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Racism is the reason black mothers in the U.S. are far more likely to die of childbirth or pregnancy-related causes than white mothers. Say it with us: #BlackMamasMatter.
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.@SpeakerPelosi is back where she belongs—gavel in hand in the House and casting shade on the cover of Ms.! In an exclusive interview with @KathySpillar in our Spring 2019 issue, she talks women's empowerment in the time of Trump:
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Indian journalist @RanaAyyub was targeted for criticizing the government over the ongoing farmers’ protest in the country. She describes the trolling she’s received as “something I have never witnessed before.” @IWMF's statement:
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: Trans women are women. Trans feminism is feminism. And #TransRightsAreHumanRights.
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For over 20 years, no states have voluntarily provided Medicaid-funded abortion care. As of today, Illinois does.
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Eight years ago, America elected a self-proclaimed feminist president. #DemsInPhilly #DemConvention
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“The producers offered me the script as an actress and I liked it, so I said I’d do it. Then they asked me who I’d like to direct and, well, I always wanted to direct so I said, 'Me.'" At 85, Ellen Burstyn is making her directorial debut:
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A new study reveals that rigid gender expectations are hurting kids around the world:
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Feminist activists blocked the entrances to Senate offices yesterday, chanting in support of Dr. #ChristineBlaseyFord, and over 50 were arrested—but they refuse to be silenced.
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Have you seen our new cover? THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE, featuring @KamalaHarris, @DebHaalandNM, @JanetYellen, @JenGranholm, @LindaT_G, #AvrilHaines, @mlfudge, @GinaRaimondo, @IsabelCGuzman, @CeciliaERouse, @RWalensky, @neeratanden & #KatherineTai!
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A historic sight: . “Madame Speaker, Madame Vice President. No president has ever said those words from this podium. No president has ever said those words, and it's about time." #JointAddress
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Today's to-do list: Find a @Lights4Liberty event in your city. Then, do even more. We all have a part to play in the fight for immigrants, and we must all act. 10 ways to take action today: #CloseTheConcentrationCamps #CloseTheCamps #Lights4Liberty
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We're collecting stories from and about the women who lived—and died—before safe, legal abortion access. We will not let history forget the devastating years before Roe. We are daring to remember. #SaveSCOTUS #SaveRoe.
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THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE! . Our Winter Issue is here—featuring one of our favorite covers ever! . Inside this issue, read about the first presidential Cabinet in U.S. history to reach gender parity. Become a Ms. Member to get this issue today:
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.@shannoncoulter: "The men of Senate Judiciary Committee are trying, once again, to file overtly illegal behavior under ‘boys will be boys.’ We will not let them do that.” #BelieveWomen #BelieveSurvivors
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.@Janefonda: "Back in 1980, in that movie, we refused to be controlled by a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot." .@LilyTomlin: “And in 2017, we still refuse to be controlled by a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot.”.
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On Election Day, women across the country will #WearWhiteToVote as an homage to feminist history:
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Depp accomplished the very thing women throughout the ages have been baselessly accused of: leveraging victimhood to gain status.
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Among straight women, the prevalence of rape is 18.7 percent, but among bi women it soars to 46.1 percent.
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BREAKING: @KamalaHarris has just made history as the first Asian American and the first Black vice president-elect, as well as the first woman VP-elect. #Election2020
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"Women who are active-duty service members do not get to choose what state they live in, which means they could lose abortion access at the whim of any state with an abortion ban.".
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“In 2018, our senators must get it right.” The #KavanaughHearings are about to start—and Anita Hill has three major recommendations for the Senate Judiciary Committee that will be hearing testimony from Dr. Christine #BlaseyFord.
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.@LaProfaMolina: "The Kardashians made their money by trademarking their white femininity, their relationships with African American men and marketing Black beauty aesthetics for white women—a type of modern mediated Blackface."
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The #116thCongress is made up of ceiling-smashers, boundary-breakers and a historic number of women. We're celebrating them in our special winter issue. Meet the new feminists in town: #House #Senate #CongressWomen #DemsTakeTheHouse #SpeakerPelosi
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"The Governor's decision is a game-changer in the fight for reproductive justice." @elliesmeal
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) oversees financial decisions within the executive branch. President-elect @JoeBiden has appointed @neeratanden as the next director of the OMB.
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"We cannot save lives with mere statements of 'thoughts and prayers.' We deserve real gun sense champions who are ready to roll up their sleeves and pass laws that will help reduce gun violence in our communities." . The Ms. Q&A with @shannonrwatts: .
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The authors of Project 2025—80 percent of whom served in the first Trump administration—paint a picture of a nation where women are fundamentally second class citizens.
