Fembot Collective, Author at Ms. Magazine

Gender Politics at the Barre

I have a love-hate relationship with Pure Barre. I find fault in the franchise’s ideology and the culture it promotes—and strength in the way my body responds to the exercise.

Arts & Entertainment

Why You Should Buy Your Mom a Video Game for Mother’s Day

Fembot Collective and Shira Chess

The women in your life need more leisure that they can get lost in. They need leisure that is overwhelming with identity play, puzzles, art and complex narratives. Your mother deserves to get some play—and you should give it to her.

Arts & Entertainment

Dangerous Tech: How Our Devices Discriminate

Christina Boyles and Fembot Collective

Much of our data is now open to government and corporate monitoring—and evidence shows that it is exacerbating racial, gendered and sexual biases in our culture.

Arts & Entertainment

4 Ways Feminists Can Protect Themselves Online

Fembot Collective and Robert W. Gehl

We need to stick together—to offer each other support, to trade tips, to share ideas—and we need this all to lead towards an Internet free of harassment and violence. Individual self-protection is not a solution; it’s a step on the path to a greater end.

The Latest Victims: On Trump’s Attacks on Transgender Military Personnel

Mariana Grohowski and Fembot Collective

Though transgender individuals are facing an uncertain and potential unjust fate, they’re not the only ones. They’re merely the newest minority group made into political targets.