As Mardi Gras–Fat Tuesday–is celebrated today in New Orleans, we take a look at a newly revealed women’s “masking” tradition that has been revived in the city. The “Baby Doll” […]
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Pole-Dancing Dolls, Sex Work During Ramadan and Gay Catholic Mass: Editors’ Picks, 9/5-9/11
The weekend is finally here and you know what that means: It’s time for another Ms. roundup! We bring you the best of the web–everything you might have missed while […]
Barbie’s Existential Crisis and the Fight for Reproductive Justice
Some will call it sacrilege for us to compare Barbie, a film that appears to celebrate artificiality and superficiality, with the deeply noir multiple award-winning film many say is the greatest of all time, Citizen Kane. However, we suggest that both films are owed acclaim for the risks their directors took in broaching the most anxiety-provoking of all human concerns: death.
Barbie the doll depicts the central thesis of our work as feminist social psychologists: that fear of death that undergirds the control of women and their bodies, and women’s own efforts to conform to societal expectations for their bodily control.
California’s New Gender-Neutral Toy Law Revives a 50-Year Feminist Fight
On Jan. 1, 2024, California will begin enforcing Assembly Bill 1084, a landmark bill in the movement for a more inclusive toy culture. Reinforcing the traditional gender binary through toys, for the first time in history, will be a civil offense.
The impetus for the legislation is straight out of 1970s toy campaigns against gender-based marketing—like Ms. magazine’s “Toys for Free Children” and the Ms. Foundation’s “Free to Be … You and Me.”
Action Figures “For Girls” Aren’t Good Enough
Imagine one toy aisle that encompassed all types of doll, irregardless of gender. No pink-and-fluffy vs. dark-and-angry divide. More variety, color and choice.
Uterus Transplants and the Social Pressures of Biological Motherhood
Last week, the Cleveland Clinic announced that it would begin performing uterus transplants on U.S. women. Over the next several years, 10 women participating in the clinic’s transplant trial will […]
Lara Logan Should Have Stayed Home Because She is a “Mommy”
I have been following the story of Lara Logan and the horrible assault that she survived in Egypt. I have read the articles about people questioning what she was wearing, […]
So Who Gets the Kids? Divorce in the Age of Equal Parenting
The Alice Hector–Robert Young divorce case epitomizes the impact of gendered parenting stereotypes held in custody cases. Is there a side feminists should take?
(For more ground-breaking stories like this, order 50 YEARS OF Ms.: THE BEST OF THE PATHFINDING MAGAZINE THAT IGNITED A REVOLUTION, Alfred A. Knopf—a collection of the most audacious, norm-breaking coverage Ms. has published.)
Avoiding Amazon—Celebrate Small Businesses and Socially Conscious Companies This Holiday Season
If the pandemic has made you worry about consumerism and ethical buying practices, or if you’re just looking to support a small, female-owned business this holiday season, we’ve got you covered! This list offers a variety of small businesses, with products ranging from skincare to home decor, and everything in between.
The Future is Feminist: 10 Books to Start Your Feminist Children’s Library at Home
When I became a mom, I wondered how my own child might form his own ideas of what the world should look like. The answer to my question? Books, always books.
Here are some of my favorite books, some old, some new, to build your own first library of feminist books for any child.