Gender equality and democracy rise and fall together. Thanks to @carmenriosss.bsky.social of @msmagazine.com for clearly arguing this in her essay. Read it here. Feminist Lessons from 2020 to Present: The Fight for Democracy Is Far From Over msmagazine.com/2026/06/09/f...

Feminist Lessons from 2020 to Present: The Fight for Democracy Is Far From Over

The decade opened amid a pandemic, economic upheaval and a reckoning over democracy itself. In early 2020, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, seemingly bringing a n...

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@carmenriosss.bsky.social: "The term ["male supremacy"] itself is a stark reminder that the lopsided nature of our lives is not an accident — that the discrimination we face is not a bug but a feature in a world built to maintain the power, dominance, and entitlement of men."

Soraya Chemaly’s All We Want Is Everything

Renee Bracey Sherman, Koritha Mitchell, and Carmen Rios respond to Soraya Chemaly’s new book All We Want Is Everything, with a response from Chemaly!

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Thank you @signsjournal.org for the vital work you do and to @carmenriosss.bsky.social @profkori.bsky.social and @renee.bsky.social for your thoughtful (and humbling!) considerations of All We Want is Everything!

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society@signsjournal.org · 6mo ago

New Short Takes! @renee.bsky.social, @carmenriosss.bsky.social, & @profkori.bsky.social discuss @sorayachemaly.bsky.social's All We Want Is Everything: How We Dismantle Male Supremacy! And Chemaly responds to the commentaries, expanding on the themes in her book. Check it out free!

New Short Takes! @renee.bsky.social, @carmenriosss.bsky.social, & @profkori.bsky.social discuss @sorayachemaly.bsky.social's All We Want Is Everything: How We Dismantle Male Supremacy! And Chemaly responds to the commentaries, expanding on the themes in her book. Check it out free!

wrapping up the year with a bonus ep of "looking back, moving forward" that explores what feminist history can offer our fight for a feminist future. featuring *the* loretta ross, ms. exec ed kathy spillar, ms. committee of scholars co-chair janell hobson, and yours truly. tune in @msmagazine.com!

'We're 53 Years Ahead of Where They Were Then': Looking Back at 50+ Years of Ms.—and Looking Forward to a Feminist Future

In a new bonus episode of <em>Looking Back, Moving Forward</em>, <em>Ms.</em> executive editor Kathy Spillar, consulting editor Carmen Rios, <em>Ms.</em> Committee of Scholars co-chair Janell Jobson, ...

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*very excited* to talk with @sorayachemaly.bsky.social on substack live about her latest book, "all we want is everything: how we dismantle male supremacy." join us wednesday @ 2pm pt/5pm! subscribe to get notified when we go live: carmenriosss.substack.com

finally launching a substack—for conversations, reflections, and an occasional overshare that doesn't fit anywhere else. subscribe and you'll get exclusive access to a (very exciting) live conversation happening next week!

Welcome to the Rest of It

I'm aware I'm about ten years late, but I'm happy to be at the party.

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my latest for @msmagazine.com — a glimpse into the making of the new doc #freejoanlittle, which premiered this week @docnycfest.bsky.social, and an exploration of why it matters, especially at this crisis moment in the expansion of police and state violence, that we remember this story.

‘Joan Is You and Joan Is Me': Inside the New Documentary Telling Joan Little's Incredible Story

A new documentary short chronicles Little's groundbreaking case—and her historic victory as the first U.S. woman acquitted for using deadly force to resist sexual assault.

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if knowingly starving millions of americans while he builds a gilded ballroom isn't cause for revolution then i'm not sure what is

Actual thought crimes. For not revering Little Brother, as far as Big Brother was concerned.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“The State Department said Tuesday it had determined they should lose their visas after reviewing their online social media posts and clips about Kirk, who was killed while speaking at an Utah college campus on Sept. 10.”

The current ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, which the Trump administration helped broker, has major shortcomings, experts warn. "There’s no actual plan for getting any further," says Daniel Levy, the president of the US/Middle East Project. "Israel is still occupying about 50% of Gaza.”

“No actual plan”: Why the ceasefire does not mean peace

"It is also being claimed that we have a historic peace deal. That is absolutely fictitious.”

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Gosh I wonder what they were up to there

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 10mo ago

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now — "Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany." — special guest Jack Posobiec

I don't like to do "we're cooked" pronouncements but I am going to escort myself offline to stare at my garden

this is not normal. it just bears repeating.

Truthout@truthout.org · 10mo ago

Trump has posted that he wanted the Democratic governor of Illinois and the mayor of Chicago arrested. “I will not back down,” Pritzker said, “Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

Quite telling as well how many MAGA men increasingly just say they want to beat women into submission. By his own measure, her “crime” is being “shrill and annoying.” Same logic justifies any man’s choice to beat his wife.

