1+ week, 6+ day ago   (864+ words) Hello, feminist reader friends! Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: This month, it’s back to school and back to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (953+ words) Hello, feminist reader friends! Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: I’ve already broken my own rule of including only…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (727+ words) Over the past year, several women-focused articles in the New York Times declared feminism has gone too far, and put the onus on women to fix what is broken. An article asking if liberal feminism “ruined the workplace” broke the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (262+ words) Even in the wake of the #MeToo movement and heightened awareness around sexual violence, sexual assault is still one of the most underreported crimes. Although one in four women will experience sexual violence in her lifetime, fewer than 5 percent of…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (699+ words) You might not be advised to buy a book for its cover, but the same can’t be said about its title. Consider the title of Heidi Kasa’s first book of poetry, published by Mouthfeel Press: The Bullet Takes Forever. In…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (919+ words) As we pause to mark Memorial Day on Monday, I’m thinking about the women affected by war—whether they’re fighting on the front lines, working in the service as nurses, or civilians saddled with the consequences of wars started by…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (687+ words) Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: Happy April, and Happy National Poetry Month. Since my dormant love of poetry…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (782+ words) This story is part of “Breaking the Cycle,” a three-part Ms. series on how women impacted by incarceration are building knowledge, community and pathways forward—from prison classrooms to debate teams and jail book clubs. Earlier this week: Education and…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (474+ words) This public syllabus is a resource guide for readers of Ms.’: Founding Feminists project, part of the FEMINIST 250 project that spans from Women’s History Month to the midterm elections this November. The multimedia syllabus curated below spans the Revolutionary era…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1764+ words) Hello, feminist reader friends! Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: It’s April, and spring has almost sprung here in…...