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Ava Slocum

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she/her | Columbia '25 and Columbia Journalism School '26 | fact-checker and reporter @msmagazine.com

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Chloe Lee MD, MPH @chloenazra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’ve been working on this story on the criminalization of women’s survival for a year & finally finished it. The justice system often retraumatizes survivors. Charging a victim criminally for protecting herself is an intentional choice, not a mistake. #justicegap msmagazine.com/2026/09/17/d...
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The Perfect Victim Is a Dead Woman
This is a story about choices that are not really choices. It is a story about impossible circumstances propelling us down pathways we believe unimaginable. You always believe it could never happen to...
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Reproaction @reproaction.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New: Our fellow Harlie writes about conservative influencers and campus networks urging Gen Z women to prioritize early marriage and motherhood over education and professional ambition for @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2026/09/14/m...
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Marry Young, Skip the Career Ladder: Conservatives' Pitch to Gen Z Women
Live Action Young Leaders Summit, Turning Point USA Young Women’s Leadership Summit, Conservative Political Action Conference Women Warriors Summit
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 07/09/2026
As we mark Labor Day, we're revisiting Elinor Langer’s classic Ms. investigation from 1976, which reveals how corporate interests, not just culture wars, have long been at the heart of opposition to women’s equality.
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Why Big Business Is Trying to Defeat the ERA: The Economic Implications of Equality (May 1976)
Why Big Business Is Trying to Defeat the Equal Rights Amendment: The Economic Implications of Equality (May 1976)
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 08/09/2026
The Ohio Immigrant Alliance released a groundbreaking report documenting dozens of federal immigration agents who have faced administrative disciplinary action or criminal penalties for violent crimes. This is the War on Women report:
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War on Women Report: Todd Blanche Is AG, Despite Pledge to Make Dobbs 'Permanent'; Karen Attiah Is Back at WaPo (With Backpay); Rep. Cory Mills Loses Reelection After Abuse Allegations
Todd Blanche becomes attorney general as Karen Attiah returns to WaPo and Rep. Cory Mills loses reelection after abuse allegations.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 08/09/2026
We want to know: What does Gloria Steinem mean to you?
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What does Gloria mean to you? - Ms. Magazine
What did Gloria Steinem mean to you? Share a memory, reflection or story—and help us honor the extraordinary legacy of the people’s feminist.
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Ava Slocum @avaslocum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It's been a sad week with the passing of Gloria Steinem, founder of @msmagazine.com! Lillian Kollross and I rounded up some of our favorite of her quotes for this list.
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Gloria Steinem in Her Own Words: On Trump, Roe v. Wade, and the Birth of the Modern Women’s Rights Movement
As we grieve the passing of Gloria Steinem, Ms. founder and feminist visionary, we’re looking back at some of our favorite quotes from Steinem’s 50+ years of speaking and activism across the U.S. and ...
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Well, this is fantastic. Gloria Steinem had already fully clocked Dolly Parton as a feminist and working-class hero forty years ago and was honoring her in that spirit. Kudos to @msmagazine.com for putting this up. I'm so glad both these women were celebrated and appreciated in their lifetimes.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 04/09/2026
The Lindsay Clancy trial exposes how stigma, medical sexism and a fractured maternal mental healthcare system can leave new mothers in crisis without the support they desperately need.
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What the Lindsay Clancy Trial Reveals About America’s Failure to Support Mothers in Crisis
The Lindsay Clancy trial exposes how stigma, medical sexism and gaps in maternal mental healthcare can leave mothers in crisis.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem, the journalist, organizer and co-founder of Ms. whose name became inseparable from the modern movement for women’s equality, died Wednesday at her home in New York City.
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Rest in Power: Gloria Steinem, Ms. Cofounder and Feminist Visionary
Gloria Steinem, the journalist, organizer and co-founder of <em>Ms.</em> whose name became inseparable from the modern movement for women’s equality, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, at her home in New York C...
