Braless Banshees vs. Brainless Barbies: Feminism for Today
Amy Richards and Jennifer Baumgardner
Wednesday, 05 Mar 2003 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Amy Richards is a contributing editor to Ms. magazine and has worked as a consultant to the Ms. Foundation for Women and Voters for Choice. She is a board member of the Third Wave Foundation, and launched public education campaigns like Why Vote? and I Spy Sexism. She is also on the Council of Advocates for Planned Parenthood NYC and was named one of Ms. magazine's "21 Young Leaders for the 21st Century." Jennifer Baumgardner is a pundit on She Span and works with organizations such as Planned Parenthood, Honor the Earth, Third Wave Foundation, and History in Action. The two co-authored MANIFESTA: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future.
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