NEWSLETTER

Every month, our subscribers receive our Famous Feminist newsletter, which discusses issues currently facing women, girls and those who support them. You can enjoy prior issues below.

Tous les mois, nos abonné.es reçoivent notre infolettre The Famous Feminist, où nous discutons de sujets concernant les femmes, filles et leurs alliés. Vous pouvez consulter les numéros précédents ci-bas.

March 2026

A collision of crises: Black maternal deaths in the U.S.

How we got here, and what we can do about it!

February 2026

Harming Real Families to "Save the Family"

Analyzing The Heritage Foundation’s deadly solution to declining birthrates

January 2026

F*ckin’ b*tch! Racism, misogyny and homophobia

The toxic ingredients of ICE violence

September 2025

Wrecking ball: Medicaid, Title X cuts will further devastate U.S. reproductive healthcare

The worrisome trend continues

July 2025

Merci Gisèle! When one woman’s courage challenges an entire system

One woman's brave stand against sexual violence

May 2025

Who controls girls’ bodies? The battle over female genital mutilation in The Gambia

The struggle for young girls' bodily autonomy continues

March 2025

It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World

Thinking about the manosphere

February 2025

The FMUS podcast is out!

More about guests Beth Schlachter, Jodi Jacobson, and Angel Foster, MD

December 2024

The little country that could: Uruguay brings back progressive government

Feminist relief and hope in Uruguay as the left returns to power

November 2024

The U.S. elections - what did happen? And what didn’t

Trying to make sense of the U.S. elections

September 2024

Childless cat ladies or tradwives?

The GOP war against women continues

July 2024

Project 2025 is the Republican Party’s plan to end reproductive freedom and LGBTQ+ rights in the U.S.

The GOP Christian Nationalist threat is real

June 2024

The magic and realism
of Maryse Condé

A storyteller's quest for freedom, truth and belonging

June 2024

In Brazil, a far-right onslaught blocks progress on abortion rights

Health providers are at the center of the struggle

April 2024

Women’s rage and resistance

The time for resistance is now

April 2024

Pronatalism rises again

Commandeering our wombs to produce the right kind of babies

January 2024

Deaths of Women in Pregnancy and Childbirth: Easily Preventable, but Alarmingly Persistent

Easily preventable, alarmingly persistent

January 2024

The wombs of women: crucible of race, capitalism and feminism

Considering the urgent concerns of Black women
and women of color

December 2023

In conversation with Ros Petchesky, a feminist, Jewish voice for peace

A kind but fierce truth teller on the connections between feminism, human rights, peace
and justice in Israel and Palestine.

October 2023

What was your first act of resistance?

Examining Stories of Girls’ Resistance, a multi-year, multi-country narrative project.

October 2023

Seeing differently

What we tolerated in the past disturbs us now. What made that change possible?

July 2023

Rapprochement in Kigali?: Europe’s far-right uses women’s conference
to reach out to African governments

The far-right attacks on democracy, human rights
and gender equality were felt at WD2023.

July 2023

Women overcoming patriarchy in India: Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh

Examining Shrayana Bhattacharya’s best-selling book on the state of womanhood in India.

June 2023

A year in the post-Roe era

The devastation and harm the Dobbs decision has unleashed are hard to overstate.

May 2023

“We need to be bold” – assert the Kenyan feminists determined to expand access to safe abortion

Addressing unsafe abortion would make a significant dent in Kenya’s high maternal mortality ratio.

May 2023

American poet Maggie Smith on divorce, motherhood, and finding herself

Finding inspiration in You Could Make This Place Beautiful.

April 2023

What if sex work was just work?

In 2003, New Zealand decriminalized sex work. What’s happened since?

March 2023

The stained white pantsuit:
Overcoming period shaming and period poverty in Kenya

Who is standing up for Kenyan senator Gloria Orwoba?

March 2023

Men are responsible for 100% of unwanted pregnancies

Gabrielle Blair’s provocative and clever new book Ejaculate Responsibly:
A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion.

February 2023

Is Florida the future of US politics ?

Ron DeSantis, the Governor of Florida, has become the darling of Republican donors.

February 2023

“Writing is like wielding a knife.” said Annie Ernaux.
The Nobel Committee agreed.

Ernaux holds progressive, feminist political opinions, and she acts on them.

January 2023

Young people in Latin America and Mexico want to control their sexuality

An interview with youth activist Fernanda Vazquez Rojas of Elige

December 2022

Girls should be girls, not brides!

12 million girls are married before their 18th birthday every year.

November 2022

Feeding the beast: the transnational movement stoking hatred against “gender”

The US far-right is engaged in a deliberate and intensifying hate campaign.

October 2022

Books about women, by women

Reviewing works by Ariyoshi, Yakhina, and Davis.

September 2022

bell hooks in focus

Highlighting Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics.

August 2022

Polish feminists and their struggle for democracy

What has happened in Poland and what can we learn from Polish activists?

August 2022

Come closer to feminism with renowned author bell hooks

Sharing the ideas of feminism with a wider audience.

June 2022

As Roe ends, another struggle begins

After Dobbs, women in the U.S. are neither free or equal.

June 2022

Lifting up feminists from the global South

What will it take to decolonize feminism?

May 2022

Women and growing older

Women who “live too long” and those who care for them are not as valued as they should be.

April 2022

And Still Ketanji Brown Jackson Rises

Brown’s confirmation to the Supreme Court is an uplifting and hopeful moment.

March 2022

Kenyan feminists demand their sexual and reproductive rights

It takes a feminist movement to protect sexual and reproductive rights in Kenya.

February 2022

In focus: Young feminists organizing in Central Africa

An interview with Zoneziwoh Mbondgulo-Wondieh.

February 2022

Women are managing their own abortions

Managing one’s own abortion pills is a political and practical imperative.

November 2021

Making the case for women health care workers

COVID has impacted women disproportionately since the very beginning of the pandemic.

November 2021

The FMUS November Digest is here

Is the word “woman” sufficiently inclusive?

October 2021

The FMUS newsletter is here!