In Japan, winning a world title earns you a seat at the back of the bus, er, plane. The Japanese women’s soccer team flew to Europe Sunday on the same flight as the men’s team. While the women crammed into coach seats, the men’s team scored seats in business class. As it stands, this would [...]
Summertime is bikinis, beer, beach trips and late nights. Everyone is ready to relax, have fun and enjoy the heat. Women staying out late in foreign places dressed in tight, skimpy clothes with some alcohol in their systems are often warned to be smart and aware of their surroundings. These type of warnings stem from the idea that if women [...]
Catholic clergy have been pretty tough on American nuns lately, accusing them of “radical feminism.” As Ms. reports in our brand-new issue, the Vatican has issued a doctrinal assessment criticizing the nuns for aiding the poor and needy instead of spreading anti-abortion and anti-gay doctrine. But the sisters have just met their harshest critic: Stephen [...]
Rick Santorum likes to tell women to “make the best out of a bad situation,” but he didn’t take his own advice with his own presidential run. After trailing Mitt Romney, he officially ended his campaign last week. But did anyone notice just how easy it was for Santorum to abort his campaign? He didn’t [...]
Finally, a voice of reason! As GOP members flood mainstream media, scrambling to debunk the “myth” that women actively care about reproductive health and dismissing any fears of conservative women jumping ship come November, an Iowa resident let the Republican Party know there’s at least one woman out there who cares. Socially conservative Iowa-based group [...]
Geena Davis is a powerhouse actor, best known for her strong and often comical roles in such Hollywood films as Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own and The Accidental Tourist (for which she won an Academy Award). We love her consistent portrayal of strong women who take charge of their own lives, including [...]
Earlier this year, Pakistani actor Veena Malik, a participant on the Indian television show Big Boss (a variation of the reality show Big Brother), was accused on Express News of shaming Pakistani culture by her behavior while on the show. The newscaster said: There is an allegation against you, made by a segment of Pakistani [...]
Political tensions have reached a point of violence in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Or, rather, for one Supreme Court Justice in particular, David Prosser, who allegedly physically assaulted fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley during a meeting on June 13. Said Justice Bradley, The facts are that I was demanding that he get out of my [...]
If you’ve been following the case of Texas cheerleader Hillaire S., who was assaulted at a party by star athlete Rakheem Bolton and then kicked off the cheerleading squad for refusing to chant, “two, four, six, eight, ten, come on Rakheem, put it in” (see the Ms. Blog coverage of the case here, here, here, and [...]
We haven’t had much reason to “heart” Texas in the last several months. Its Senate is trying to defund Planned Parenthood, and its governor just signed a bill requiring that women seeking abortions must undergo an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the size of their fetus’ limbs and organs. But we applaud [...]