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National Council of Jewish Women @ncjw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Abortion restrictions aren’t just bad for our health and freedom — they’re bad for our wallets. For the average woman, abortion restrictions result in an 8.5 percent earnings decline; for Black women, it’s 9.9 percent. Read more from @msmagazine.com. www.ncjw.org/news/expandi...
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Christopher Pepper (He/Him) @mrpepper.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
High School Sex Ed Is No Longer the Norm. That’s a Problem When Students Go to College. Research shows many college students arrive without the sex education they need to understand consent, build healthy relationships and prevent sexual violence. msmagazine.com/2026/08/21/h...
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High School Sex Ed Is No Longer the Norm. That’s a Problem When Students Go to College.
Research shows college students arrive without the sex education they need to understand consent, build healthy relationships and prevent sexual violence.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 02/09/2026
Ohio’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles abruptly ended its policy allowing trans residents to update the gender marker on their driver’s licenses and state IDs to match their gender identity. This is the War on Women report:
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War on Women Report: Todd Blanche Is AG, Despite Pledge to Make Dobbs 'Permanent'; Karen Attiah Is Back at WaPo (With Backpay); Rep. Cory Mills Loses Reelection After Abuse Allegations
MAGA Republicans are back in the White House, and Project 2025 is their guide, the right-wing plan to turn back the clock on women’s rights, remove abortion access, and force women into roles as wives...
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Ava Slocum @avaslocum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Check out the latest edition of the War on Women Report for all the feminist news you may have missed in August: msmagazine.com/2026/09/01/w...
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War on Women Report: Todd Blanche Is AG, Despite Pledge to Make Dobbs 'Permanent'; Karen Attiah Is Back at WaPo (With Backpay); Rep. Cory Mills Loses Reelection After Abuse Allegations
MAGA Republicans are back in the White House, and Project 2025 is their guide, the right-wing plan to turn back the clock on women’s rights, remove abortion access, and force women into roles as wives...
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Ava Slocum @avaslocum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So incredibly grateful for the chance to cover Daisy Chain Fields for @msmagazine.com (and see Olivia Rodrigo, Chappell Roan, Doechii and Mitski perform!).
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 01/09/2026
A plea deal kept her out of prison. Now only a governor’s pardon can call it what it truly was: self-defense.
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Keshia Golden's Plea Deal Kept Her Out of Prison—But Don't Mistake It for Justice
Keshia Golden’s attorneys say that in October 2022, while she was eight-plus months pregnant, her then-boyfriend Calvin Sidney hit her, grabbed her hair and slammed her head against a kitchen…
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Sign4ERA @sign4era.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Read about ways lawyers are thinking about State and Federal ERA's. They are looking beyond abortion to see how state + federal ERAs could transform pregnancy, maternal health, work, caregiving + family life. "...a federal ERA—could reshape how the law treats... msmagazine.com/2026/08/26/e...
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 01/09/2026
After Republican election officials eliminated on-campus early voting sites, three student organizers at the nation’s largest HBCU mobilized their classmates, carrying on their university’s long tradition of civil rights activism.
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‘If We Didn’t Do It, Who Would?’: Meet the N.C. College Students Leading the Fight for Campus Voting Access
Three N.C. college students lead a fight to restore campus voting access after officials eliminated early voting sites at the nation’s largest HBCU.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 28/08/2026
Update: In response to an emergency motion filed by Attorney General Raúl Labrador, the court has narrowed its order to apply only to this one plaintiff, Dr. Stacy T. Seyb. This means the full criminal ban is in effect against all other physicians.
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Talking Back to Dobbs: Federal Judge Says Idaho Can’t Force Pregnant Women to ‘Endure All Harm Short of Death’
Talking Back to Dobbs v. Jackson: Federal Judge Says Idaho Can’t Force Pregnant Women to ‘Endure All Harm Short of Death’ With Abortion Ban
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 29/08/2026
FreeBC is available to patients who are either uninsured or facing high co-pays for birth control.
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FreeBC Offers Reliable Info on All Kinds of Birth Control *and* Free Contraception to Anyone in Colorado, With Plans to Expand Nationwide
FreeBC provides reliable birth control information and free contraception to anyone in Colorado, with plans to expand access nationwide.
