Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
- Executive Director of Strategy and Partnerships, Ms. Magazine
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf leads partnerships and strategy at Ms. magazine, while serving as executive director of NYU Law’s Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center. A passionate writer on and advocate for issues of gender and politics, she was dubbed the “architect of the US campaign to squash the tampon tax” by Newsweek. She is a contributor to 50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine that Ignited a Revolution. Her 2017 book Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equity was lauded by Gloria Steinem as “the beginning of liberation for us all.” Her forthcoming book, Period. Full Stop. The Politics of Menopause will be published by NYU Press in 2025. Weiss-Wolf's writing and work have been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TIME, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Teen Vogue, Oprah Daily, NPR, PBS, and NowThis, among others.
Events
Women in Print and on Film: 50 Years of Feminism at Home and Abroad
Emily Burrill, Samhita Sunya, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf of "Ms." magazine and UVA cinema expert Samhita Sunya join a live recording of the Karsh Institute’s "Democracy in Danger" podcast. Weiss-Wolf’s work is featured in the new book "50 Years of Ms." Sunya studies film, feminism, and gender dynamics in South Asia and the Middle East.