Jennifer Block has been a journalist for twelve years, writing and
editing
for magazines, newsweeklies, and blogs, frequently covering women's
health and politics and the intersection of the two.
Her work has appeared in Time, The Daily Beast, The Village Voice, Babble, ELLE, ReadyMade, and many other publications. Her investigative pieces have tackled such provocative issues as police harassment of street prostitutes, rape in the military, abortion tourism, and the politics of sex ed.
A former editor at Ms. magazine, Jennifer was also a senior editor at the short-lived but well-loved sustainable lifestyle magazine Plenty. Since the publication of Pushed, she writes and speaks frequently on maternity care issues. She splits her time between Tucson, Arizona and Brooklyn, New York.