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Ava Slocum @avaslocum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Happy to share this short piece about FreeBC, the new website that offers information about birth control options AND free birth control to Colorado residents (and expanding soon to other states!).
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FreeBC Offers Reliable Info on All Kinds of Birth Control *and* Free Contraception to Anyone in Colorado, With Plans to Expand Nationwide
In this age of legal attacks on birth control access and shifting Medicaid coverage, a new online resource has emerged to educate people about the birth control methods available to them and provide t...
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 27/08/2026
A first-in-the-nation ruling affirms that Dobbs did not give states license to force pregnant women to endure serious harm, and that the Constitution still protects the right to medically necessary abortion care.
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Talking Back to Dobbs: Federal Judge Says Idaho Can’t Force Pregnant Women to ‘Endure All Harm Short of Death’
Talking Back to Dobbs v. Jackson: Federal Judge Says Idaho Can’t Force Pregnant Women to ‘Endure All Harm Short of Death’ With Abortion Ban
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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“The ERA can give us a real basis for making more intersectional arguments about equality, and pushing courts to consider the intersection of sex discrimination and race discrimination...” says Prof. Khiara Bridges to @msmagazine.com: bit.ly/45REAMT
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Beyond Abortion: How the ERA Could Transform Pregnancy, Work and Family Life
On Women’s Equality Day, explore how the ERA could reshape pregnancy, maternal health, workplace rights, caregiving and family life.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton died on Aug. 25 at her home in Nashville, at the age of 80. From 9 to 5's iconic sendup of workplace sexism and its enduring legacy, to our 1987 "Women of the Year" awards, to her trail-blazing music career and philanthropy, Dolly has a long history in the pages of Ms. We will miss her.
Photo of Dolly Parton in 1987 wearing a tan coat over a blue dress, and a medal on a blue ribbon, walking between parked cars with a man in a suit behind her.Cover of Ms. Magazine from 1981 depicts Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as their characters in the movie 9 to 5. Headline reads "Secretary as hero!"Cover of Ms. Magazine from January 1987 reads "Women of the Year," and shows grid of women's faces, including Dolly Parton's.Scan of a cover story on Dolly Parton from Ms. magazine, 1987. Subheadline reads: For creating popular songs about real women, for turning feminine style into humor and power, and for bringing jobs and understanding to the mountain people of Tennessee. By Gloria Steinem.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 25/08/2026
Research shows many college students arrive without the sex education they need to understand consent, build healthy relationships and prevent sexual violence.
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High School Sex Ed Is No Longer the Norm. That’s a Problem When Students Go to College.
Research shows college students arrive without the sex education they need to understand consent, build healthy relationships and prevent sexual violence.
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Ava Slocum @avaslocum.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Thank you so much to Tracey Vitchers from It's On Us for speaking with me for this @msmagazine.com piece about preventing campus sexual violence (just in time for back-to-school season!) and how sex ed in K-12 schools can make a difference.
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High School Sex Ed Is No Longer the Norm. That’s a Problem When Students Go to College.
Research shows college students arrive without the sex education they need to understand consent, build healthy relationships and prevent sexual violence.
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Cedar River Clinics @cedarriverclinics.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"The young woman in North Carolina deserved so much better. She deserved access to comprehensive healthcare. She deserved anonymity. And she deserved compassion, not handcuffs." - Erika Christensen, @patientforward.bsky.social @msmagazine.com bit.ly/3U2O2dO
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Who Gets Healthcare and Who Gets Handcuffs?
North Carolina teens are facing criminal charges after allegedly attempting to self-manage her abortion using pills.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 21/08/2026
After his 35-year-old wife Porsha Ngumezi bled to death from a miscarriage in a Houston-area hospital, a Texas father is suing—and taking Porsha’s story to Capitol Hill.
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‘It’s Killing the Women You Represent’: Texas Widower’s Plea to Lawmakers to End Abortion Ban
After his wife Porsha Ngumezi bled to death from a miscarriage in Houston, a Texas father is suing and taking Porsha's story to Capitol Hill.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 20/08/2026
A devastated Texas dad says his wife’s death after a miscarriage was preventable—and that the state’s abortion ban helped create the dangerous “gray area” that kept doctors from giving her the care she needed.
