Editing Jane Fonda (section)

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===Writing===
[[File:Jane Fonda 2005.jpg|thumb|upright=.60|left|Fonda at a book signing, 2005]]

On April 5, 2005, [[Random House]] published Fonda's autobiography ''My Life So Far''. The book describes her life as a series of three acts, each thirty years long, and declares that her third "act" will be her most significant, partly because of her commitment to [[Christianity]], and that it will determine the things for which she will be remembered.{{sfn|Fonda|2005}}

Fonda's autobiography was well received by book critics and noted to be "as beguiling and as maddening as Jane Fonda herself" in its review in ''[[The Washington Post]]'', calling her a "beautiful bundle of contradictions".<ref>{{cite news |title=First Person, Singular |first=Jonathan |last=Yardley |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26664-2005Apr4.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=April 5, 2005 |access-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-date=August 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803132726/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26664-2005Apr4.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the book "achingly poignant".<ref name="nytreview">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/books/review/24DOWDL.html|title={{'-}}My Life So Far': The Roles of a Lifetime|last=Dowd|first=Maureen|authorlink=Maureen Dowd|date=April 24, 2005|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 25, 2010|archive-date=November 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116110209/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/books/review/24DOWDL.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2009, Fonda began chronicling her return to Broadway in a blog with posts about topics ranging from her [[Pilates]] class to fears and excitement about her new play. She uses [[Twitter]] and has a [[Facebook]] page.<ref>{{cite news|first=Marianne|last=Schnall|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/marianne-schnall/jane-fonda-on-joining-the_b_179773.html|title=Jane Fonda on Joining the Blogosphere|newspaper=[[Huffington Post]]|date=March 27, 2009|access-date=April 16, 2009|archive-date=April 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406213613/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marianne-schnall/jane-fonda-on-joining-the_b_179773.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, Fonda published a new book: ''Prime Time: Love, health, sex, fitness, friendship, spirit – making the most of all of your life''. It offers stories from her own life as well as from the lives of others, giving her perspective on how to better live what she calls "the critical years from 45 and 50, and especially from 60 and beyond". On September 8, 2020, [[HarperCollins]] published Fonda's book, ''What Can I Do?: The Truth About Climate Change and How to Fix It''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fonda|first=Jane|title=What Can I Do?: The Truth About Climate Change and How to Fix It|date=September 2020|publisher=Harper Collins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u8LUDwAAQBAJ|isbn=978-0-00-840461-1|access-date=July 24, 2021|archive-date=April 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415184627/https://books.google.com/books?id=u8LUDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Philanthropy===
{{anchor|#Charitable work}}<!--Anchor preserves inbound link from [[Jane Fonda Foundation]] even if this section is renamed-->Fonda's charitable works have focused on youth and education, adolescent reproductive health, environment, human services, and the arts. Fonda marketed her highly successful line of exercise videos and books in order to fund the [[Campaign for Economic Democracy]], a California lobbying organization she founded with her second husband Tom Hayden in 1978.<ref name="Late Show with Stephen Colbert"/> Fonda has established the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential (GCAPP) in the mid-1990s and the Fonda Family Foundation in the late 1990s. In the mid-2000s, Fonda founded the Jane Fonda Foundation in 2004 with one million dollars of her own money as a charitable corporation with herself as president, chair, director, and secretary; Fonda contributes 10 hours each week on its behalf.<ref>[http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/23387-jane-fonda-foundation-targeted-by-the-smoking-gun.html Jane Fonda Foundation Targeted by The Smoking Gun] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216231251/http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/23387-jane-fonda-foundation-targeted-by-the-smoking-gun.html |date=December 16, 2013 }}; NPQ; December 16, 2013; accessed February 8, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.janefonda.com/answering-attacks-on-my-credibility-as-a-philanthropist/ Answering Attacks on my Credibility as a Philanthropist] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025112725/http://www.janefonda.com/answering-attacks-on-my-credibility-as-a-philanthropist/ |date=October 25, 2016 }}; ''JaneFonda.com''; December 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/10/12/jane-fondas-philanthropy-a-hollywood-legend-keys-in-on-repro.html Jane Fonda's Philanthropy: A Hollywood Legend Keys in on Reproductive Health] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022031403/http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/10/12/jane-fondas-philanthropy-a-hollywood-legend-keys-in-on-repro.html |date=October 22, 2016 }}; ''[[Inside Philanthropy]]''; Ade Adeniji; October 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/glitzy-giving/jane-fonda.html Guide to Top Funders] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025115711/http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/glitzy-giving/jane-fonda.html |date=October 25, 2016 }}; ''[[Inside Philanthropy]]''; 2016.</ref> In 2017, she began selling merchandise featuring her 1970 arrest mugshot on her website, the proceeds of which benefit GCAPP.<ref name="HuffPost" />