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Hear from @unfoRETTAble @maebirdwing & #ChristinaHendricks on why the time is now to add the #ERA to the Constitution. Take action at #NoTimeLimitOnEquality @EllieSmeal @FemMajority @eracoalition @SenatorCardin @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer @SenatorDurbin
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We believe Christine Blasey Ford.
Exclusive: California professor, writer of confidential Brett Kavanaugh letter, speaks out about her allegation of sexual assault
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We salute @CarmenYulinCruz for her leadership in #PuertoRico and persistence in the face of sexist attacks. Join us:
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A lawsuit was filed on behalf of an 11-year-old girl with Down syndrome that challenges her expulsion from a federally-funded after-school program in Austin, Texas. Why was she forced out? Because she began to menstruate. @jweisswolf reports:
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Hillary being criticized for being prepared is just the latest example of this gendered double-standard: #Debates
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"Some states, mostly blue states, have incredibly strong gun laws. The data shows they have less gun violence and less gun deaths. That’s pretty intuitive," says @shannonrwatts on #OnTheIssuesPod.
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If we're talking about a "rigged" election, let's talk about the sexism facing Hillary Clinton: #debate.
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@tbonier Flagging our latest poll on young women voters in battleground states! For young women (18-29) in battleground states, abortion and equal rights top inflation by 22 points as main driver of votes.
NEW: According to polling from Ms. and @Lake_Research, women’s rights and abortion will be major motivating issues for young voters in battleground states including Arizona, Florida, Ohio and more this fall. 🧵
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On Tuesday, Rep. @AyannaPressley and Sen.@BenCardinforMD introduced a joint resolution to affirm the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, removing the arbitrary deadline for ratification and recognizing the amendment as part of the Constitution.
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"As Gloria Steinem turns 90, I will not flatter her with compliments about how she still doesn’t look her age. what I’d like to do, instead, is celebrate her and the feminist movement she continues to devote her long life to.".
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While violence by security forces toward women and girls continues, @AlinejadMasih (founder of #WhiteWednesdays).persists—using her social media almost every day to expose the brutality Iranian women face with the hashtag #MyCameraIsMyWeapon.
Today is another #WhiteWednesdays in Iran, a grassroots campaign against compulsory hijab. As we speak, scores of Iranian women are showing their civil disobedience. Let's take a moment to remember the 2 women in this video. They're in jail for saying no to compulsory hijab
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“This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope? How dare you.” @GretaThunberg addressed the #UNGA on Monday with a powerful message to the world:
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While it may be the end of Andrew Yang’s political aspirations for now, it is critical to recognize that his signature issue of basic income is here to stay—with a movement and footprint bigger than any one election or politician.
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There is no single state where a majority of voters don't support abortion rights. We are the majority. We must #SaveRoe and #StopKavanaugh.
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There is no fiercer political weapon than laughter. Feminists have known that all along. @MagsHenny on the importance of satire and laughter during the early years of the feminist movement—and our current political moment, too.
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.@NancyPelosi spoke out in support of DREAMers on the House floor for eight hours today. She wore four-inch heels and drank only water. It was the longest speech in floor history. #GoNancyGo
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"Boys will be boys" is a tired excuse for a culture of rape, assault and harassment. Boys can break the cycle of violence—and we should hold them accountable for it. #KavanaughHearings #DrChristineBlaseyFord
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“We as women have done our job, the states have done their job, and now it’s time for Congress to do its job and pass this resolution," said @AyannaPressley.
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Since 2019, police recorded 100 instances of threats to the country’s third female prime minister; eight people were charged with threatening to kill her.
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@elliesmeal HB40 expands abortion access for women enrolled in Medicaid and for state employees. Happy #SafeAbortionDay, IL!
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Today marks #NativeWomensEqualPay Day—the day it takes Native women in America to earn what non-Hispanic white men made last year. "We all recognize the blatant injustice of that fact," write @RepDavids and @Rep_Stansbury. "We must act.".
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"The story of America’s partners in the ISIS fight cannot be told without talking about the role of the women who led in battle against men who bought, sold and enslaved women." From @gaylelemmon:
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Women's rights are under attack. Join the Feminist Action Network to help us fight back!
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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. #HomeToVote #HomeToVoteYes
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Why would a brilliant attorney and mother of three take her own life? Because the dysfunctional U.S. family court system took her kids and drove her—like so many others—over the edge. From @AmyPolacko:.
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"Jenji has always had a saying: 'If they don't like it, fuck em.'" - Matthew Weiner introducing Jenji Kohan #WhatAFeministLooksLike.
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“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.”
