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| Today at Ms. | August 8, 2024 |
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Republican vice presidential candidate, JD Vance on Aug. 7, 2024, at a rally in in Eau Claire, Wis. (Adam Bettcher / Getty Images) |
By Chloe Nazra Lee | The collective female rage in response to J.D. Vance using the “childless cat lady” archetype as an insult is driven by shared hurt at the mockery that reduces us to our reproductive capacity in a political context where women are already devalued. It demeans our dreams and aspirations outside motherhood. It seems small, but those three words carry so much emotional weight for us.
The fight is exhausting and there will come a time when I stop. But I pray that other women fight. All of us—intentionally childfree, mothers, delayed in motherhood, deprived of motherhood, stepmothers, more—certainly have a stake in the future: a hope that we may be cherished, not for the services our bodies offer men and society at large, but merely for our humanity and the women we are. (Click here to read more) |
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Left: Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican National Convention (RNC) on the fourth and final day of the event on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Right: US Vice President Kamala Harris makes remarks before a moderated conversation with former Trump administration national security official Olivia Troye and former Republican voter Amanda Stratton on July 17, 2024 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. (Photo by Chris duMond/Getty Images)
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By Katherine Giscombe | The confirmation of Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States, and her choice of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as running mate, represent an unprecedented moment in American history. At the Democratic National Convention later this month in Chicago, the pair will make headlines around the world, as will the reaction from the opposing candidate, Donald Trump.
The role of the press is critical in Harris’s candidacy as news and information—or disinformation—is tremendously influential in shaping voter opinion and action. But, many media outlets fail to label extremely negative counter-narratives to this historic move as the racist outrages that they are.
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By Wakaba Oto and Clara Scholl, The 19th | The U.S. ranks as the 19th most dangerous country for women, 11th in maternal mortality, 30th in closing the gender pay gap, 75th in women’s political representation, and painfully lacks paid family leave and equal access to health care. But Ms. has always understood: Feminist movements around the world hold answers to some of the U.S.’s most intractable problems. Ms. Global is taking note of feminists worldwide.
This week: a special report from the Paris Olympics, as well as news from Afghanistan, Iran and more.
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