Who’s Inciting Violence–Frances Fox Piven or Glenn Beck?

She’s responsible for collapsing the economic system! Inciting violence! And adhering to Communism! Would you believe that Fox News bloviator Glenn Beck was talking about a 78-year-old distinguished woman professor of sociology at the City University of New York? While Beck is well known for his hyperbole and extremist claims, his pointed attacks on Frances [...]

Boobies, Birthers and WikiSexism: Editors’ Picks 8/29-9/3

Just in time for the long weekend, Ms. brings you the must-reads you might have missed this week–from a Pocahontas-poetry mash-up, to gender inequality on Wikipedia, to live reporting from Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally. Happy reading, and enjoy the holiday! The Wall Street Journal talked to Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founding president and chairman of [...]

How Much Worse Can the Mosque Bashers Get? Ask Big John

On Fox News Sunday,” Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), speaking of the controversy over the building of a mosque near Ground Zero, said troops in Afghanistan are being asked to find common ground with Muslims. “If we can’t do that here in the United States, we’re going to have a very difficult time over there,” Reed [...]

Blog Roundup: Editors’ Picks, July 26-30

This weekend, Ms. rounds up the best of the blogosphere: Catch up on what you may have missed last week, including Elizabeth Hasselbeck’s theory on old lesbians, the web’s response to Essence magazine’s new white fashion editor, Phyllis Schlafly’s insight into contemporary American political and social trends, and more. –The Box Turtle Bulletin reports that [...]

A Vast Feminist Conspiracy Against Glenn Beck

A few weeks back, we polled our Ms. magazine Facebook fans and Twitter followers to see who needed Ms.’s feminist news and commentary the most. Fans voted for some of the most anti-feminist newsmakers out there, and the results are in: Glenn Beck’s tearful rants, paranoid fear-mongering (like his  concern that President Obama would find [...]