{{short description|American campaign group}} {{use MDY dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use American English|date=November 2022}} '''Generator Collective''' is a political activism group based in the United States. It was founded in 2016 by actor, stand-up comedian, and screenwriter [[Ilana Glazer]] and former [[WeWork]] executive Glennis Meagher,<ref>BABY TALK. By: Kinane, Ruth, Entertainment Weekly, 10490434, Apr2021, Issue 1608</ref> with a goal of "lowering the barrier to entry" to discussing politics.<ref name="Weekend"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Kornfeld |first=Tess |title=The Big Questions |work=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]] |volume=117 |number=1 |date=January 2019 |page=96 |via=[[Gale General OneFile]] |id={{gale|A564227018}}}}</ref>
==Background== Glazer and Meagher founded the campaign platform in 2016. The platform promotes female election candidates and general participation in democracy, voting and political discussion.<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Matt |url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/ilana-glazer-of-the-afterparty-signs-with-wme-1234989377/|last1=Grobar |title='The Afterparty's Ilana Glazer Signs With WME|first2=Matt|last2=Grobar|date=March 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ilana Glazer hosting NYC "Dance for Democracy" to benefit abortion funds |date=2022-09-15 |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ilana-glazer-hosting-nyc-dance-for-democracy-to-benefit-abortion-funds/ |website=[[BrooklynVegan]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=James|last=West|date=12 December 2018 |title="Broad City" star Ilana Glazer guest-hosted our podcast this week. She's really good at it! |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/broad-city-ilana-glazer-mother-jones-podcast/}}</ref><ref name="Weekend">{{cite news |work=[[Weekend All Things Considered]] |title=Ilana Glazer Strikes Out On Her Own In New Stand-Up Special.|date=2019-12-28|via=[[Gale Academic OneFile]] |id={{gale|A610078467}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Broad City' Alum Ilana Glazer: 'As a Queer Jewish Mama, I'm Gonna Be Patriotic as Hell' This November |last=Glazer |first=Ilana |authorlink=Ilana Glazer |website=[[People.com]] |date=2022-09-16}} </ref><ref>{{cite podcast |title=The Audacity of the Activist with Jameela Jamil & Shohreh Aghdash |time=5:10 |series=Archetypes |date=15 November 2022 |first=Meghan |last=Markle |author-link=Meghan Markle |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ZHAi3XqbeMnNGgCaarTmp?si=fADHlf6ZQhiIxIb2zJ2njQ&nd=1}}</ref>
The group has staged events, sometimes called "Genny Social"s, to discuss politics.<ref>{{cite news |page=1 |title=Primary Party|work=[[UWIRE]] |date=21 August 2020 |id={{gale|A633123022}}|via=[[Gale Academic OneFile]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The best things to see, drink and do in the D.C. area in March |website=[[Washingtonpost.com]] |date=27 February 2020 |via=[[Gale Academic OneFile]] |id={{gale|A615676837}}}}</ref>
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