Joanna Schroeder is an editor, media critic and co-author of the book TALK TO YOUR BOYS (Workman/Hachette). She has served as a Managing Editor at YourTango for ten years and previously worked as an editor and staff writer at The Good Men Project. She writes the weekly Relationship Fitness newsletter for YourTango, which has over 100,000 subscribers.
As a mother of two young adult sons and a young daughter, as well as the descendant of four generations of pioneering women (and men!) who fought for equal rights, she is uniquely interested in the intersection of gender and emotional health in children today. She has a degree in Gender Studies and media from UCLA and more than a decade of experience reporting on issues facing men and boys.
She has been published in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Redbook, Esquire, Cosmopolitan and more. She co-authored a booklet designed to help parents educate tweens and teens about the harms of anti-democracy and hate-based ideologies, available at no cost via The Western States Center.
She maintains an active and engaged Twitter presence with over 20,000 followers and shares quick, helpful thoughts on TikTok. The bulk of her new writing appears on Zooming Out, via Substack, available to all readers at no cost.
