Women have experienced multiple economic upheavals since the founding of Ms., but one thing remains true: economic inequity is still shaping women’s lives — especially for women of color, LGBTQ women, women with disabilities, and low-income women. Ms. has long given voice to the economic disparities women face, and the nuances within our economic experiences along intersectional lines.
In this episode of "Looking Back, Moving Forward," host Carmen Rios zooms in on workplace discrimination, women’s unpaid domestic and care burdens, and the factors that have pushed women disproportionately into poverty for the last 50-plus years—revealing how the system seeks to devalue all of “women’s work,” and what feminists are doing about it.
Featuring labor and feminist historian Premilla Nadasen, economists Rakeen Mabud, and Lenore Palladino, Springboard to Opportunities founding CEO Aisha Nyandoro, the National Women’s Law Center Vice President for Education & Workplace Justice Gaylynn Burroughs, and legendary labor organizer and feminist leader (and founder of the Dolores Huerta foundation) Dolores Huerta.
Looking Back, Moving Forward is produced by Ms. Studios. Executive producers are Michele Goodwin and Kathy Spillar. Supervising Producer, Writer, and Host is Carmen Rios. Episode producers are Roxy Szal and Oliver Haug. Every episode is edited by Natalie Hadland. Art and design are by Brandi Phipps.
Stay in touch with Ms. at msmagazine.com and on Facebook @msmagazine, Instagram and Threads @ms_magazine, and @msmagazine.com on BlueSky.
Stay in touch with Carmen at carmenfuckingrios.com and @carmenriosss on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, BlueSky, and Threads.
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