“Sometimes I think of the cost of raising a child all the way to adulthood—and since I know I can’t instantly pay my mom back hundreds of thousands of dollars, I can at least pay her back in a sincere doodle.”
Author: Willow Taylor Chiang Yang
Willow Taylor Chiang Yang is a current summer intern for Ms. Magazine, which perhaps gives an idea of her feminist leanings. In addition to being an outspoken women's rights advocate and a proud, politic-loving Asian American, she is the Editor-in-Chief of her school newspaper, her grade's Student Council representative and a devotee of convoluted sentence structure. She was also a Senior Project Editor for the Since Parkland Project, and appeared on ABC7's Midday Live.
California Students Called for Medical Abortion Access on Campus to UC’s Board of Regents
UC student-activists from across the state make their final push to turn SB 24—a bill that would increase access to medical, nonsurgical abortions on college campuses—into law.
Rest in Power: Sadie Roberts-Joseph, the Civil Rights “Queen Who Walked Among Us”
News of the civil rights activist and community leader’s death shocked the local community of Baton Rouge and sent ripples throughout the U.S. Ms. Sadie Roberts-Joseph: Rest in power.
‘Obvious’ Sexual Assault: Abuse Claim Against Detention Center Official Permitted to Continue
On July 1, a former detainee’s sexual assault claim against an ICE-related family detention center was allowed to continue. In the midst of terrifying conditions at border facilities, this small victory for sexual assault victims is wholly welcome.
Congressional Feminists Fire Back at “Blatantly Racist” Trump Tweets
“Despite [the president’s] attempts to marginalize us and to silence us, please know that we are more than four people. We ran on a mandate to advocate for and represent those ignored, left out and left behind. Our squad is big.”
Feminist Organizations are Fighting for Migrant Children at the Border
In an office somewhere “near Minneapolis,” a 12-year-old migrant girl sits in a brown office armchair wearing blue jeans, a green plastic wrist watch and a Minnie Mouse necklace. A reporter talks to her in Spanish. “Can you tell me what it was like inside the detention center?” Even though her head is cut off […]
10 Ways to Take Action for Immigrants
The most recent string of reports from the border demand our attention—and our action.
PHOTO ESSAY: Celebrating Generations of LGBTQ Resistance
San Francisco marked the end of June with the city’s 49th annual Pride Festival and Parade—including a weekend of events celebrating “Generations of Resistance.” As the streets closed down and tents went up around City Hall and the Civic Center Plaza, crowds of festival-goers and marchers adorned in bright, extravagant outfits gathered around six stages […]
Candidates are (Finally) Being Asked About Abortion
In the midst of ongoing, and escalating, attacks on reproductive justice across the country, abortion finally became an issue of (primary) debate.
Gender and the Future of Charitable Giving
Charitable giving decreased from 2017 to 2018—but new research shows that women are becoming wealthier and more inspired to give.