Preparing for some ...awkward dinner table discussions this holiday? Arm yourself with these tips on how to effectively talk about abortion at your family gathering: msmagazine.com/2023/11/20/t...

In 2025, our most-read articles ranged from investigations into secret maternity homes to explorations of American masculinity—and so much more. Coming in at #10, an exploration of the case of Adriana Smith—who Georgia kept on life support as a result of the state’s strict abortion ban.

In the year since the Trump administration returned to office, there have been hundreds of executive orders, many of which district courts have ruled unconstitutional and illegal. But hard-hitting attorneys general have fought back.

You’ve read the other “Best of” lists—now read the other one … you know, for the rest of us. Here are Ms. magazine’s top feminist books of 2025.

From devastating dramas to sharp satires and genre-bending thrillers, this year’s feminist fiction on screen refused easy answers—and demanded our attention. Here's what we loved:

Violet and I chose these 48 books as our top feminist reads of the year for @msmagazine.com! Feat @mskellymhayes.bsky.social @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @michellemirabella.bsky.social @annanorth.bsky.social @kweingarten.bsky.social & more msmagazine.com/2025/12/19/b...

As Congress takes their holiday break, Americans will spend their week watching their premiums skyrocket due to the deadlock.

Women have 13 percent less free time than men, and among women aged 35 to 44, that free-time deficit jumps to 23 percent.

Behind procedural questions in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin lies a sweeping threat to consumer protection, public health and reproductive rights post-Dobbs.

As our CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social always says: Courage is the new currency. Last month, @msmagazine.com honored Skye as the “Resister in Law” at their 17th annual Global Women’s Rights Awards and Gala.

I'm so far behind! ICYMI, here's my December #Reads for the Rest of Us with @msmagazine.com, featuring titles by @allynwalker.bsky.social @angelafrederick.bsky.social @wordsiren.bsky.social @bnwosu.bsky.social and more! msmagazine.com/2025/12/09/b...

Refugees, including Afghans, are taking the brunt of the new measures. That is not a coincidence.

Fixating on specific celebrities’ appearances obscures the larger, deadlier return of extreme thinness as a cultural ideal. msmagazine.com/2025/12/17/w...

The U.S., trapped in a twisted love affair with the Second Amendment, continues to block meaningful reform. msmagazine.com/2025/12/18/b...

Lung transplant patient Hannah Goetz’s life depended on the generic version of a critical drug. It was supposed to be equivalent to the brand-name medication — but the FDA doesn’t always ensure that’s the case. #MsReads via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/fda-...

Every book, doll and story quietly teaches children who they are expected to be and how they should treat others, writes @jodibondinorgaard.bsky.social.

Scrambling for a last-minute gift for a feminist in your life? Ms. has you covered with subscriptions, T-shirts and more: msmagazine.com/shop/

Women make the holidays happen—even as policymakers undermine the programs meant to support families.

As Trump carries out his mass deportation operation, residents are banding together to block raids and distribute groceries. #MsReads via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The average monthly number of abortions has risen from 79,600 in 2022 to 98,800 in 2025--a 24 percent increase in just three years. And telehealth abortion increased 61 percent over the last year. @msmagazine.com @plancpills.bsky.social msmagazine.com/2025/12/18/a...

The latest #WeCount report finds that access is shifting—not disappearing—as patients turn to telehealth and shield-law providers.

Texas launched a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week over the agency’s approval of mifepristone, marking the state’s latest effort to crack down on access to abortion pills.

Young, educated women, across party lines, are opting out of using birth control—not because of religion or politics, but because of the internet.

"People have often asked me what it was like to grow up as the daughter of a women’s movement progenitor, and I’ve always said that it’s all I ever knew." #MsReads via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/t...

"Major media outlets are now severely compromised by the bullying of Donald Trump. They are scared, they are careful not to piss him off, they are no longer doing the vigorous job that a free democracy requires to function." msmagazine.com/2025/12/11/b...

The discourse around "Wicked" and weight loss lacks important nuance. For @msmagazine.com I reflected on the importance of calling out the dangerous return of an uber-thin beauty standard, rather than getting stuck in speculation about individual celebrities' bodies. msmagazine.com/2025/12/17/w...

Texas has officially launched a partnership with Turning Point USA to create chapters on every high school and college campus in the state.

As political leaders rush to scapegoat Afghan refugees, advocates warn that collective punishment and renewed enforcement are compounding trauma, ignoring mental health failures and betraying U.S. commitments.

In 2025, antiabortion policymakers introduced nine bills in seven states using deceptive claims about water pollution to target medication abortion.

Our December reading list is full of quiet rebellions, supernatural slow burners, and more. msmagazine.com/2025/12/09/b...

"We cannot change the world our children are navigating overnight. But we can prepare ourselves to support them through moments like these." msmagazine.com/2025/12/16/p...

"Who was she supposed to call for help? When things go sideways, you call 911. He was 911." msmagazine.com/2025/12/11/p...

Since her own abortion, Charlotte Isenberg has become a reproductive freedom activist, educating others about extremist antiabortion tactics.

As 2025 comes to a close, we're taking a look back at the feminists and movement builders we lost.

"Project 2026 lays out a government redesigned to control women’s bodies, erase LGBTQ+ lives, dismantle civil rights protections and roll back decades of hard-won progress."

Today is the last day of ACA open enrollment in most states. With the enhanced tax credits on track to expire at the end of this year, here's where premiums could spike most:

A feminist telehealth provider is cutting out pharmaceutical middlemen to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders.

Global telehealth abortion provider Women Help Women is now producing its own combipack of one mife and eight miso tablets, and says they will start serving the US if the FDA restricts access to telehealth abortion. @msmagazine.com @plancpills.bsky.social msmagazine.com/2025/12/14/g...

I should remember to post the things that inspire me. This article was among the first I read this morning and it started my day off right. ☀️ For gloomy timelines, here’s an awesome story about the company Women Help Women. 💪 (Not *yet* in the US, but *not* opposed to it!) @msmagazine.com

"Who was she supposed to call for help? When things go sideways, you call 911. He was 911." In this @msmagazine.com op-ed, Brian Stanley (@busph.bsky.social) explains why abuse rates are elevated in police families and why states must take action to better protect survivors. Read the full piece. 👇

This year’s top feminist pop culture moments show how artists, storytellers and creators faced regressive politics with imagination, joy and anger. msmagazine.com/2025/12/11/2...

Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery. #MsReads via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Miami has elected its first-ever woman mayor. More in the latest roundup:

Sunday marks one year since Iranian human rights activist Reza Khandan was arrested in what was clearly another official attack on his family.

"The University of Alabama waved a white flag well before a fight with the federal government had begun in earnest."

Continuing to talk about OPDV is the only way we will build momentum on it. I'm grateful to Scholars Strategy Network for their support in editing and pitching this piece, and i'm thrilled @msmagazine.com had the interest and resolve to publish it. msmagazine.com/2025/12/11/p...

I wrote this article back in May when Trump first floated the “fewer dolls” theory of inflation. Sadly, it’s relevant again. Because apparently, girls’ toys are still easier to blame than failed policies. @msmagazine.com #GenderEquity #ToysMatter msmagazine.com/2025/05/13/t...

My latest with @msmagazine.com

Police officer domestic violence is a structural failure—not just the isolated misconduct of "a few bad apples."

@milleridriss.bsky.social's new book Man Up explores the links between misogyny, gendered violence and political extremism. "I hope people see that interrupting early and interpersonal expressions of misogyny might help keep all of us safer at the community level, too."