Jayne Loader

Jayne Loader is an American director and writer best known for the 1982 Cold War documentary The Atomic Cafe.

Early life

She was born in 1951 in Weatherford, Texas. She graduated from Reed College (B.A., 1973) and the University of Michigan (M.A., 1976).

''The Atomic Cafe''

She co-directed The Atomic Cafe (1982){{Cite news|title = DOCUMENTARY ON VIEWS ABOUT ATOM BOMB|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/17/movies/documentary-on-views-about-atom-bomb.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = March 17, 1982|access-date = November 22, 2015|issn = 0362-4331|first = Vincent|last = Canby}} with Pierce Rafferty and Kevin Rafferty{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083590/|title = The Atomic Cafe (1982) – IMDb| website=IMDb }}{{Cite news|title = THEY TURNED OLD MOVIES INTO A TIMELY FILM ABOUT NUCLEAR WAR|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/16/movies/they-turned-old-movies-into-a-timely-film-about-nuclear-war.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = May 16, 1982|access-date = November 22, 2015|issn = 0362-4331|first = Robin|last = Herman}}{{Cite web|title = CONELRAD: THE ATOMIC CAFE {{!}} Jayne Loader Interview [Fall 2002, Winter 2005]|url = http://www.conelrad.com/jayne_loader.html|website = www.conelrad.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}} and has guested on many television shows,{{Cite news|title = 'Atomic' Filmmakers: Trio With a Point of View|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/05/14/atomic-filmmakers-trio-with-a-point-of-view/a9e1e51c-7672-4282-aeb4-83df5441260f/|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = May 14, 1982|access-date = November 22, 2015|issn = 0190-8286|language = en-US|first = Richard|last = Harrington}} including Late Night With David Letterman.{{Cite web|title = Late Night With David Letterman: Show #0023|url = http://www.tv.com/shows/late-night-with-david-letterman/show-0023-416224/|website = TV.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015|archive-date = November 23, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151123074231/http://www.tv.com/shows/late-night-with-david-letterman/show-0023-416224/|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web|title = GROUND ZERO|url = http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/ground-zero-6403641|website = Dallas Observer|accessdate = November 22, 2015}}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFCyWdu71kw "Atomic Cafe" Producers on Late Night, March 10, 1982-YouTube] She is the author of Between Pictures (1986, {{ISBN|0-312-91345-1}}), a novel,{{Cite web|title = BETWEEN PICTURES by Jayne Loader {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|url = https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jayne-loader-2/between-pictures/|website = Kirkus Reviews|accessdate = November 22, 2015|language = en-us}}{{Cite news|title = New & Noteworthy|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/16/books/new-noteworthy.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = April 16, 1989|access-date = November 22, 2015|issn = 0362-4331|first = George|last = Johnson}} Wild America (1989, {{ISBN|0-8021-1106-8}}), a collection of short stories,{{Cite web|title = Picks and Pans Review: Wild America : People.com|url = http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20120450,00.html|website = www.people.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}}{{Cite news|title = Cross-Country Cartwheeling : WILD AMERICA AND OTHER STORIES by Jayne Loader (Grove Press: $17.95; 256 pp.)|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-11-bk-3362-story.html|newspaper = Los Angeles Times|date = June 11, 1989|access-date = January 31, 2016|issn = 0458-3035|language = en-US|first = Allison|last = Silver}}{{Cite news|title = New & Noteworthy|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/12/books/new-noteworthy.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = August 12, 1990|access-date = November 22, 2015|issn = 0362-4331|first = George|last = Johnson}} and articles on film{{Cite web|title = "Jeanne Dielman" by Jayne Loader|url = http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC16folder/JeanneDielman.html|website = www.ejumpcut.org|accessdate = November 22, 2015}} and culture.{{Cite web|title = Exposing the Rapist Next Door|url = http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/Porn/KGWP1.html|website = www.nostatusquo.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}}

Later years

In 1995, she created the CD-ROM and Website Public Shelter,{{Cite web|title = Jayne Loader'sPublic Shelter|url = http://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/1996-07-26/532334/|website = www.austinchronicle.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}}{{Cite web|title = Pacing the Void #3- February 4|url = http://wc.arizona.edu/papers/90/89/void.html|website = wc.arizona.edu|accessdate = November 22, 2015}}{{Cite web|title = Pacing the Void #3/2- February 4|url = http://wc.arizona.edu/papers/90/89/void2.html|website = wc.arizona.edu|accessdate = November 22, 2015}} which premiered in January 1996 at the New Media Center of the Sundance Film Festival{{Cite news|title = A Videogame to Tempt The Sundance Cineastes|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/21/movies/a-videogame-to-tempt-the-sundance-cineastes.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = January 21, 1996|access-date = November 22, 2015|issn = 0362-4331|first = Todd|last = Krieger}} and received two New Media INVISION Awards at Comdex.{{Cite web|title = Newmedia Announces '96 Invision Awards|url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/06/04/newmedia-announces-96-invision-awards/|website = tribunedigital-chicagotribune| date=June 4, 1996 |access-date = November 22, 2015}}{{Cite web|title = Interview – Jayne Loader {{!}} Mute|url = http://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/interview-jayne-loader|website = www.metamute.org|date = October 1997|accessdate = November 22, 2015}}

