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2013 Reading Challenge

Jen Angel has read 7 books toward her goal of 30 books.

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Jen Angel

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

Jen Angel has been a writer and media activist for over 15 years. She is the co-founder and publisher of Clamor Magazine, an award-winning quarterly magazine covering radical culture and politics which ceased publication in 2006. In 2002, she was named as one of “30 under 30 Visionaries who are changing the world” by Utne Reader. She is a founding board member of Allied Media Projects, a non-profit independent media advocacy organization.

Jen’s publishing history includes Clamor (1999-2006), publishing the Zine Yearbook (1996-2004), writing her personal zine Fucktooth (1991-2000), and editing MaximumRockNRoll (1997-1998). Her writing has also appears in magazines such as Bi...more

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Supporting Ourselves – Year End Donations 2012

I haven’t posted for a while, but I wanted to make my annual “here’s where I’m donating money this year.” Though I am an anti-capitalist, I have long believed that our lack of understanding of and engagement with money on the Left has and continues to hurt our organizing. Of course it’s complicated, but it [...]

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Jen Angel's Books

Average rating: 3.91 · 54 ratings · 18 reviews · 8 distinct works · Similar authors

	Becoming The Media: A Critical History Of Clamor Magazine 4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zine Yearbook: Volume 5 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2001	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zine Yearbook: Volume 6 by Jen Angel (Goodreads Author), Become the Media 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2002	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zine Yearbook: Volume 4 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2000	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Zine Yearbook Volume 3 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1999	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Zine Yearbook Volume 2 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1998	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Zine Yearbook, Volume 8 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Zine Yearbook: An Annual Collection of Excerpts from the Best Zines Publishing Today, Vol. 7 by Jason Kucsma (Editor), Jen Angel (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2003	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What is Anarchism?

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The Silent History

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Jen Angel is currently reading What is Anarchism? by Alexander Berkman	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jen Angel rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities by Ching-In Chen (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jen Angel rated a book 4 of 5 stars A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1) by Deborah Harkness (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jen Angel wants to read Plate to Pixel: Digital Food Photography & Styling by Helene Dujardin	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jen Angel rated a book 3 of 5 stars Quiet Rumours: An Anarcha-Feminist Reader by Dark Star Collective read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jen Angel liked xDEAD ENDx's review of Contradictionary: " I came for the abstraction and stayed for the colophon. I've always admired The Devil's Dictionary, and the definitions in Rolling Thunder were something I look(ed) forward to reading. (I would even present dramatic readings to roommates.) This is... " Read more of this review »
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Jen Angel rated a book 5 of 5 stars Contradictionary by CrimethInc. read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Everything you would expect from CrimethInc. Witty, but also biting.
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Jen Angel wants to read The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5) by Tana French	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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