Boobies, Birthers and WikiSexism: Editors’ Picks 8/29-9/3

Just in time for the long weekend, Ms. brings you the must-reads you might have missed this week–from a Pocahontas-poetry mash-up, to gender inequality on Wikipedia, to live reporting from ...Read More

Global News Roundup: Morocco, France, Afghanistan, DRC, Japan

This week: Moroccan women banned from Mecca; Carla Bruni called a “prostitute” who “deserves to die”; Afghanistan woman MP’s aides found dead; suspicion of poison gas attacks in Afghanistan ...Read More

Newsflash: Australian Couple Awaits Trial for Abortion

In Cairns, Queensland, a 20-year-old woman is being prosecuted for intending to terminate her pregnancy. Tegan Leach and her partner, Sergie Brennan, 22, are expected to stand trial on October 12 ...Read More

We Heart: Temple Grandin

For an autistic woman who “thinks like a cow,” Temple Grandin has certainly affected millions of humans. Last Sunday at the 62nd Emmy Awards, Temple Grandin, the made-for-HBO movie about ...Read More

The Weekly Pulse: Egg Recalls, DIY Abortion, Sex Education

This week, it’s not just eggs that are doing the salmonella infecting, women are having DIY abortions along the U.S.-Mexico border, and in Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty would rather shell out major ...Read More

We Heart: Advice for Young Girls from A Satiric Princess

Cartoon princesses give the best advice. “Never be comfortable in the body that you’re given. If you don’t like how you look–snip snip!–there’s nothing wrong with ...Read More

Douching for a Raise, Translating Ebonics and Feminist Polygamy: Editors’ Picks, 8/22-8/28

We selected some of the best feminist blog posts of the past week; check ‘em out: In light of devastating floods in Pakistan that have left 20 million people homeless and 2,000 dead, Care2 ...Read More

What’s in a Name? For “Ms.,” a Long History

Ever since Ms. emerged as a marriage-neutral alternative to Miss and Mrs. in the 1970s, linguists have been trying to trace the origins of this new honorific. It turns out that Ms. is not so new ...Read More

We Heart: WMC’s Plan to End Sexism Against Women Candidates

Hillary Clinton’s pantsuits. Michelle Obama’s shorts. Elena Kagan’s hair. Is any of this relevant to the politics of these women? Absolutely not, says the Women’s Media Center. Today, ...Read More

When Women Went on Strike: Remembering Equality Day, 1970

Bold moves and high-risk strategies have been a feminist tradition since the days of Alice Paul and Susan B. Anthony. But on March 20, 1970, when Betty Friedan gave her farewell address as outgoing ...Read More

Next Page »