This month, as 2015’s LGBTQ Pride celebrations kick off around the world, trans activist Reina Gossett and filmmaker Sasha Wortzel begin production on Happy Birthday, Marsha!, a narrative short film […]
Author: Kitty Lindsay
Radical Monarchs: A Social-Justice Twist on the Girl Scouts
The following is a reprint from the Spring 2015 issue of Ms. Click here to get your copy! They are not your mother’s Brownies. Oakland’s Radical Brownies —now known as […]
Taking On Twitter’s Worst Trolls
Any woman who’s ever been on Twitter knows harassment is de rigueur—and a new study from Women, Action and the Media (WAM!) confirms that once and for all. The study found that […]
Deflategate v. Domestic Violence: The NFL Fumbles (Again!)
On Tuesday, in the wake of National Football League mega scandal Deflategate, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey mused, “I sure wish that the NFL would spend about a tenth of […]
Warrior Women: Breaking New Ground on the Battlefield
This Memorial Day, as we honor the United States servicemen and servicewomen killed in our country’s history, the debate surrounding women’s role in combat rages on. From World War I […]
NEWSFLASH: Campus Sexual Assault Complaints Are on the Rise
Reports of sexual violence on college campuses are on the rise, according to new data compiled by the Department of Education. In a letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) released […]
We Heart: Google’s Celebration of Feminist Badass Nellie Bly
Oh Nellie, take us all around the world and break those rules cos you’re our girl! May 5 marks pioneering journalist and world traveler Nellie Bly’s 151st birthday and as […]
‘Til Death Do Us Part: Inside the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Domestic Violence Exposé
This week, The Post and Courier, a family-owned and operated newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize Public Service gold medal for their in-depth investigation into the […]
Ava DuVernay: Focusing the Lens on Equality
This March, for Women’s History Month, the Ms. Blog is profiling Wonder Women who have made history—and those who are making history right now. Join us each day as we […]
The Year of the Fighter: The Top 10 Feminist Films of 2014
Hollywood has long been a boy’s club, but this year, women made a dent in the door. From bow-wielding revolutionaries to outspoken intellectuals to ordinary women with the will to […]