Peter Sterne@petersterne.com · 10mo ago

Absolutely fascinating exchange on X between MAGA who support cops illegally brutalizing protesters and a self-described Christian conservative who objects.

I can't exaggerate how important it is that every ICE officer is met with contempt & mockery in public, everywhere they go, for the rest of their lives.

"we get to co-create together an alternative future for ourselves and for people coming behind us. let’s do that together.” i talked to @omisadeburneyscott.bsky.social for @thisisflowspace.bsky.social about bringing the menopause multiverse to life.

Omisade Burney-Scott Is Building the Menopause Multiverse—And It Begins at the Margins

Omisade Burney-Scott shares how Indigenous, queer and Black menopause stories can fuel justice, healing and inclusion at Iranti Ẹ̀jẹ̀.

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every clip i accidentally see from the charlie kirk memorial makes me wonder if we’re talking about the same guy

95 democrats, including @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social voted to "honor" the life of charlie kirk, who called for joe biden to be killed and said black women like justice ketanji brown jackson are unqualified affirmative action hires. shame. clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...

"we’re not going to quit until done o’clock." in the last episode of looking back, moving forward, i talked to former nevada sen. pat spearman about the ongoing fight for the equal rights amendment — and why constitutional equality still matters. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!

‘You’re Either Going to Be on the Right Side of History, or on the Sidelines Watching Us Make History’: ERA Champion Pat Spearman Is Ready for the Feminist Future

‘You’re Either Going to Be on the Right Side of History, or on the Sidelines Watching Us Make History’: ERA Champion Pat Spearman

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"if we’re going to get real equality, we have to have a constitutional guarantee of equality." for the latest episode of "looking back, moving forward," i talked to ms. executive ed kathy spillar about the promise of the equal rights amendment. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!

‘Who Could Be Opposed to This?’: Why the ERA Is Kathy Spillar’s ‘North Star’ in the Fight for Gender Equality

‘Who Could Be Opposed to This?’: Why the ERA Is Kathy Spillar’s ‘North Star’ in the Fight for Gender Equality

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"things are pretty dire right now... this is where the era becomes essential." for the latest ep of "looking back, moving forward," i talked to era project director ting ting cheng about the urgency and power of the equal rights amendment. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!

'These Aren't Decorative Constitutional Provisions—They’re Powerful Tools Waiting to Be Used': How the ERA Project Is Advancing the Feminist Agenda, State by State

In the final episode of the <em>Ms.</em> Studios podcast <em>Looking Back, Moving Forward</em>, ERA Project director Ting Ting Cheng breaks down the power of state Equal Rights Amendments—and how acti...

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someone should run for president on this platform

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

#AmericanFeminists -- a forthright review of where we must go and what we've achieved. Ellie Smeal, National Organization for Women leader, shares her reflections and perspective in depth. A great read. @feministmajority.org msmagazine.com/2025/09/05/e...

‘It Was The Most Important Thing I Could Do’: Ellie Smeal Reflects on a Lifetime of ERA Activism—And What Comes Next

‘It Was The Most Important Thing I Could Do’: Ellie Smeal Reflects on a Lifetime of ERA Activism—And What Comes Next

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The executive editor of Ms. became involved in feminist organizing when the supposed ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment expired in 1982. In the final episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward, she explains why, 40 years later, she’s still calling for constitutional equality.

‘Who Could Be Opposed to This?’: Why the ERA Is Kathy Spillar’s ‘North Star’ in the Fight for Gender Equality

‘Who Could Be Opposed to This?’: Why the ERA Is Kathy Spillar’s ‘North Star’ in the Fight for Gender Equality

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🎙️ @carmenriosss.bsky.social gave us a shoutout on the @msmagazine.com "Looking Back Moving Forward" podcast while talking about the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment! Listen here: https://msmagazine.com/series/looking-back-moving-forward/

The Patron Saint of the Male Debate Me Industrial Complex died doing what he loved–spewing hate and incitement at a debate. Essay: Speak Truth of the Dead www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-spea...

Essay: Speak Truth of the Dead

Turning Point USA Co-Founder Charlie Kirk speaks during a campaign rally, Oct.

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"people think it’s either won, or we can’t ever do it. they’re both wrong." i talked to @feminist.org president ellie smeal for the latest ep of "looking back, moving forward" about the history and future of the fight for the ERA. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!

‘It Was The Most Important Thing I Could Do’: Ellie Smeal Reflects on a Lifetime of ERA Activism—And What Comes Next

‘It Was The Most Important Thing I Could Do’: Ellie Smeal Reflects on a Lifetime of ERA Activism—And What Comes Next

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