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Today at Ms. | March 16, 2023
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What Is Special About Mahsa Amini? [[link removed]]
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A portrait of Mahsa Amini next to an Iranian opposition flag during a protest on Sept. 28, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)
BY IBTISSAM BOUACHRINE | Over five months after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in police custody, protests persist in large and small cities alike, despite violent government crackdown. Thousands have been arrested, hundreds killed, four have been executed, and several more are facing the death penalty on charges that include “war against god”—yet protesters continue to rally on the streets. All this is in response to the death of a woman in a region where various forms of violence against women and girls have become part of the quotidian. So what is special about Amini?
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It’s Not Nice to Mess With Mother Nature: Ecofeminism 101 [[link removed]]
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BY LINDSY VAN GELDER | From the January/February 1989 issue of Ms. magazine:
“One of the most interesting (and least reported on) developments of the last few years has been the integration of feminist and ecological concerns. … In an ecofeminist society, no one would have power over anyone else, because there would be an understanding that we’re all part of the interconnected web of life.”
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Michelle Yeoh on the Need for Women Leaders; Minnesota’s Push for Ranked-Choice Voting; Remembering Pat Schroeder [[link removed]]
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BY CYNTHIA RICHIE TERRELL | Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: Women Talking wins best adapted screenplay at the Oscars, a film about ““a radical act of democracy in which people who don’t agree on every single issue manage to sit together in a room and carve out a way forward together”; actor Michelle Yeoh on her experiences with crises and how they illuminate the need for women in leadership; allies in Minnesota are working toward ranked-choice voting; remembering Pat Schroeder, a women’s rights pioneer; and more.
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