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Lisa Jervis (born 1972) is an American writer, editor, publisher, and information technology professional. She is one of the founding editors and publisher of ''
Bitch Magazine ''Bitch'' was an independent, quarterly alternative magazine published in Portland, Oregon. Its tagline described it as a "feminist response to pop culture", and it was described in 2008 by the ''Columbia Journalism Review'' as "a respected jou ...
'', established in 1996.


Early life and education

Born in
Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
in 1972, she is the daughter of international relations scholar
Robert Jervis Robert Jervis (April 30, 1940 – December 9, 2021) was an American political scientist who was the Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. Jervis was co-editor of the ...
and educational consultant and researcher Kathe Jervis (née Weil). She was raised in
Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
,
Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...
, and
New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and creative writing from
Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational lib ...
in 1994. She earned a master's degree in information management and systems from the School of Information at the
University of California at Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkele ...
in 2014.


Career

Jervis began her career as an intern at ''
Sassy magazine ''Sassy'' magazine was a general interest teen magazine aimed at young women. Now defunct, it covered a wide variety of topics, and was intended as a feminist counterpoint to '' Seventeen'' and '' YM'' magazines. ''Sassy'' existed between 1988 ...
''. In addition to her role with ''Bitch'' magazine, Jervis was editor-at-large of '' LiP magazine'' during 2004-07. She is founding board chair of Women in Media and News, as well as a member of the advisory board of outLoud Radio. Jervis and the other founding editor, Andi Zeisler, published the collection ''Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine'' in 2006, to many positive reviews.
Kirkus Reviews ''Kirkus Reviews'' is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus. The magazine's publisher, Kirkus Media, is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction, no ...
summarized that "Jervis and Zeisler founded the ’zine to eschew the complacent postfeminist viewpoint." During this time the two were profiled by
Kate Bolick Kate Bolick (born 1972) is the author of New York Times bestseller ''Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own''. She is also a contributing editor for ''The Atlantic,'' and host of "Touchstones at The Mount," an annual literary interview series at Ed ...
of ''
The Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe,'' also known locally as ''the Globe'', is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily new ...
'' in 2006. Jervis has published extensively on gender-themed subjects and the evolution of her writing in that area has been noted by scholars such as Shira Tarrant. In 2008 her essay “An Old Enemy in a New Outfit: How Date Rape Became Gray Rape and Why it Matters” appeared in the edited collection volume '' Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape''. In 2009 Jervis published the book ''Cook Food: A Manualfesto for Easy, Healthy, Local Eating'' with
PM Press PM Press is an independent publisher, founded in 2007 by a small collective of people, that specializes in radical literature. Previously based in the San Francisco Bay Area, the press relocated to Binghamton, New York, in 2022. Bookstores In ...
. A review in ''
The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February 21, 1925, by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, a reporter for ''The New York T ...
'' called it a "fantastic how-to guide." After earning her master's degree in 2014, Jervis became an information technology consultant for social justice-oriented non-profit entities."Lisa Jervis, IT Consultant"
RoadMap She was the operations director for the Center for Media Justice.


Personal life

She now lives in Oakland, California.


See also

*''
Bitch (magazine) ''Bitch'' was an independent, quarterly alternative magazine published in Portland, Oregon. Its tagline described it as a "feminist response to pop culture", and it was described in 2008 by the ''Columbia Journalism Review'' as "a respected jou ...
''


References


External links


Bitch Magazine official site
on public radio program
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Biography at PM PressAlumni page at MIMS Berkeley
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