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"Elizabeth Holmes lied, manipulated people, and promised a future she couldn't deliver. In America, that's either a federal crime or a presidential campaign, depending on the gender of the person who is doing it." #MsReads via @lizplank.bsky.social

Women make up 31 percent of state legislators, but only 8.3 percent of legislators are moms of minor children. Only California, Virginia and Nevada have achieved proportional representation of moms.

A new report out of Massachusetts “provides for the first time a public accounting of the unimaginable harms afflicted on children,” said Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell.

“There should be conversations with victims about what they understand as justice as opposed to someone higher up, especially white men deciding what victims want.” -Jen Percy, author of GIRLS PLAY DEAD for @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2026/10/19/c...

@alicemiranda.bsky.social shows that abortion bans aren’t just restricting reproductive care—they’re disrupting cancer treatments, chronic disease medications, fertility services and lifesaving medical research.

Thanks to @msmagazine.com for this thoughtful writeup of my book, which comes out on Tuesday. "The collateral damage of abortion restrictions is proving vast and pervasive."

Here's my interview with Politico reporter Alice Ollstein about her new excellent book, Side Effects: How Abortion Bans Impact Everyone's Health. I highly recommend it! @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2026/10/24/a...

"As pedophiles and predators continue to occupy the highest echelons of the U.S. government and walk free at universities across the country, 'Primetime' captures why public exposure can feel like the only recourse left when institutions fail to act."

Consider these eight free, trusted resources your go-to guide for voting in the 2026 midterms.

"Raised to believe marriage and motherhood would guarantee happiness, I learned how that promise could leave a woman without an income, independence or a sense of herself."

Ahead of the midterms, survivors are demanding the full Epstein files, investigations into modeling industry, and laws that would give victims a path to justice.

Anti-rape education with men needs to address the misogynistic beliefs they’re taught about women. But it must also explore the norms in male peer cultures—from boyhood to old age, and across differences of ethnicity, race, religion and socioeconomics—that shape the behaviors men engage in.

WIRED's Women Issue argues that the relationship between tech and gender extends far beyond Silicon Valley, or what CEOs post on X.

"If I hadn’t had the abortion … I would have been tied to a controlling man who was emotionally and sometimes physically abusive to me. … Who knows how much worse it would have gotten with a baby involved."

Whether you’re voting early, mailing your ballot or planning to head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3, here are some of our favorite, free, easy-to-use resources to help you get ready.

Voters in four states are weighing in on abortion rights: Idaho, Nevada and Virginia could expand protections, while Missouri could roll back rights approved in 2024.

The ELECTION PROTECTION HOTLINE! I just programmed this number into my smart phone in case I or anyone else may need assistance while voting. 866-687-8683 msmagazine.com/2026/10/21/l...

Women’s health needs more research dollars, no question. But feminists can never forget Trump’s broader attacks on women’s healthcare.

Delivering justice that meets survivors’ individual needs requires a genuine effort to understand how sexual assault affects them.

"Protecting children from forced marriage was something Democrats and Republicans in Sacramento could agree on."

Voters are increasingly concerned about threats to their rights, democracy and the 2026 elections, a new national poll from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights shows.

An unexpected problem at the polls shouldn’t cost you your voice. Here’s what to ask, what to document and where to get help.

At a No Kings Rally, I Found a Reason to Wave the American Flag msmagazine.com/2026/10/19/n...

Real leadership means speaking up—even when it’s uncomfortable. Read the full Ms. Magazine article: msmagazine.com/2026/10/14/c... Follow @bcvoicesinc to support women's rights and gender equality. #BCVoices #EndGenderBasedViolence

Sexual abuse is a free-speech issue—and that's the real free-speech crisis on college campuses. A brilliant new essay from our advisory board member @maryannefranks.bsky.social msmagazine.com/2026/10/19/c...

What can we really expect to change? A legal expert and menopause advocate breaks it down. #MsReads

Nearly 30 years after her abortion, Las Vegas writer and activist Beth Osborne is sharing her story to push back against abortion stigma and urging Nevada voters to approve Question 6.

"I was happy to carry a flag that stood for the work still to do: keeping a democracy, and making it more worthy of the name."

No surprise, the Food and Drug Administration now plans to hold off on releasing its so-called safety review of mifepristone—the drug most often used in medication abortions—until March 2027, when the midterms will be safely in the rearview mirror.

The response to Cornell’s Jane Doe case exposes a long-ignored free speech crisis: the silencing of sexual assault survivors on college campuses.

Although Black women make up only 14.1 percent of women in the United States, 30.3 percent of women killed by men in single-victim, single-offender incidents were Black.

A Cambridge University study suggests a stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment. #MsReads via @theguardian.com

It’s been five since the United States exited Afghanistan. How are women doing? Sima Samar joins @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social on the latest #OnTheIssuesPod to discuss:

Author and contributing writer at The New York Times Jennifer Percy on what the Cornell case reveals about how we misunderstand survivors’ responses to sexual assault, and what it would take to deliver justice that meets their needs.

"The women’s movement taught us that rights require sustained attention and collective action. That work continues wherever women organize, mentor one another and insist that their experiences shape public policy."

If the FDA reports anything contrary to its prior findings, it would be serving up a justification to curb access, which would have a nationwide impact—even in states where abortion is still legal.

The Cornell Rape Case Has Sparked a National Outcry. Can That Anger Shape the Midterms? msmagazine.com/2026/10/12/c...

Survivors shouldn’t have to fight public battles to receive justice. We need institutions that take sexual violence seriously without waiting for outrage. Read the full story in Ms. Magazine: msmagazine.com/2026/09/28/t...

📖 Read Joyce Vance’s full article in Ms. Magazine to learn how we can protect voting rights in the 2026 midterms: msmagazine.com/2026/09/25/2...

A BEST NEW FEMINIST READ OF OCTOBER for Ms. Magazine! 🌊 msmagazine.com/2026/10/02/b...

Resistance starts with what we choose to protect and amplify. What everyday act of resistance will YOU take today? 📖 Read the full @MsMagazine article: msmagazine.com/2026/06/18/e... 💜 Follow @bcvoicesinc and show your support! #BCVoices #EverydayResistance

@michelebgoodwin.bsky.social, Faculty Director of the O'Neill Institute, speaks with Dr. Sima Samar, Afghanistan’s first minister of women’s affairs, about the lives of Afghan women and girls five years after the U.S. withdrawal. Listen to the @msmagazine.com Podcast: bit.ly/4yoe2ih

To avoid accountability today, the Catholic Church fights laws designed to help survivors of sexual abuse, such as elimination of caps on liability or statutes of limitations for child sex abuse crimes. Between 2011 and 2019, the Church spent $10.6 million in eight states to lobby against such laws.

"The normalization of misogynistic attitudes and beliefs among men sets the table for even more egregious events."

"Whatever your gender, if you are in the halls of power in these companies, WIRED will cover you with an accountability mindset."

I talked to @msmagazine.com about the @wired.com women's issue:

Within days of the raid on Omar’s home, the administration published a regulation, effective immediately, compressing the timeline for appealing a termination of refugee status from 30 days to 10.

Every survivor we spoke with agrees on the first and most important step: the full release of the Epstein files.

We cannot allow political gatekeeping to preserve a law that protects perpetrators and abandons victims.