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Seventeen-year-old Sarvani Kunapareddy organized & empowered her peers to write letters to Congress detailing the unfairness of the immigration system. #TheFutureIsMs is an ongoing series of reports by young feminists, made possible by @SayItForwardNow.
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Depp's invitation to appear in Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty Vol. 4 show has raised concerns from feminists and other women’s rights activists, many of whom find the choice troubling.
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.@MomsDemand founder @shannonrwatts entered 2019 as optimistic as ever about the movement to end gun violence. She broke down what lies ahead and how more women can get off the sidelines @TheJaneClub:
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The problem is not mental illness. The problem is not violent video games. It is a social pathology of aggrieved entitlement and misogyny mixed with white supremacy, aided and abetted by 8Chan and Fox News and Donald Trump and corrupted lawmakers.
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who is stepping down this month, faced online vitriol at a rate between 50 and 90 times higher than any other high-profile figure.
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Can a country that has never truly addressed women’s equality ever be a thriving democracy? . Explore the latest installment in our Women & Democracy series: “Women’s Rights and Backsliding Democracies,” in collaboration with @bwln_nyu & @RewireNewsGroup:
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"I love when people give a damn and are invested in things. Ambivalence is boring." The Ms. Q&A with @rgay:
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Over 130 signatories have signed onto an open letter of support for Amber Heard, who has accused Johnny Depp of psychological and physical violence and abuse.
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"It might not be everyone’s choice, but it was mine. And I’m not ashamed."
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Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), privately pushed the Treasury Secretary to give wealthy sports owners a lucrative tax break last year, according to @propublica. The effort could have helped several of his donors, including fellow Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler.
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“I had thought that I was doing this in order to pay homage to my mother, but. it’s become a film where I’ve paid homage to so many women.” — @YalitzaAparicio. What @ROMACuaron means to domestic workers: #Oscars2019
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“You are strong, and you are not alone. You are a survivor. Millions of us have your back.” Feminist celebrities and movement leaders are declaring solidarity and sisterhood with Christine Blasey Ford in a new video: #DearProfessorFord
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With the newly publicized success of defamation lawsuits in silencing survivors—like the case of Amber Heard—there’s no telling how many abusers will pick up this new tactic.
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"It’s only in the halls of Congress that being a single mom is unusual. @katieporteroc on how our lack of representation impacts policy priorities, on the latest #OnTheIssuesPod with @michelebgoodwin:
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The gender gap will decide this election, and women voters want an economy that considers them: #debate.
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Women—often young women and more often than not women of color—are leading modern movements for intersectional social justice. These are not the fantasies of a fervent feminist. These are just the facts.
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Police wives face high levels of domestic abuse—but what happens when you call 911 and get your husband's coworker?
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These 10 moments in pop culture in 2016 reminded us of feminism's power and progress:
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Did you #WearWhiteToVote? (We did!) Tweet us your #ElectionDay outfits and join us in honoring feminist history!
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“I’d like to see the conversation shift from women’s bodies to what men can do to prevent pregnancy,” says @designmom, author of Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion.
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None of the hullabaloo was actually about @MichelleIsAWolf or her #WHCD monologue. It was about a tale as old of time—one of the persistent gaslighting of women who speak truth to power.
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"The ERA is fully ratified, no question about it." —@RepSpeier. Legal scholars and lawmakers agree: The congressional archivist should do his ministerial duty to certify and publish the ERA. Action by Congress could clarify this, but is not necessary.
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We promise to keep making history, pushing forward and inspiring a movement that has changed the world.
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It's been 14 years since Dr. George Tiller was assassinated by anti-abortion extremists. Media was quick to call Tiller's killer Scott Roeder a "lone wolf." But for loners, these guys have a lot of friends. A lot of the same ones, in fact.
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We all know why Hillary doesn't "look presidential." (Spoiler Alert: It's sexism.) #Debates.
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NEW: A lawsuit filed today by @ReproRights on behalf of five women and two ob-gyns in Texas marks the first time patients directly affected by abortion laws have sought to challenge them in court.
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"Never again will we underestimate the power of a well-organized group of very loving, very pissed off adolescents." #MarchForOurLives #NeverAgain
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"I want anyone who needs or wants an abortion to get an abortion. But I would be so delighted to see men stop causing unwanted pregnancies so that women didn’t have to even make the choice in the first place." @designmom.
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"Racism and sexism are intertwined and must be fought together." #GloriaSteinem #MayaAngelou #FeministFriday
http://t.co/20ApYWSZDh.
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31 years ago today, “Ms.” was finally adopted at The New York Times.
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@elliesmeal HB40 also enshrined access by scrapping a "trigger law" that would've outlawed abortion if Roe was overturned.
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