Today at Ms. | July 28, 2021

With Today at Ms. —a daily newsletter from the team here at Ms. magazine—our top stories are delivered straight to your Inbox every afternoon, so you’ll be informed and ready to fight back.

Stopping the Theft of Youth: New York Becomes Sixth State to Outlaw Underage Marriage

BY RAMONA FLORES | New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that raised the age of consent to marriage from 14 to 18—making New York only the sixth state in the U.S. to end child marriage.

Cuomo heralded the move as a “major step forward in our efforts to protect children and prevent forced marriages.”

[[link removed]]

Sex Ed 101: The Talk You Wish You Got From Your Parents (with Kelly Davis, Dr. Fatu Forna, Mary Emily O’Hara and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf)

BY MICHELE GOODWIN | In the latest episode of On the Issues, host Michele Goodwin and guests talk about sex, periods, non-binary health care, maternal health—and what don’t we know or ignore about our own bodies.

What do you wish you learned from your parents, in school, or even now? And when it comes to reproductive and sexual health as policy issues, what’s on the docket and on the ballot in 2021? Whose rights are at stake? Find the answers on our podcast.

[[link removed]]

The Cost of One Olympic Sexual Abuse Survivor’s Fight for Justice

BY MEG STONE | Mandy Meloon—widely recognized as one of the best taekwondo athletes in the U.S.—was told she could compete in the Beijing Olympics only if she took back her allegation that her coach and his brother were sexually and financially abusing her.

On August 8, the last day of the Tokyo Olympics, Meloon and the other taekwondo survivors will fly to Colorado where a class-action lawsuit alleging “intentional, reckless and negligent acts” committed by the United States Olympic Committee, including USA Taekwondo, “toward their own athletes” might get resolved.

[[link removed]]

[[link removed]]

Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin on Apple Podcasts [[link removed]] + Spotify [[link removed]] .

In this exciting episode, we’re having the sex talk you wish you got from your parents. Do you remember Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret? Well, today it’s me, host Michele Goodwin, asking the questions and inviting you to join us as we talk about sex, periods, non-binary health care, maternal health—and what don’t we know or ignore about our own bodies.

We hope you'll listen, subscribe, rate and review today!

[link removed] [[link removed]]



Ms. Magazine
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 801
Arlington, VA 22209
United States

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe: [link removed] .