who we are
jennifer baumgardner and amy richards
Amy and Jennifer have worked together on various projects since they met in 1993 as 22 year olds at Ms. magazine. Jennifer was an intern at Ms. while Amy worked down the hall in Gloria Steinem's office.
In October 2000, a book they co-wrote about the state of the women's movement, called Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future
Amy is the co-founder of the Third Wave Foundation, the voice behind Ask Amy (an online advice column at Feminist.com), the project director of Anna Deveare Smith's Twilight Los Angeles, and the author of Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself (FSG 2008).
Jennifer writes for dozens of magazines, including Glamour, The Nation, Real Simple, and Harper's. She is the creator of the I Had an Abortion project (both the t-shirt and producer of the 2005 film), the author of Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics (FSG 2007) and Abortion and Life (Akashic Books, 2008), and is currently working on a film and awareness project called I Was Raped.
Joint writings by Amy and Jennifer can be found in The Nation and several anthologies, including Catching A Wave, Girls Rock!, and the afterword to Courtney Love's memoir, Dirty Blonde. They each live in New York City with their families, just across the Williamsburg Bridge from each other.
