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.

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.

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.”

Gosh I wonder what they were up to there

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.

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.

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.

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!

"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!

"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!

someone should run for president on this platform

#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...

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.

🎙️ @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...

"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!

Carol Moseley Braun became the first Black woman elected to the Senate after her involvement in the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. In the final episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward, more than 40 years later, she asked a simple question: “Why haven’t we gotten this right yet?”

"the expectation of equality is the most important cultural thing that we can achieve." in the latest episode of "looking back, moving forward," i talked to trailblazer carol moseley braun about the long battle for the ERA—and why it still matters. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!

"looking back, moving forward" wraps today with an ERA special! feat former nv sen. pat spearman, @feminist.org pres ellie smeal, the hon. carol moseley braun, ms. exec ed kathy spillar + era project director ting ting cheng. tune in @msmagazine.com!

"we have to disbelieve in patriarchy." for the latest ep of "looking back, moving forward," i talked to scholar jane caputi about the culture of violence that permeates women's lives—and why we need visions for a future without male supremacy. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!

"a patriarchal, male-dominated use of violence society is not good for anybody." for e4 of "looking back, moving forward," i talked to former ms. editor ellen sweet about what it will take to change the narrative around gender-based violence. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!

"We ripped the Band-Aid off and said: ‘No, this is a public policy matter. This is not something that’s in the private sphere.’"

"we have a society that allows... victims of trauma to fall through the cracks." for the latest ep of "looking back, moving fwd," i talked to @proftyson.bsky.social about how politics shape the struggle to end gender-based violence. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!

"the culture change should not be diminished." victoria nourse helped draft the original violence against women act. i talked to her in the latest ep of "looking back, moving forward" about the power of policy in the struggle to end gender-based violence. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!

“Even if we formally have the right to vote and we formally have equality,” legal scholar Julie Suk explains in the first episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward, “the entire infrastructure by which women have been excluded from real participation in decision making and power, that continues.”

"we have to be relentless." for the latest ep of "looking back, moving forward," i talked to @debrakatz.bsky.social—"the feared attorney of the #metoo movement"—about how we can expand justice for survivors. (even now.) read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!

In the fourth episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward, advocates and experts name the sociopolitical factors that fuel gender-based violence, and outline what it will take—in the courts, legislatures and our communities—to finally break the cycle.

So grateful to be invited into this conversation with @msmagazine.com and @carmenriosss.bsky.social alongside @lenorepalladino.bsky.social. I found it personally helpful to take a moment to reflect and regroup in the fight for a just society, and I hope this conversation helps others as well.

want a future without violence? listen to ep four of looking back, moving forward. feat former ms. editor ellen sweet, wgs prof jane caputi, politico @proftyson.bsky.social, VAWA pioneer victoria nourse, and “feared attorney of the #metoo movement,” @debrakatz.bsky.social. tune in @msmagazine.com!

A healthy economy depends on care. When caregivers are paid and valued, families can work, businesses can hire, and communities can thrive. @lenorepalladino.bsky.social joined @msmagazine.com to discuss what it means to truly invest in care: msmagazine.com/2025/08/12/c...

"Women actually make most financial decisions in households, but men are the ones who are seen as the experts, and our financial system is shaped around their life cycles."

“we are the people who keep our economy going.” i talked to economists @lenorepalladino.bsky.social + @rmabud.bsky.social in the latest ep of "looking back, moving forward" about what's broken in our economy—and how we can fix it. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com! msmagazine.com/2025/08/12/c...

"in whose interests are we fighting?" i talked to historian premilla nadasen in the latest ep of "looking back, moving forward" about how feminist history can be a compass for the fight forward for economic justice. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!

"once you start seeing these problems as problems that policy can solve, a whole world opens up." for the latest ep of "looking back, moving forward," i talked to gaylynn burroughs from @nwlc.org about how we can advance gender and economic justice—even now. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!

"Together, we traced 50-plus years of feminist resistance to workplace discrimination, women’s disproportionate unpaid domestic care burdens, and the sociopolitical factors that push women into poverty—revealing both how the system seeks to devalue all of “women’s work,” & what we can do about it."

"When I say liberate financial capital, it’s just that. It’s recognizing that individuals are all deserved of a life that they envision for themselves and their family. They should not be predicated on their race, their gender, their zip code."

"we have the blueprint for all of us to have financial liberation and freedom." i talked to guaranteed income pioneer aisha nyandoro in the latest ep of "looking back, moving forward" about changing the narrative around race, class, cash, and deservedness. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!

Senior Fellow @lenorepalladino.bsky.social joined @carmenriosss.bsky.social & @msmagazine.com to unpack 50 years of economic inequality—and how feminist economists are fighting back against a system built to devalue women’s work. A must-listen 🎧 msmagazine.com/2025/08/01/g...

it was an absolute honor to talk to dolores huerta for the latest episode of "looking back, moving forward" — about what she's learned in a lifetime of activism and where the fight for intersectional economic justice must go next. read more + tune in @msmagazine.com! msmagazine.com/2025/08/04/d...

it was both *fun* and *deeply depressing* to revisit 2021 and all the arguments @rmabud.bsky.social and I made then for how investing in care would benefit the ENTIRE economy thanks @msmagazine.com @carmenriosss.bsky.social for the opportunity

In the third episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward with @carmenriosss.bsky.social, economists and advocates break down how our economy is leaving women behind and lay out strategies for advancing a feminist economic future.

ep three of looking back, moving forward is live @msmagazine.com! today's topic: economic justice 💰 feat. premilla nadasen, @rmabud.bsky.social + @lenorepalladino.bsky.social, aisha nyandoro, nwlc.org's gaylynn burroughs, and *the* dolores huerta. tune in!

“We got here because we have the gender ruling class desperately holding onto their privilege—using any means necessary,” said @womenslawproject.bsky.social executive director Susan Frietsche.