Awards season is in full swing and next on the agenda is the glamorous, controversial and #SoWhite Academy Awards. In honor of the Oscars’ more inclusive moments, we’ve rounded up […]
Author: Lily Wujek
Lily Wujek is currently a student at Bennington College and an editorial intern at Ms.
10 Valentine’s Day Cards to Send to Your Favorite Feminists
Skip the sappy, cliché or otherwise patriarchal Valentine’s Day messages and send one of these gems instead!
“Make Rape Legal” Dude Plans Worldwide Straight-Guy Meetups, Cancels Them
It’s been widely reported that followers of Daryush Valizadeh, the anti-feminist, homophobic and misogynistic writer behind Return of Kings—who has also advocated for the legalization of rape on private property—would be gathering in secret […]
Sister to Sister: Why a Group of Nuns are Going Undercover as Sex Workers
For the last five years, more 1,000 nuns have been going undercover as sex workers to help women trafficked into prostitution and sex slavery. And while you’ve probably never heard of them, the sisters […]
Texas’ Anti-Abortion Law is Having a Predictably Terrible Effect on Women
A new study from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) has found that, thanks to Texas’ omnibus anti-abortion bill, HB2—parts of which are currently under consideration by the Supreme Court—women face a […]
Planned Parenthood Sues Anti-Abortion Extremists for Phony Videos
Planned Parenthood announced Thursday that it had filed a federal lawsuit against the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), an anti-abortion organization that orchestrated a widely discredited video campaign this past summer […]
The Last Five Years Have Been Terrible for Abortion Rights
Of all the abortion restrictions enacted in the nearly 43 years since Roe v. Wade, 27 percent have become law in the last five years, according to a new report from […]
7 British Feminist Shows to Binge-Watch on Netflix in 2016
When we started to compile a list of binge-worthy feminist shows streaming on Netflix, we couldn’t help but notice that a huge number of them were produced in the U.K. So […]
A Republican Congressman Wants to Strip Bill Cosby of His Presidential Medal
In light of sexual assault allegations and recent charges against Bill Cosby, including his admission under oath in a 2005 deposition that he obtained and used Quaaludes to drug young women he wanted […]
We Heart: Comic Book Dudes Taking a Stand Against Sexism
The Angoulême International Comics Festival in France—one of the biggest comic book festivals in the world—recently got a swift dose of reality thanks to some super cool dudes. When a short list […]