title: Inside Ms.: 25 Years of the Magazine and the Feminist Movement
author:  Mary Thom 
description: <i>Ms.</i>, the American magazine that has reflected and whipped up feminist sentiment for a quarter of a century, is the subject of this absorbing insider account by Mary Thom, who worked her way up from researcher to executive editor. Thom dips into the feminist movement, focusing on events or trends that overlapped with the politics and interests of <i>Ms.</i> staffers. The magazine illuminated domestic abuse, sexual harassment, and violence against women and sparked acrimonious debates on issues where feminists disagreed, such as pornography, child rearing, and making the mainstream movement more palatable by cutting out certain groups. An undeniable partisan, Thom glosses over many fights, mistakes, and thick-headed actions, but turns in an engaging portrait of the personalities and times that shaped the magazine.
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  Feminist Media Studies
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  “Hope in a hashtag”: the discursive activism of
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  Rosemary Clark
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  #WhyIStayed, Feminist Media Studies, 16:5, 788-804, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2016.1138235
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  Feminist media studies, 2016
  VOL. 16, nO. 5, 788–804
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2016.1138235
  “Hope in a hashtag”: the discursive activism of #WhyIStayed
  Rosemary Clark 
  annenberg school for Communication, university of Pennsylvania, Phila