Amy DePoy, Author at Ms. Magazine

Arts & Entertainment

Holiday Gift Guide: Patriarchy-Smashing Children’s Books for Young Feminists

It’s never too early to start reading to kids, or to kick off a consciousness-raising session with them—and these feminist children’s books make it easier than ever to do both.

Sisterhood, Herstory and Talking Circles: Inside Gloria’s Life

Amy DePoy

Stepping into Daryl Roth Theatre, just steps from Union Square, now feels like stepping into a feminist time machine.

Arts & Entertainment

The Ms. Q&A: Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Wants You to Read and Riot

Amy DePoy

Nadya Tolokonnikova is no stranger to speaking out. Ms. caught up with the internationally-renowned feminist firebrand to talk about her latest book, what she’s fighting for and her own revolution from within.

Arts & Entertainment

The (Unfortunately Timely) Miseducation of Cameron Post

Amy DePoy

“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” will make you laugh—but it won’t let you forget the horrors of anti-gay conversion therapy.

Arts & Entertainment

Thumbs Down: It’s Time for More Diverse Voices in Film Criticism

Amy DePoy

There are twice as many men as women reviewers in broadcast, online and print media—and over 80 percent of reviewers across gender lines are white.

Arts & Entertainment

The Ms. Q&A: Ally Johnson is Creating a New (Lesbian!) Queer Eye

Amy DePoy

Johnson, who is fundraising to produce a show called “Butch Pal for the Straight Gal,” wants to show the world that women, too, can change each other’s lives for the better.

Arts & Entertainment

Sandra Oh’s Emmy Nomination is a Major Milestone for Asian Women

Amy DePoy

Oh just became the first Asian woman ever nominated for an Emmy in the category of best leading actress in a drama series.

Justice & Law

We Heart: The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Action Figure Fueling Gender Equality

Amy DePoy

Feminist icon and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has once again broken the Internet.

Daring to Remember: Why Cynthia Nixon Won’t Go Back

Amy DePoy

At a rally Tuesday, Cynthia Nixon shared the story of her mother’s illegal abortion while holding up a wire coat hanger. “We must never, ever, ever go back,” she told a crowd of activists.

Daring to Remember: How Kate Daloz’s Family Lost Her Grandmother

Amy DePoy

Last May, the author of “We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America” told the devastating story of her grandmother’s death from a self-induced abortion in The New Yorker. Decades after her death, the story remains as relevant as ever.

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