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| Publisher: Liberty Media for Women
Buy New: $45.00
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 1917
Format: Magazine Subscription
Type: Trade magazine
Subscription Issues: 4
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 4
First Issue Lead Time: 12-16 Weeks
ASIN: B00006KOO3
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 Feminists Rule but Ms. needs an overhaul. February 20, 2003
J. Pennington (Philadelphia, PA United States)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
Ms. was great when I was trying to find my feminist self. But now everytime I open it I feel like I am reading the same articles over and over again. Most of the writers seem to be older feminists nastolgic for the 60's. Not much in it to draw the younger third wave crowd.
It is great that it is still around, but it needs to be brought into the new millenium.
I gave it 3 stars because it has survived so long without selling out and sometimes it can still get me fired up about gender inequality. If you are new to feminism it is still worth a read.
 The Gold Standard for Feminist Reading December 17, 2002
E. Richards (Alone with my thoughts)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you are a feminist, you will find yourself reading it from cover to cover, skipping nothing. There was a while when we "lost" this magazine (the era of the Cher covers), but it got its soul back and is well worth getting re-acquainted (if you're an oldtimer, like me) or acquainted (if you're a newbie).
Every woman (and man) needs to read this magazine! February 8, 2003
Lisa Marie (Southern New Jersey, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Ms. magazine has been one of my favorites for years. Its not very easy to find. but many libraries have a subscription to it. As you can see, its quite expensive for a yearly subscription, but it is well worth it!
Ms. is a magazine written from a feminist point of view. People like Gloria Steinhem are frequent contributors. There is no random male-bashing that goes on between these covers, however; everything written is well thought out and backed up with factual information. Along with articles about various womens' issues, sexism in the United States, etc., there is usually an article in each issue about what is going on for women and other minority groups in the rest of the world, especially third-world countries.
This magazine is a definite great buy for anyone who has an interest in womens' rights; stories are often written from a fresh point-of-view you can't find anywhere else. I also like to curl up with one of my old issues whenever I need to get MAD about something; there is always a special focus on the underdog and her plight.
 Goes Beyond Lipstick and Shoes July 6, 2005
M. E. Wood (Canada)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I don't know about you but I was getting pretty tired of seeing the "French Girls Don't Get Fat" just about everywhere. Talk about a good marketing campaign. Finally, someone is debunking the claims. Writer Anne Korkeakivi seems to be sick of it too. In her article, Ce N'est Pas Vrai! French Women DO get fat, and DO watch their weight for the Summer 2005 issue of Ms. Magazine she a French study that they are catching up and "They diet too." And lots of other juicy facts you probably haven't heard about lately.
The sad thing about this little bit of news is that a lot of women won't see it. Most will see the ads and keep hearing about how other women are skinnier than them.
Another great article was by Catherine Orenstein, The Dialectic of Fat. While the first page or so will probably cause an uproar for those opposed to Kirstie Alley's latest antics, the following pages offer some notable insights about Camryn Manheim, Susie Orbach, Deborah Voigt and Pavarotti. One particularly scary bit of info she sites is a 90's study by Harvard Medical School regarding the effect of television on Fiji girls when it was first introduced.
No, Ms. hasn't become a fat mag but let's face it, while women don't have a monopoly on fat, it is a women's issue. There is an abundance of other women's issues in this mag but you won't find fluffy ads or articles on how to wear makeup or dress to attract the opposite sex. While this is an opinion mag, you don't have to bend to every view but it helps to stretch a bit. Ms. is concerned with women's issues and women's rights. I highly recommend picking up this issue and subscribing to support this thirty+ year old mag. Written by M. E. Wood.
We need more magazines like this July 9, 2006
P. Nguyen
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
There is certainly not a lack of interest on such important issues such as those mentioned in Ms. magazine because these issues affect all women all over the world. Whether it is on women's right for abortion, sex discrimination, exploitation of women and children, family and health acts or historical events on the women's movement (which I believe should really be corrected to mean a movement for all humanity because IT IS), Ms. magazine delivers the information that so many young women are lacking today in their social surroundings no matter if they be the suburbs or the slums.
I thank my literature professors who have taught me the wonderful female figures in literature that have proved women have power and deserve everyone's respect.
Imagine my utter shock when I came to a bookstore of considerable commercial success only to find Ms. magazine nowhere near the Women's Interest International section (which was instead completely packed with fashion and wieght loss magazines, I mean honestly, to give women this type of monotonous literary diet and then wonder why some of them are a bit flaky...) but rather in the Gay and Lesbian section. There is nothing wrong with this section, but I had no idea that one's sexual orientation had to fit this category for the bookstore to assume one had an interest in women's issues outside of makeup and shoes.
Practically livid to the point that I was shuddering a bit, I even moved a couple of the Ms.'s over to the women's interest section.
The store rep said that usually people who read Ms. tend to go towards the "ethnic and culture" section ( a section that Ms. was supposed to be in, but hmm...appeared to have been smack dab in the middle of gay and lesbian instead). I promptly told him, hey I"M A WOMAN, I HAVE INTERESTS OTHER THAN CLOTHES AND WHEN I CAME TO FIND MS. MAGAZINE I WENT TOWARDS WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD (SHOULD) BE THE APPROPRIATE SECTION--Women's Interest!
The next time you guys come into a store, show your support for Ms. mag. Look to see if the store even carries it and if they don't ask them why not and that you would love to see it on their shelves. If they do carry it, note where it is in relations to the Women's section, applaud them for their "astounding" assumption that Ms. should be relegated to a corner if that happens to be the case and tell the manager that you'd like to see if reach the bigger market of WOMEN IN GENERAL!!!!
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