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Ms. made history when it put domestic violence and sexual harassment on the cover, commissioned the first national survey on campus sexual violence, and instigated a successful campaign to change the FBI’s definition of rape. But 50-plus years since Ms. hit newsstands, women are still being impacted every day by gender-based violence and harassment—and survivors of violence continue to be blamed and disbelieved.

This episode of “Looking Back, Moving Forward” traces 50-plus years of feminist writing and advocacy focused on naming, confronting, and preventing sexual harassment, rape culture and intimate partner violence—and the urgency of acknowledging the violence of patriarchy, white supremacy and other social forces in our everyday lives and building a future without fear.

Featured in this episode:

• Ellen Sweet, a former senior editor and writer for Ms. who coordinated the magazine’s historic nationwide study of campus date rape in the 1980s. Read her work in Ms.
• Jane Caputi, Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Florida Atlantic University, the author of The Age of Sex Crime. Read her work in Ms.
• Vanessa Tyson, Chair of the Department of Politics and Associate Professor of Politics at Scripps College and author of Twists of Fate: Multiracial Coalitions and Minority Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives. Follow her on Bluesky.
• Victoria Nourse, the Ralph V. Whitworth Professor in Law at Georgetown Law. Follow her on Twitter, and read her work in Ms.
• Debra Katz, a founding partner of Katz Banks Kumin LLP. Follow Debra on Twitter and Bluesky and KBK on Instagram.
• And your host, Carmen Rios, feminist superstar and Ms. consulting editor. Follow her on Twitter, Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky and read her work in Ms.