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Author: Lauren Young

Lauren Young is a Ms. contributor. She has a Master’s Degree in European and Russian Studies from Yale University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Government and Russian Civilization from Smith College. Follow her on @thatlaurenyoung.
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ERA YES Pins: Fashionable (and Feminist) as Ever

Lauren Young

The audience was awash in a sea of “suffragette white” during President Trump’s State of the Union Address last week—with a sprinkle of “equal rights green.”

  • Health

The Ms. Q&A: How Dr. Leana Wen Plans to Take Planned Parenthood Boldly Forward

Lauren Young

“I recognized that we can’t wait. The cavalry isn’t coming. I need to step up and do everything I can to make this a more just, humane world.”

  • National
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The Ms. Q&A: Brooke Baldwin is Telling the Stories of American Women Running for Office

Lauren Young

Ahead of the premiere of the second installment of her “American Woman” series, CNN’s Brooke Baldwin talked to Ms. about the importance of equal representation, telling women’s stories and following the advice of Gloria Steinem.

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California Voters Just Recalled a Judge Who Didn’t Take Rape Seriously

Lauren Young

“This victory is not just for Emily Doe, but for girls and women everywhere.”

  • Global
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Irish Citizens Are #HomeToVoteYes

Lauren Young

They’re coming from Los Angeles. From Buenos Aires. From Toronto. From Tokyo. This week, thousands of Irish citizens took to the skies on their way to the polls, heading home to end a draconian abortion ban.

  • Global
  • Health

How the Royal Wedding is Fighting Period Poverty

Lauren Young

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are using their nuptials as an opportunity to rally support for seven organizations—including a Mumbai-based non-profit that produces and distributes affordable menstrual hygiene products to women in the city’s slums.

  • Arts & Entertainment

The Ms. Q&A: Carla Gutierrez on Editing RBG and Learning Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Notorious History

Lauren Young

It was Carla Gutierrez’s job to go through of footage of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life and career as editor of the new documentary about her life—and in the process, shape the narrative around one of the most iconic women in America. We talked to her about feminist history, meeting Ginsburg herself and what it’s like in a post-RBG world.

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Mike Pompeo Would Put Women and Girls Worldwide at Risk as Secretary of State

Lauren Young

Mike Pompeo’s alarming record leaves no doubt that, as the nation’s top diplomat, he will double-down on the Trump Administration’s war on women.

  • Education
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  • Violence & Harassment

We Can Fix the Law Enforcement Landscape Facing—and Failing—Campus Sexual Assault Survivors

Lauren Young

For survivors on college campuses, a puzzle of legal options and policies complicate reporting—and deter due process.

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WATCH: The Official Trailer for RBG is Here

Lauren Young

We just checked. She’s still notorious.

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