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Author: Margaret Nickens

Margaret Nickens is a senior at Brown University and an intern with Ms. magazine. Follow her on Twitter. 
  • National
  • Violence & Harassment

What Has, and Hasn’t, Changed Since the Steubenville Rape

Margaret Nickens

After Ma’Lik Richmond and Trent Mays were found delinquent of raping an incapacitated 16-year-old girl in August 2012, critics watching the case leveled a stinging allegation against Steubenville, Ohio: In the hero-worshipping football […]

  • Justice & Law

Senate Considers Anti-TRAP Legislation

Margaret Nickens

The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing Tuesday on the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would outlaw many TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws that have […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

This Summer in Comics: Thumbs Up for a Woman Thor, Down for a Patriarchal Labor Union

Margaret Nickens

The comic book industry usually appreciates women most when they are chopped into little bits and stuffed into freezers. Yet Marvel is making strides towards rewriting these traditionally misogynistic universes […]

  • Global

Happy World Population Day! Sex Ed and Family Planning Means Healthier Women and Children

Margaret Nickens

In 1989, the United Nations Development Programme named July 11 World Population Day—an annual reminder that issues around population lead to aggravated pollution, the overuse of natural resources, water shortages and […]

  • Justice & Law

Under Attack: Buffer Zones Around Abortion Clinics

Margaret Nickens

Now that the Supreme Court has struck down the law upholding 35-foot buffer zones around abortion clinics in Massachusetts, similar buffer-zone laws in Maine, Vermont, Wisconsin and New Hampshire have quickly been rescinded or put […]

  • Health

IUDs and Female Condoms: Woman Power!

Margaret Nickens

Intrauterine devices (IUDs)—contraceptives that prevent the fertilization of an egg or implantation of the egg in the uterus—have come under attack by the Supreme Court and the Ohio legislature recently. In the […]

  • Justice & Law

New Anti-Incest Campaign Employs Disney Princesses

Margaret Nickens

A new art campaign entitled “Princest Diaries,” was recently released by Middle Eastern artist Saint Hoax as a way to encourage incest survivors to report their abuse to authorities. The posters […]

  • Justice & Law

Supreme Court Aftermath: Striking Down Buffer Zones Puts Doctors, Patients, Health-Care Workers at Risk

Margaret Nickens

Let’s not mince words. The Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday to strike down a Massachusetts buffer zone law has significantly hindered the government’s ability to protect women exercising their constitutionally protected […]

  • Health
  • National

Supreme Court Upholds Temporary Ban on Wisconsin Anti-Abortion Law

Margaret Nickens

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal today by Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to overturn the temporary injunction against a Wisconsin law requiring abortion providers to have admitting […]

  • Money & Jobs

New Rosies Strike For Low-Wage Workers

Margaret Nickens

President Obama, business and labor leaders, legislators, advocates and others are meeting in Washington, D.C., on Monday as part of the White House Summit on Working Families. Yet just down […]

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