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Tag: Kathleen Hanna
Feminists, We’re Calling You: Support the New Kathleen Hanna Documentary!
Ok, you can find video of Kathleen Hanna singing with her bands all over the web, and she pops up here and there in films, but why hasn’t there actually […]
Don’t Ms.: Mother’s Day, MOMA Nights, Knit-a-Boob and More
Everywhere: May 8 is Mother’s Day! Stay tuned to the Ms. Blog for posts that put a feminist lens on the day. New York: MoMA nights, in conjunction with the […]
Hanna’s Hair May Be Tangled, But She’s No Rapunzel.
Rather than falling into the typical princess/witch or angel/whore binary most films trade in, Hanna gives us a movie rarity–a female protagonist who is strong, smart, brave and decidedly not […]
Don’t Ms.: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness, Kathleen Hanna And More
Everywhere: Today, February 7, is the 11th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Get educated, get tested, get involved. Los Angeles: Thinking Gender is a public conference highlighting graduate student […]
Don’t Ms. These Feminist Events: November 15-21 Edition
I need to pull a Hermione Granger (yes, the new Harry Potter film is coming out this week) and get a time turner so I can attend all these fantastic […]
Tavi Gevinson is Fashionable, Feminist and Just 14
Tavi Gevinson is a feminist. When I ask her if she would call herself one she wholeheartedly agrees. At 14, she has recently started high school and gave a presentation […]