From 1995 to 1997, she wrote WWWench,{{Cite web|title = Link-Lit From the Wench of Waxahachie|url = https://partners.nytimes.com/library/cyber/mirapaul/0523mirapaul.html|website = partners.nytimes.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}} one of the first blogs{{Cite web|title = Todd E. Napolitano|url = http://www.altx.com/ebr/reviews/rev4/todd.htm|website = www.altx.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0516363/otherworks|title = Jayne Loader| website=IMDb }}{{Cite news|title = For Some Directors, the Web Is Their Studio|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/28/movies/for-some-directors-the-web-is-their-studio.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = July 28, 1996|access-date = November 22, 2015|issn = 0362-4331|first = Peter M.|last = Nichols}} and traveled the world as a New Media evangelist.{{Cite web|title = CD-Rom against the bomb|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/cd-rom-against-the-bomb-1351865.html|website = The Independent|date = October 22, 2011|accessdate = November 22, 2015|language = en-GB}}{{Cite web|title = CD-ROM publishers 'have lost the plot'|url = http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/519393/cd-rom_publishers_lost_plot_/|website = Computerworld New Zealand|accessdate = November 22, 2015}}{{Cite web|title = 95–100 (PONG Festival)|url = https://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/1995-96/95-100.html|website = www.brown.edu|accessdate = November 22, 2015}}{{Cite web|title=MIC 9 art1 |url=http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mimage/9art1.html |website=homepages.ihug.co.nz |accessdate=2015-11-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123093946/http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mimage/9art1.html |archivedate=2015-11-23 }}{{Cite web|title = Rhizome|url = http://rhizome.org/community/42036/|website = Rhizome| date=October 8, 1996 |accessdate = November 22, 2015}} In 1988, she debuted as a fictional character in Timothy Leary's What Does WoMan Want?{{Cite web|title = Full text of "What does woman want?"|url = https://archive.org/stream/whatdoeswomanwan00learrich/whatdoeswomanwan00learrich_djvu.txt|website = archive.org|year = 1988|accessdate = November 22, 2015}} In 1999, she married the astronomer Robert Kirshner.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/12/style/weddings-jayne-loader-robert-kirshner.html|title = WEDDINGS; Jayne Loader, Robert Kirshner|newspaper = The New York Times|date = December 12, 1999}} From 2001 to 2007, Loader and Kirshner were the Masters of Quincy House,{{Cite web|title = Kirshner Chosen As Quincy Master {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2001/4/20/kirshner-chosen-as-quincy-master-pnext/|website = www.thecrimson.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}} one of Harvard's twelve undergraduate houses, where they lived with their bull terriers, Astra{{Cite web|title = Mascot-less, But Not For Long {{!}} Magazine {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2005/4/21/mascot-less-but-not-for-long-as/|website = www.thecrimson.com|accessdate = November 23, 2015}} and Albert.{{Cite web|title = Quincy Students, Masters Mourn Loss of Poetic Pet {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/11/7/quincy-students-masters-mourn-loss-of/|website = www.thecrimson.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}} During her tenure at Quincy, Loader renovated the Masters' Residence and Gym;{{Cite web|title = A Gym of Their Own {{!}} Opinion {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/2/10/a-gym-of-their-own-quincy/|website = www.thecrimson.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}}{{Cite web|title = Renovated Quincy Gym Opens {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/2/5/renovated-quincy-gym-opens-with-their/|website = www.thecrimson.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}} helped to redesign the Dining Hall;{{Cite web|title = Set the mood, Quincy Style {{!}} Magazine {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/11/18/set-the-mood-quincy-style-its/|website = www.thecrimson.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}} gave many parties{{Cite web|title = Crafted in Quincy, Alum Book Garners Praise {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/11/18/crafted-in-quincy-alum-book-garners/|website = www.thecrimson.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}}{{Cite web|title = Nobel Talk Swirls at Fete For Quincy Master's Book {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/10/25/nobel-talk-swirls-at-fete-for/|website = www.thecrimson.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}} (assisted by the Quincy House Elves{{Cite web|title = Elf Help {{!}} Magazine {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/4/10/elf-help-i-believe-the-first/|website = www.thecrimson.com|accessdate = November 23, 2015}}); and launched the controversial Masters' Nights speakers series.{{Cite web|title = Eco-Feminist Protests Male Meat Culture {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/9/26/eco-feminist-protests-male-meat-culture-meat-eating/|website = www.thecrimson.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}}{{Cite web|title = Our Speciesist Culture {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/10/1/our-speciesist-culture-carol-adams-has/|website = www.thecrimson.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}} While serving on the Steering Group of the Resource Efficiency Program, Loader created the popular Valentine's Day Cosmetics Drive{{Cite web|title = Making Up Valentine's Day {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/2/20/making-up-valentines-day-most-people/|website = www.thecrimson.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}} (2003–present), which survives her under the aegis of the Harvard Office for Sustainability.{{Cite web|title = Office for Sustainability Spearheads Cosmetics Drive {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/2/15/office-sustainability-cosmetics-drive/|website = www.thecrimson.com|accessdate = November 22, 2015}}