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The Ms. Q&A: Therese Shechter and Glynnis MacNicol on Being Child-Free by Choice and Changing the Conversation on Women’s Lives

Filmmaker Therese Shechter documented the lives of women who are child-free by choice for her latest release. Author Glynnis MacNicol’s memoir documents her fortieth year as a single and child-free woman. We talked to both women about changing the conversation about motherhood and women’s lives.

Arts & Entertainment

Tully’s Terrifying Truth About Motherhood

Marisa Crawford

“Tully” grounds anxiety around motherhood in a reality that we can’t leave behind when we walk out of a movie theater.

LISTEN: Danai Gurira Reads a Good Night Story for Rebel Girls (About Gloria Steinem!)

Carmen Rios

“Her name was Gloria Steinem, and her message was simply—yet revolutionary. She believed that women and men should be equal.”

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Eight Feminist Reads for Mother’s Day

Carmen Rios

In eight books out this year, feminists take on motherhood—from the pregnancy industrial complex to postpartum depression—and open up about their own mothers, the demands of family life and the power of intergenerational feminism.

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Today, I’m Celebrating My Working Mom

Emmaline Schild

Too often, we don’t take the time to thank our moms for all of the things they do for us while they’re juggling the rest of their responsibilities. That’s why this year, the Girl Scouts Heart of the South are making the time.

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It Takes a Village: Celebrating Collective Mothering

Chelsea Johnson, Carolyn Choi and LaToya Council

Collective mothering is a valuable part of the social fabric of many communities around the world—and on Mother’s Day, feminists should honor chosen mothers, other mothers, adoptive mothers and community mothers.

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It Takes a Village: How the U.S. Can Lift Up Single Moms

Rachel Jamison Webster

I see how single mothers and their children could thrive if our businesses, institutions and lawmakers learned from our communities.

Arts & Entertainment

The Ms. Q&A: Sayantani DasGupta Wants to Empower Girls to Slay Their Demons

Erin Wood

We spoke with DasGupta about growing up in a feminist household, politically conscious parenting as an essential form of activism and inviting girls to be what they can see.

Taking My Son To See Wonder Woman Was Just As Important As Taking My Daughter

Nicole Johnson

In Trump’s America, our girls—and possibly, more importantly, our boys—need strong female role models.

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WATCH: Celebrating Positive Masculinity for Father’s Day

Juliette Luini

On Sunday, lets all take a moment to thank the men that are not only remarkable fathers, but living examples of what it means to #BeAModelMan.

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