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Today at Ms. | July 17, 2025
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Why Trump’s Manhood Is Threatened by a Free Press [[link removed]]
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By Rob Okun | President Donald Trump doesn’t hate the media because it lies. He hates it because it tells the truth, and the truth frightens him. Despite nonstop lying, he’s managed to stay ahead of reality. But even with MAGA, his grip is slipping.
When Trump sneers, “The press is the enemy of the people,” he’s not showing strength; he’s revealing weakness. A truly strong man doesn’t need to crush dissent. That’s what weak men do.
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‘Feminist Activism Plays a Long Game’: Jennifer M. Piscopo on the Lessons the U.S. Can Learn from Mexico [[link removed]]
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By Carmen Rios | The professor and researcher has watched gender quotas transform the political landscape in Mexico over the last two decades. Here’s what she thinks feminists in the U.S. can learn from their example.
“There has always been resistance to expanding women’s rights—in Mexico, in the U.S., everywhere—whether in politics or different spheres, but we are at this moment where that resistance seems to be having its own moment, and has been able to walk back a lot of gains.
“The past 50 years have shown that democracy is bound up with gender equality. … Feminist claims have always been about making democracy work for those usually excluded.”
Hear more from Piscopo and other feminists on the newest Ms. podcast, Looking Back, Moving Forward —the first episode is out now on Spotify [[link removed]] , Apple Podcasts [[link removed]] or wherever you get your podcasts.
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‘No More Shame!’ The Transformative Lesson of Gisèle Pelicot, the French Survivor of Mass Rape [[link removed]]
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By Gina Benevento | A phone call one autumn morning from local police requesting that Dominique Pelicot, then 67, husband to Gisèle, also 67, report to the local station interrupted their daily routine. A surprised Gisèle listened as her husband told her not to worry: “It won’t be pleasant, but by noon we will be home,” he said. But the next time she saw him was at his trial.
Like many countries, France has a protective privacy act guaranteeing anonymity for crime victims. Gisèle’s lawyers warned what would happen in a public trial—the intense media attention that would surely follow every development in the case, the probable attacks on her testimony in court and possible threats to her life. Undaunted, Gisèle chose to waive her right to anonymity.
“When you’re raped, there is shame, and it’s not for us to have shame,” she told the court. “It’s for them.”
Her insistence that her trial be public surprised both her lawyers and the presiding judge—and transformed Gisèle into a feminist hero and icon.
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Everyone’s been asking: what’s up with men these days? From high rates of gun violence and domestic violence, to the “manosphere,” Andrew Tate, and the “male loneliness epidemic,” it’s clear that (white) men are hurting. But why is this happening—and what can be done to change things?
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