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.

Traveling this month? Keep your eyes peeled. For Women’s History Month, Ms. magazine is hitting the shelves at Hudson News airport bookstores across the country.

🎬 Congrats to Ryan Coogler on winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "Sinners." ICYMI: Dean Jelani Cobb profiled Coogler for The @NewYorker. At CJS, see yourself learning interviewing and storytelling from Dean Cobb and other award-winning faculty: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Women—especially women of color—made historic gains at the 2026 Oscars. But the night also underscored how the industry’s most powerful categories still largely shut them out.

Senator Josh Hawley introduced a bill asking the FDA to effectively ban mifepristone. Decades of evidence show that mife is safe & effective. Guttmacher expert Blair Darney unpacks the shoddy science behind this latest effort to restrict abortion: https://gu.tt/4dhUXXY @stlpublicradio.bsky.social

For more resources to #TeachTruth about the American Revolution on this 250th anniversary, check out @msmagazine.com's Feminist 250 initiative. msmagazine.com/feminist-250/

A global survey shows young men and boys hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations. #MsReads via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Grateful for the opportunity to interview Victoria Foe and Barbara Hines, who shared information about birth control and abortion as UT Austin students in the 1960s, as well as archivist Alice Embree, for @msmagazine.com. Thank you to @livia-follet.bsky.social for working on this story with me!

As the SAVE America Act moves through Congress and outside groups mobilize on both sides, confusion about what the bill would actually require has fueled misinformation and political spin. Here's what you need to know: msmagazine.com/2026/03/02/s...

in which I answer common questions about what the Save AMERICA and how it could affect your right to vote, including: Does a Real ID count? What if I can’t find my passport? And why are Trump and Republicans pushing so hard for this bill? msmagazine.com/2026/03/02/s...

More than a year after seeking medical help for a miscarriage, Deann and Charles Bennett, a young couple in Booneville, Ky., have been arrested for alleged “reckless homicide.” This is the War on Women report:

Nearly half of the athletes in this year's Winter Olympics are women!

Tomorrow's the day! See @milleridriss.bsky.social, author of Man Up, at @msmagazine.com tomorrow (Feb 18th) at 6:00 pm PST. This urgent conversation with Kathy Spillar will examine the explosion of misogyny driving a surge of mass and far-right violence. Attend this hybrid event: hubs.ly/Q042b6Fz0

Thank you to Guttmacher for publishing its 2025 data about new antiabortion legislative trends! Last year in the U.S., there was an uptick in bills targeting medication abortion and shield laws as well as criminalizing abortion patients and people who help them.

Despite underfunding and limited name recognition, independent clinics like ours deliver nearly all later abortion care in the US. Thanks to @avaslocum.bsky.social for shining a light on the essential role indie clinics play across the nation. @msmagazine.com

Grateful for the chance to interview Amber Gavin from A Woman's Choice for this story about independent abortion clinics and their ever-important work!

For decades, survivors have begged for answers and accountability. But they say the latest tranche of documents—many containing unredacted names, contact information and identifying details—have left them retraumatized, exposed and furious.

The U.S. continues to wage a war on its children.

This is the most extreme abortion ban ever introduced in South Carolina and it’s an egregious attack on autonomy, privacy, speech, and safety. We CANNOT stay silent.

On Sept. 30, Planned Parenthood closed its only two Louisiana clinics due to the Trump administration’s funding cuts.

Antiabortion violence isn’t new. But this year, the terrain shifted in dangerous ways.

On Oct. 3, 1977, Rosie Jiménez—a 27-year-old mother, student and aspiring teacher in McAllen, Texas—died after being denied Medicaid coverage for abortion. Nearly 50 years later, the policy that killed her is still on the books.

Fever itself can endanger fetal development—which is why Tylenol remains an important tool for protecting moms and babies.

On the 25th anniversary of FDA approval of mifepristone, reproductive rights supporters are celebrating the creative, determined and courageous advocates who brought this medication to market. @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2025/09/25/r...

From Germany to South Africa to Great Britain to Japan, ultranationalist movements have seized on Charlie Kirk's death. The irony here is hard to ignore: these same groups that often decry globalization are adopting an international message based on American politics.

"It’s about ensuring the truth cannot be buried and that those who cause harm are held to account. Survivors deserve to see the full scope of the files, and the public deserves to understand how such exploitation was allowed to persist for so long." #BelieveSurvivors #StandWithSurvivors

A must-read: @msmagazine.com is running an important 4-part series about the rise in anti-abortion violence under the Trump administration. It feels especially timely this week, as conservatives try to paint the left as politically violent in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder.

"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!

The Trump administration falsely conflated birth control and abortion in a statement to the New York Times. By falsely blurring the line between birth control and abortion, they hope to gain public support and momentum in their efforts to make both harder and harder to access.

Texas’ abortion bans have driven hundreds of physicians to leave the state, retire early, or avoid practicing and training there altogether.

Behind the ERA battle: Big Business feared equality would cost billions in wages and workplace protections.

More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.” (Published July)

"The premise of this show—and a growing number of shows like it—is that our rights are up for debate. That it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality is a mistake ... There’s a difference between reporting on toxic bigotry and platforming it."

A few months ago, I got invited to go on the massively popular podcast, “Diary of a CEO.” Here’s why I said no. jessica.substack.com/p/anti-femin...

Power to the people! They will not silence us! @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2025/08/22/a...

In the Fall issue, we explore the deadly risks abortion rights advocates face, the impact of Trump-era immigration policies, the fight to protect Syria’s ‘village of women,’ how Medicaid and SNAP cuts threaten women and children, and more.

Because the Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls. Because the Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls! Because the Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls!!!

“It’s a time in which people are feeling overwhelmed with just the last six months... But this is a victory, and it’s an incredibly important victory.”

When Ohio's 24-hour waiting period was in place, only 6% of people could get an appointment the next day. Just a reminder that wait periods are NOT necessary, waste people's time, and prevent people from getting access to care. www.axios.com/local/clevel...

despicable. we won’t go back. apnews.com/article/wome...

It was so interesting to work on this @msmagazine.com article about the E. Jean Carroll trial after @michelegoodwin.bsky.social interviewed Carroll and her lawyer Roberta Kaplan for Ms.' On the Issues podcast!

Dispelling dangerous myths: how contraception works, why it’s not an abortifacient, and how it saves lives.

"The Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls in developing nations."

Had the opportunity to meet and work with a young intern at @msmagazine.com this summer: Simone Jacques, a Spelman grad, doing that great Black feminist work. Check out her take on the "great jeans" debate:

DWC Members sent a letter calling out recent cases of people impersonating ICE to abuse women. We demand DHS and ICE wear visible identification to stop enabling impersonators. Women deserve to be safe. We’ll keep fighting.

Bigotry doesn’t always present as a Unite the Right rally or violence in our nation’s capital. Sometimes, it comes with a demure smile and a sweet, “It’s just my personal belief.” Special thanks to @rachelwells1.bsky.social My latest for @msmagazine.com #medsky msmagazine.com/2025/08/09/w...

Although the majority of respondents indicated they support Trump, a “considerable” number of young men polled said they voted for Trump in November but currently dislike him.

Important July updates in last month's WOW Report!

Thank you so much to John Ray from the Young Men Research Project for speaking with me for this @msmagazine.com article!

I'm so grateful for the opportunity to have written this essay for the Aug/Sept print issue of Girls' Life Magazine (on newsstands now!). It's about an eating disorder I had during college (which I'm very recovered from now) but I'm hoping this article might be helpful for other people.