1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (300+ words) Editor’s note: Nasrin Sotoudeh is an Iranian human rights lawyer and activist who, along with her husband Reza Khandan, has been repeatedly arrested for her women’s rights activism and spent six years in prison. In the wake of Gloria Steinem’s…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (205+ words) Gloria Steinem understood that changing the world meant changing the story: whose experiences were considered news, whose voices were heard and whose struggles were deemed worthy of public attention. When she cofounded Ms. in 1972, the magazine gave millions of women…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (1763+ words) Editor’s note: This essay is adapted from a special episode of On the Issues with Michele Goodwin, “Rest in Power Gloria Steinem—An Enduring Legacy of Truth-Telling, Torch-Bearing and Bringing Joy to the Resistance.” This week, Gloria Steinem died at…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1102+ words) Editor’s note: This profile of Robin Morgan was written for the forthcoming Fall 2026 issue of Ms., on the occasion of her stepping down as the magazine’s global editor. Morgan died peacefully in her sleep on Sept. 5, 2026, just days after her…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (864+ words) Hello, feminist reader friends! Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: This month, it’s back to school and back to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (392+ words) Editor’s note: This piece references homophobic slurs. I was one of these young boys nearly 20 years ago. This is my story. Beginning in junior high, I was bullied for being different—more effeminate, soft-spoken and unable to perform the version…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (802+ words) Jacqueline Lamba: The Forgotten Surrealist is the story of a woman who, refused to live for others to stay true to herself. Born to parents who wanted a boy, she was named Jacqueline but called “Jacquot,” dressed in boys’ clothing,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (634+ words) When I began researching books for my 2010 around-the-world journey—which is cataloged in my upcoming memoir, Where I’m From: A Poetic Journey Across Five Continents—I didn’t even know to look for books by Black women travelers. I didn’t know…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (749+ words) The event followed a summer in which Madonna staged a surprise album launch performance in Times Square. She also joined Sabrina Carpenter onstage during Carpenter’s headlining Coachella set—a fitting pairing, given how much Carpenter’s cheeky sexuality and playful treatment…...