ABOUT JEN ANGEL

This is my professional bio. You can also find out more about things I used to do by reading my Linked In resume.

Jen is a long-time social justice activist now living in Berkeley, California.

Currently, Jen helps independent authors, filmmakers, and artists promote their work through the booking and publicity agency, Aid & Abet. Jen also owns Angel Cakes cupcake bakery.

Jen has been a writer and  activist for over 15 years. With Jason Kucsma, she co-founded and published Clamor Magazine, an award-winning quarterly magazine covering radical culture and politics, from 1999 to 2006. She is a founding board member of Allied Media Projects, a non-profit independent media advocacy organization. She has been called a “visionary” by  Utne Reader and a “pioneering media activist” by Bitch Magazine.

Jen’s publishing history includes Clamor (1999-2006), the Zine Yearbook (1996-2004), her personal zine Fucktooth (1991-2000), and MaximumRockNRoll (1997-1998). Her writing has appeared in magazines such as Bitch, Punk Planet, Upping the Anti, and In These Times.

She is author of two pamphlets: “Becoming the Media: A Critical History of Clamor Magazine,” published by PM Press in March 2008; and “Get Noticed: How to Publicize your Book or Film,” with Matt Dineen and Justine Johnson, published by Aid & Abet in February 2010.

Email Jen: jenangel at riseup.net.