Staff

Jaclyn Friedman

Executive Director

Jaclyn Friedman is a writer, performer, pundit and activist, and the editor of the hit book Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape, one of Publishers’ Weekly’s Best 100 Books of 2009. She has been a guest on To The Contrary, The Brian Lehrer Show, and numerous other radio and television shows, and her commentary has appeared in outlets including The Washington Post, The American Prospect, Slate’s DoubleX, Bitch Magazine, AlterNet, Women’s eNews, Feministing.com, and Huffington Post. She is a SheSource expert and a Progressive Women’s Voices alumna, and was named one of 2009’s Top 40 Progressive Leaders Under 40 by the New Leaders Council. Friedman also holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College, and writes a weekly column on pop culture, sexuality and sexual violence for Amplify Your Voice, a site devoted to promoting healthy sexuality for young people.

Friedman started with New Words Bookstore in 2000 as the store’s marketing and events coordinator, and became program director of Center for New Words when the store transitioned into a nonprofit. At CNW, she co-founded the Women, Action & the Media conference with CNW Co-Director Laura Zimmerman, and has chaired or co-chaired the conference every year since. E-mail Jaclyn.

Ashley Haight

Program Associate

Ashley Haight comes to Women, Action & the Media as a recent graduate of Simmons College where she earned her B.A. in women’s and gender studies and PR/marketing communications. She interned at the Center for New Words in 2009 and joined WAM! in September after graduating. While at Simmons, she studied journalism and marketing, worked as a copy editor and writer for The Simmons Voice, a writer for COMMTRACKS, and studied human rights and journalism in South Africa for several weeks. She has a blog at http://ashley-haight.xanga.com/weblog/ documenting her travel in South Africa. E-mail Ashley.

Heather Manning

Intern

Heather Manning is a senior Studio TV Production major at Emerson College and spends most of her time watching and analyzing television. Her favorite show is Friends, and her favorite food is ice cream. A self-proclaimed nerd, Heather loves media criticism and is currently writing her senior Honors thesis on reality television and Darwinian Natural Right. Her other favorite shows include Glee, The L Word, and Arrested Development. E-mail Heather.