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Holistic Guidance - Ms
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List Price: $35.70
Our Price: $45.00
Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 months
Manufacturer: Liberty Media for Women
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Binding: Magazine
First Issue Lead Time: 12-16
Format: Magazine Subscription
Issues Per Year: 4
Label: Liberty Media for Women
Magazine Type: Trade magazine
Manufacturer: Liberty Media for Women
Number Of Issues: 4
Publisher: Liberty Media for Women
Studio: Liberty Media for Women
Subscription Length: 365
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Presents breakthrough investigative journalism, national and international news, interviews and profiles, fiction, poetry, prizewinning photojournalism, and the feminist voices of the world.
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Summary: This bellwether of the women's movement is long overdue for an overhaul!
Comment: Since its inception in 1972, MS. MAGAZINE has functioned as *the* news organ of the feminist movement. MS.'s current tagline - "More than a magazine - a movement" - reflects the magazine's contributions and significance to feminist thought and action. Its features include national and global news, public policy analyses, one-on-one interviews with feminist activists, and pop culture critiques. Whether you're a recent transplant to the Women's Studies set, or a seasoned vet, MS. is an interesting and informative addition to your magazine rack.
Even so, MS. is not without its faults. I've been an off-and-on reader (finances permitting) since my senior year of high school. In the past decade, MS. has evolved little. Back in '97, when I was still puttering along on dial-up, I read the local newspaper daily; now, I take my news online, thank you, and throw in a variety of left-leaning blogs for good measure. Published quarterly, MS. simply can't compete with the speed and ease of the internets. Much of the news that they report on, for example, is months old by the time the magazine hits the stands. The in-depth analysis is still insightful, however, it's not always as timely as it could be. Additionally, the work of some progressive feminist bloggers (such as Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon, Jessica Valenti of Feministing, and Jill Filipovic of Feministe) rivals that found within the pages of MS. (and...it's available for free!). It would be awesome if MS. upped their publication schedule to once-a-month (as they did prior to 1988), and solicited the occasional feminist bloggers for guest spots. I don't expect MS. to go the way of its sex-positive younger sisters, BUST and BITCH (the latter which I highly recommend, especially for younger feminists), but a mini-makeover is in order.
I'm still an avid MS. reader, though, so I guess a slightly antiquated `80s version of MS. is better than no MS. at all!
- Ms. Kelly Garbato
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Summary: We need more magazines like this
Comment: 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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Summary: GREAT MAGAZINE!
Comment: What I really liked about this magazine is it's analysis of issues that effect women, as well as the fact that it's content is not vacant advertising but articles about current events and how they specifically effect women. Very enlightening-I wish more women knew of this magazine.
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Summary: Amazon Magazine Prices
Comment: I have noticed that Amazon.com charges more for magazines than if bought directly from the publisher. Amazon outrageously priced Ms. nearly DOUBLE what it costs if bought directly from msmagazine.com. Go directly to Ms. for a $25 yearly subscription.
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Summary: Needs a little updating
Comment: The very first issue of this magazine I read was their tenth anniversary issue from 1982, an issue my mother put away in my bottom drawer so I could read it when I was old enough. Looking back at that issue, which in turn looks back at older issues, and then looking at the issues since, it's dizzying to realise how far women have come in such a short period of time, and yet how far we still have to go before achieving full equality, rights, and representation. It's also downright scary to read some of these articles and updates about situations around the world and even in the United States itself; in many ways women in the U.S., as far as we still have to go, are far more fortunate than our sisters in places like Africa, Asia, the Mideast, and smaller towns in America. At the same time, such articles are not without hope, as they bring us the stories of women who are actively involved in making a difference in these other nations and smaller, more restricted, regions of America. I'm also glad that they no longer have ads in the magazine, and that they continue to run the "No Comment" segment on the back page, showcasing particularly shocking examples of sexist and misogynistic advertisements.
However, as other readers have noticed, this magazine can be too scholarly for some readers. While it's great to read these thoughtful in-depth articles about womens' struggles in other places around the world, sometimes you just want a change of pace and want something that's a little more lightweight, not so intensive in scope. People need to see that feminists aren't always so serious! I also agree that the magazine still has some way to go to reaching out to women of my generation and the younger generation (the tail end of Generation X and the older members of Generation Y), making these issues relevant to the third wave so that they won't dismiss the movement out of hand as being out of touch and outdated. Still, this is a great magazine, and I prefer it any day over something like Cosmo or YM.
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