennifer baumgardner biography

Jennifer Baumgardner (born 1970) is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and lecturer whose work explores abortion, sex, bisexuality, rape, single parenthood.
I've worked in feminism and media.
Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards, authors of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future (2000), were both born in 1970 and raised by second wavers.

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Jennifer Baumgardner is an accomplished author, playwright, filmmaker and publisher, who was first introduced to the feminist publishing industry through her position at Ms. magazine in 1993. She then left the magazine to write articles (Glamour, Teen Vogue, Bust, New York Times, The Nation, etc.) and books (Manifesta, Grassroots,Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics, etc.) and to make documentaries (I Had an Abortion, It Was Rape). After 4 years as ED of Feminist Press, in 2017 she launched Dottir Press, a name inspired by the Icelandic word for "daughter". To this day, Baumgardner is working to bring awareness to the struggles that women and other minorities experience in their lifetime, and is advocating for change, one book at a time.

Dottir Press was founded in 2017 with the mission of passing on and building upon feminist intellectual and creative legacies. It actively transmits female intellectual production, while also ushering forth narratives that are suppressed in widely distributed channels. Dottir Press serves as an outlet for

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Jennifer Baumgardner papers

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Identifier: SSC-MS-00705

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Copies of Baumgardner's books and audiovisual materials that contain the many interviews she conducted over the years as research for her published works.

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This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

To the extent that she owns copyright, Baumgardner has retained copyright until her death in her works donated to Smith College. After her death, copyright in these works will transfer to Smith College. Copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, or which may regard materials in the collection not created by Baumgardner, researchers are responsible for det

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Jennifer Baumgardner

Jennifer Baumgardner, the 2024-2025 Lakes Writer-in-Residence at Smith College, is a writer, editor, activist, filmmaker, and speaker.

In 1993, Jennifer took a midnight train from Fargo to New York City to take an unpaid internship at Ms. Sheâd just graduated college (English, B.A., Lawrence University) and soon graduated from intern to assistant to editor. After five years at Ms. magazine, Baumgardner began writing for publications including Glamour, Teen Vogue, Bust, Dissent, Harperâs Bazaar, Harperâs, The Nation, Elle, New York Times, and n+1.

She is the founder and publisher of Dottir Press, a woman-owned feminist imprint that produces works by and about feminism and publishes LIBER: A Feminist Review. She is also the author of several books on contemporary feminism, including "Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics" (FSG, 2007; a Lambda finalist) and "Abortion & Life" (Akashic, 2008). With Amy Richards, she co-authored the best-selling "Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future" and "Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism". Other