Jennifer Block
Jennifer Block has been a journalist for nine years, writing and editing for magazines and newsweeklies, frequently covering women's health and politics and the intersection of the two.
Author of the book “Pushed: the painful truth about childbirth and modern maternity care” A provocative and incisive analysis of childbirth in the age of machines, malpractice, and managed care.
A former editor at Ms magazine, Jennifer was also a senior editor at the eco-lifestyle magazine Plenty and served as an editor of the revised classic, Our Bodies, Ourselves.
Her work has appeared in publications such as:
- The Village Voice
- Ms
- The Nation
- Mother Jones
- ELLE
- Plenty
She lives in Brooklyn, New York.