Aviva Dove-Viebahn’s Ms. online author page can be found here. Print articles, online articles published in other venues, and a selection of her recent Ms. online articles are listed below.
As a Tomatometer-Approved Critic, all her film reviews are also aggregated at Rotten Tomatoes.
Selected Public Writing Available Online
“BANNED: Gender, Race and Sexuality Studies.” [online version of print article], Ms., 6/16/23
“Gender, Corruption and Unbridled Power in Prime Series ‘The Power’: The Ms. Q&A With Naomi Alderman,” Ms., 5/25/23
“Sundance 2023: Haunting Film ‘Shayda’ Is a ‘Love Letter to the Brave Women and Girls of Iran’,” Ms., 2/14/23
“Abigail Disney Is Deconstructing and Rebuilding the American Dream,” Ms., 9/22/22
“Feminist Faves: 10 Women-Led Television Shows to Celebrate 2021”, Ms., 12/26/21
“In Indigenous Thriller “Night Raiders,” Danis Goulet Blends History, Sci-Fi, Legend and Reality”, Ms., 9/17/21
“Céline Sciamma’s “Petite Maman”: A Unique Meditation on the Bond Between Mothers and Daughters”, Ms., 9/13/21
“How Do You Solve a Problem Like Natasha? Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ Is Fun But Not Enough”, Ms., 7/15/21
“The Old Guard: Revisiting an Exceptional Feminist Action Film on its One-Year Anniversary”, Ms., 7/9/21
“How much longer will straight white women be our queer superhero stand-ins?” Xtra magazine, 6/18/21
“Fighting for Pay Equity: A Q&A with Lilly Ledbetter and the Filmmaker Telling Her Story” [interview], Ms., 3/23/21
“Despite A Promising Beginning, “Wonder Woman 1984” Falls into the Same Old Traps,” Ms., 12/28/20
“’The Glorias’ Film Explores the Many Faces of Gloria Steinem,” Ms., 9/5/2020
“Making the Poet’s Choice: ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire,’ A Stunning Film About Art and Love,” Ms., 3/27/20
[find more of Aviva’s Ms. online articles, including older articles, here]
“Between The Personal and The Political: The Lawyer, Her Boss and Their Investigator.” Curator, “The Good Wife,” In Media Res (online), October 10-14, 2011.
“‘Gay Girl in Damascus’: The Truly Despicable Part of the Whole Scandal,” The New Republic (online, 06/18/11).
“Geraldine Ferraro’s Legacy,” The New Republic (online, 03/30/11).
“Passing in the 21st Century,” The Root (online, 09/07/10).
Public Writing in Print
“BANNED: Women’s Studies” [cover story]. Ms. Magazine (Summer 2023): 26-29.
“Now Streaming: Summer 2023.” Ms. Magazine (Summer 2023): 50-51.
“A Right-On Woman” [remembrance of Barbara Love]. Ms. Magazine (Spring 2023): 48-49.
“Now Streaming: Spring 2023.” Ms. Magazine (Spring 2023): 50-51.
“Enough to Drive Your Crazy” [about the legacy of the film 9-to-5]. Ms. Magazine (Winter 2023): 40-43.
“Now Streaming: Winter 2023,” Ms. Magazine (Winter 2023): 56-57.
“A Year of Feminist TV.” Ms. Magazine (Winter 2022): 42-43.
“Justice Served” [analysis of new television shows The Equalizer and Kung Fu]. Ms. Magazine (Summer 2021): 42-43.
“Her Memory, a Revolution” [on Ruth Bader Ginsburg], Ms. Magazine (Spring 2021): 42-43.
“Beyond Firsts and Onlys,” Ms. Magazine (Winter 2021): 44-45.
“All Together Now?” [review of Claudia Rankine’s Just Us: An American Conversation], Ms. Magazine (Fall 2020): 49.
“By and About Women” [on Sundance Film Festival],” Ms. Magazine (Spring 2020): 40-41.
“True to Life” [analysis of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments], Ms. Magazine (Winter 2020): 40-41.
“Abortion Becomes Ordinary,” Ms. Magazine (Summer 2019): 34.
“southwestNET: Shizu Saldamando” (exhibit review), The Magazine, by Southwest Contemporary (September 2019): 60-61.
“A Return to Separate and Unequal,” Ms. Magazine (print, Fall 2018): 28-30.
“Seeing Red” [cover story on #RedforEd], Ms. Magazine (Summer 2018): 8-9.
“Peace Strength Wisdom Wonder” [cover story on Wonder Woman], Ms. Magazine (print, Fall 2017): 31-32.
“The Writing on the Wall” [introduction to The Handmaid’s Tale excerpt], Ms. Magazine (print, Summer 2017): 39.
“Under the Radar” [review of Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures], Ms. Magazine (Winter 2016): 41.
“Still Fighting For Equality: A new documentary explains why we need the Equal Rights Amendment now,” Ms. Magazine (Spring 2016): 34-35.
“What Does the Female Gaze Look Like: An interview with Jill Soloway,” Ms. Magazine (Spring 2015): 24-25.
“Pockets of Resistance: A new documentary tells the story of the New Jersey 4,” Ms. Magazine (Fall 2014): 48-49.
“Living History: Two recent documentaries by women filmmakers illuminate icons Angela Davis and Alice Walker,” Ms. Magazine (Summer 2013): 42-45.
“Feminism in a Mad World: Mad Men’s women remind us how far we’ve come, and how far we have to go” [cover story], Ms. Magazine (Summer 2010): 32-35.
“Stand By Your Man?: The Good Wife Defies Gender–and Genre—-Norms,” Ms. Magazine (Spring 2010): 47.