Jennifer Baumgardner
Jennifer Baumgardner has been working as a feminist in publishing for three decades, beginning in the early 1990s as an intern (and later an editor) at Ms. magazine. As a journalist, she’s written for Glamour, Teen Vogue, Bust, Dissent, Harper’s Bazaar, Harper’s, The Nation, Elle, New York Times, and others. Her books include Manifesta, Grassroots, Look Both Ways, and Abortion & Life and she has directed/produced two feature-length documentaries (It Was Rape and I Had an Abortion). She was writer-in-residence at The New School (2008-12), executive director and publisher of the Feminist Press (2013-7), a co-founder of Soapbox, Inc., and editor in chief of Wellesley College's Women’s Review of Books (2017-2022). Currently, she runs the feminist imprint Dottir Press, edits the print journal LIBER: A Feminist Review, and is the Lakes writer-in-residence at Smith College. (01/24)
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It Was Rape
A film by Jennifer Baumgardner, 2013, 60 min, Color
U.S. sexual assault statistics are startling—and have remained unchanged for decades. The latest White House Council on Women and Girls report reveals that nearly one in five women experiences rape or attempted rape in her lifetime. Among college student victims, who have some of the highest rates of sexual assault, just 12 percent report incidents…
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I Had an Abortion
A film by Jennifer Baumgardner, 2005, 55 min, Color
Underneath the din of politicians posturing about "life" and "choice" and beyond the shouted slogans about murder and rights, there are real stories of real women who have had abortions. Each year in the US, 1.3 million abortions occur, but the topic is still so stigmatized it’s never discussed in polite company. Powerful, poignant, and…
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