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Hope Ngumezi Took His Wife Porsha to a Texas Hospital for a Miscarriage. She Left in a Body Bag.
Rest in Power, Hope Ngumezi: He Took His Wife to a Texas Hospital for a Miscarriage. She Left in a Body Bag.
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Natasha Roy @natasharoy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
New York! @rewirenewsgroup.com is teaming up with @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social & @msmagazine.com for a FREE panel on covering "niche" topics like abortion, trans rights, & menopause at the ✨iconic✨ Ginger's Bar on Sept. 24! Come for the journalism, stay for karaoke www.eventbrite.com/e/truth-on-t...
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Truth on the Rocks: Queer & Feminist Media in 2026
Queer communities and women need to know how constantly-changing laws and culture affect them. Information can be hard to find.
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Justine Andronici @justandro.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It was such an honor to talk with @katiephang.bsky.social about her federal Epstein lawsuit against Todd Blanche and her fight for Epstein files transparency. With the in camera document deadline looming, I wrote for Ms. about what is at stake. msmagazine.com/2026/07/29/t...
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Todd Blanche Has Until July 30 to Hand Over Key Epstein Files. What He Finds Could Change Everything.
A federal judge is about to see something the rest of the world hasn't: some of the DOJ’s unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files. On July 25, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered the Justice Departme...
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 18/08/2026
Cubans are caught between a government that will not change and a U.S. policy that has not forced it to, while ordinary people are left exhausted, hungry and desperate. After seven decades, it is past time to confront the human cost.
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'Starving to Death': Young People in Cuba Tell of the Toll of Trump Administration's Sanctions
No food, no water, no electricity—and, increasingly, little hope for the future. Cuba’s humanitarian crisis has deepened dramatically as the Trump administration escalates a decades-long U.S.…
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ifwhenhow @ifwhenhow.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Young, scared people without support or resources will still find themselves making desperate decisions we may not understand." No one should face punishment for seeking an abortion, experiencing miscarriage, or delivering in distress. Our Helpline is here: 844-868-2812 or ReproLegalHelpline.org
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Ava Slocum @avaslocum.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I had such a lovely chat with Laura Brill from The Civics Center about why it's so important that newly eligible 18-year-olds vote in November and what we can do to help them register.
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Ava Slocum @avaslocum.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Thank you to The Cassandra Project for this opportunity to watch and review "Busybody," the first film in the series!
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 12/08/2026
What did access to reproductive choices give you the freedom to build? msmagazine.com/thelifeibuilt/
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 07/08/2026
An ever-growing number of elected officials and candidates over the past decade have been accused of domestic violence—from both political parties, a span of generations and in nearly every state of the union.
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The Political Boys’ Club: A Long List of Politicians Accused of Domestic Abuse—and a Short List Facing Consequences
From Max Miller to a growing roster of elected officials across both parties, allegations of domestic abuse have too often been met with denial.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 07/08/2026
Todd Blanche appears to have the votes to win Senate confirmation after Sen. Bill Cassidy announced he will support Trump’s former personal attorney to permanently lead the Justice Department. A vote is expected to take place as early as Friday or over the weekend. msmagazine.com/2026/07/29/t...
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Todd Blanche Has a Path to Confirmation—Even as Epstein Files Scrutiny Deepens
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche now appears to have the votes to win Senate confirmation after Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana announced Friday morning that he will support President Do...
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 07/08/2026
The exhibit serves as both a memorial to survivors and a testament to the power of public truth-telling.
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Forced to Face the Facts… 3.5 Million Files of Them: A Look Inside the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room
A Look Inside the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room: a monument to survivors and the truth
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Ava Slocum @avaslocum.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
So grateful for the chance to watch and review this lovely film for @msmagazine.com!
