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Jennifer Senior
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Jennifer Senior is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Prior to this, she was a book critic and then an op-ed columnist at The New York Times. She is the winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, a National Magazine award, a GLAAD award, and two Front Page awards. Previously, Senior was a longform writer at New York Magazine for 18 years. She is the author of All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood, a New York Times best-seller and one of Slate's Top 10 books of 2014. Senior’s journalism has been anthologized in The Best American Political Writing and The Best American Nature and Science Writing.
Previously
![The Great Friendship Reset](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/fd173ac1-ab51-452f-a22a-6f48c7388923/aif-2022-friendship.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C1600%2C901&w=400)
The older we get, the more we need our friends — but the harder it is to keep them. This is an aphorism in the best of times, but it’s tragically true after more than two year...
![Opening Session](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0fe55411-5bd0-495f-ba1b-0743f41da2d5/52173840525_174816ae2a_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C6758%2C3802&w=400)
We’ll kick off the Festival with Big Ideas, followed by a dialogue on the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision overruling Roe v. Wade.
![Supporting Parents, Nurturing Kids](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/5b32b805-227e-4bab-a6e7-3989f5a18bd3/52171303002_9263f697b6_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C8256%2C4646&w=400)
Being a parent is more challenging than ever. Workplace demands, the shortage of affordable daycare and paid leave policies, and the complexities of social media all put enorm...