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Author: Carmen Rios

Carmen Rios is a feminist superstar. She's a consulting editor and the former managing digital editor at Ms. and the host of Looking Back, Moving Forward, a five-part series from Ms. Studios. Carmen's writing on queerness, gender, race and class has been published by outlets including BuzzFeed, Bitch, Bust, CityLab, DAME, Feminist Formations, GirlBoss, MEL, Mic, the National Women’s History Museum, SIGNS and the Women’s Media Center, and she was a co-founder of Webby-nominated Argot Magazine. @carmenriosss|carmenfuckingrios.com
  • Violence & Harassment

Parkland Survivor Mei Ling Ho-Shing is a #NeverAgain Champion at the Intersections

Carmen Rios

17-year-old Mei Ling Ho-Shing became an activist after she survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland. Now, she’s calling for more than gun law reform alone—she’s demanding an intersectional approach to the #NeverAgain movement.

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The Ms. Q&A: Shannon Watts is Certain That Women Can End Gun Violence

Carmen Rios

The founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America talked to Ms. about how the movement to end gun violence has evolved, what happens when women form the front lines and how you can join the fight right now.

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The Future is Female

Kathy Spillar and Carmen Rios

A massive gender gap and historic numbers of women candidates mean women may be the deciders in the 2018 midterm elections.

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Safer Sports, Safer Girls

Carmen Rios

In the midst of the #MeToo movement and in the wake of gymnastic doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse trial, Congress members of both parties vote to protect young athletes.

  • Voices

The Ms. Q&A: Sarah McBride Knows Tomorrow Will Be Different

Carmen Rios

We have transformed impossibilities into possibility into reality. We have seen that change is possible. If we’ve done it before, that means we can do it again.

  • Health

The Ms. Q&A: Jaha Dukureh’s Fight to End FGM Isn’t Over Yet

Carmen Rios

Jaha Dukureh became a revolutionary when she was forced into marriage at 15—and learned that she had undergone the most severe form of female genital mutilation when she was only a week old. Ms. talked to the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize nominee about her pioneering work, her motivation and what’s next.

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Young Women Are Demanding an End to Gun Violence in the Wake of Last Week’s School Shooting

Tiernan Hebron and Carmen Rios

Young women and girls are leading the way in the wake of the Stoneman Douglas school shooting.

  • Immigration
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WATCH: Dolores Huerta Talks #MeToo, DREAMers and the Women on the Front Lines

Carmen Rios

As a life-long activist who has shaped movements for labor rights, immigration rights and women’s rights, Dolores Huerta comes to this current moment in feminist history with a unique vantage point. 

  • Immigration
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Go Nancy Go!

Carmen Rios

Nancy Pelosi today spoke out in support of DREAMers on the House floor for eight hours. She wore four-inch heels and drank only water. It was the longest speech in floor history.

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Feminists Across the Country Talked Back During Trump’s State of the Union

Kylie Cheung and Carmen Rios

Trump’s speech was notably void of references to women’s rights—but across the country, women were listening, watching and fighting back.

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