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Jodi Bondi Norgaard @jodibondinorgaard.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I wrote about this pattern. The New York Times has been asking how women should change. Today, Scott Galloway is asked about struggling young men and what society can do to help them. Why do we keep asking women to adapt while asking what society can do to help men? msmagazine.com/2026/07/31/n...
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Never Surrender: Empowered Wives Were Never the Problem
Women are not the problem, media narratives urging women to "surrender" while ignoring patriarchal systems and gender expectations are.
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Ava Slocum @avaslocum.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Thank you so much again to Celina Stewart, CEO of the League of Women Voters, for speaking with me earlier this month about the Voting Rights Act's anniversary and the League's work to mobilize voters ahead of the November midterms.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 05/08/2026
While talking about individual celebrities’ appearances is harmful, we can’t afford to look away from changing beauty norms in our society, and how they are fueling eating disorders.
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What Ariana Grande's Weight-Loss Discourse Gets Wrong
What the 'Wicked' Ariana Grande weight-loss discourse gets wrong: the larger, deadlier return of extreme thinness as a cultural ideal
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 29/06/2026
The Court’s decision in Mullin v. Doe clears the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and thousands of Syrians, while sharply limiting judicial review.
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In a Forceful Dissent, Justice Elena Kagan Says the Supreme Court Ignored Evidence of Trump Administration's Anti-Haitian Bias
For more than 350,000 Haitians and roughly 6,000 Syrians living legally in the United States under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the Supreme Court's decision in <em>Mullin v. Doe</em> is not…
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 29/06/2026
Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion rests on an isolated reading of the word “in.” The dissenters say this reading ignores decades of asylum law and the realities of people fleeing persecution.
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Supreme Court 'Mullin v. Al Otro Lado' Decision Hinges Asylum Law on a Single Word
Justice Samuel Alito's majority opinion in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado ignores decades of asylum law and the realities of people fleeing persecution.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 22/06/2026
Teaching consent requires moving beyond simple slogans and grappling with the complicated realities of desire, pressure, power and communication that shape real sexual encounters.
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When it Comes to Consent, 'Yes Means Yes' Is Not Enough
In 1993, <em>Saturday Night Live</em> parodied a new affirmative consent policy at Antioch College with a sketch starring Mike Myers who asks explicit consent for each intimate act such as, “May I…
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 22/06/2026
Abortion providers and clinic staff have faced decades of targeted violence, including bombings, arsons, threats, harassment and clinic invasions. One 35-year-old clinic escort says they will not be deterred from helping patients get the care they need at a Milwaukee clinic that provides abortions
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‘Protesters Spit on Us’: Why This Wisconsin Abortion Clinic Escort Won’t Back Down
A firsthand account from a Wisconsin abortion clinic escort reveals harassment, intimidation and antiabortion violence
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The Conversationalist @conversationalist.org · 16/06/2026
Convo Reads from @msmagazine.com: "In states where the death penalty remains legal, critics warn that these laws could theoretically expose people who obtain abortions to capital punishment."
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The Growing Acceptance of a Movement That Wants to Punish Women for Abortion
Regarding South Carolina’s abortion abolitionist bill, how much influence have they gained within the broader antiabortion movement?
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 01/04/2026
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is spearheading a legal offensive to criminalize the mailing of abortion medications into the state. This is the War on Women report:
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War on Women Report: Georgia Woman Arrested for Self-Managed Abortion; Idaho Forces Teachers to Out Trans Youth; Ohio Bill to Force Doctors to Report Pregnancies to the State
War on Women Report: Georgia Woman Arrested for Self-Managed Abortion; Idaho Forces Teachers and Doctors to Report Trans Youth to Parents
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 28/03/2026
Heading to a No Kings march tomorrow? We'd love to see your photos—DM us or send them to socialmedia@msmagazine.com for a chance to be featured online.
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How to Find Your Nearest No Kings Protest on March 28
Find a No Kings protest near you, in response to the Trump administration’s recent crackdowns on immigration.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 16/03/2026
Thank to @msmagazine.com for uplifting Alex, Lauren, and Heather's reproductive health care stories to underscore why we need Congress to reverse the Trump administration's dystopian VA abortion ban.
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