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MS. MAGAZINE | Inside Mathangi Subramanian’s History of Heaven
The award-winning writer, author, and educator’s first novel for adults took readers into the slums of India for a feminist reckoning. She talked to me about what inspired the story, how she met her diverse roster of characters, and the power of writing the stories we’re hungry to read.
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Excerpts from Everything: The Pieces I’m Most Proud of From the 2010s
I came out in 2010, so this new year has particular resonance for me: It’s the span of time housing my entire queer, feminist career. These are things that I wrote that I am most proud of from the last ten years.
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MS. MAGAZINE | Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors is Imagining New Futures
I talked to the trailblazing movement leader about prison abolition, non-reformance reform and what she’s focused on in the midst of the 2020 elections.
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MS. MAGAZINE | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Warning for Humanitarians
“As you get older,” the award-winning author told me, “you’re looking at your bag of fucks to give, and it’s empty, so you just say what she would say.”
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MS. MAGAZINE | Meet the #MeTooVoter
On the two-year anniversary of #MeToo’s viral explosion, I reported on the #MeTooVoter online campaign calling on political leaders to address sexual harassment and design solutions for safer workplaces.
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MS. MAGAZINE | Keeping Track of the Gender Gap on Impeachment
I broke down new polling data that reveals a growing gender gap shaping the unfolding impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.
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MS. MAGAZINE | Gloria Feldt Wants More Women Empowered and in Power
Feldt talked to me about the 50 Women Can program and the results she’s already seeing—and even handed down some advice for activists looking to leverage their voices to accelerate change.
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MS. MAGAZINE | What Ursula Macfarlane Learned by Investigating the Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Macfarlance’s latest, “Untouchable: The Inside Story of the Harvey Weinstein Scandal,” is now streaming on Hulu. She talked to Carmen about what it took to tell this urgent story—and what she learned as a filmmaker and a feminist in the process.
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MS. MAGAZINE | Why Feminist Filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman Went Back to Steubenville
With her new feature, “Roll Red Roll,” set to debut on PBS POV, Schwartzman talked to me about what the Steubenville rape case—one that’s just as disturbing, jarring and shocking all these years later—can teach us about the roots of rape culture.
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MS. MAGAZINE | Inside the Jane Club’s New Orleans Essence Festival Pop-Up
I talked to Jane Club leaders about how they created space for community, conversation, and childcare at Essence Fest.
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