Weekly Feminist Reader

Are mothers’ movements finally gaining traction?
Yet more speculation on why models have gotten so skinny.
A U.S. soldier is sentenced to 100 years in prison for raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl.
Mississippi takes another step toward passing an abortion ban.
How male and female brokers perform differently.
In an effort to reverse their “socially awkward� image, an Indiana sorority kicks out several of its members who are minorities or deemed to be overweight.
Suburban housewives are into sexercising.
The frontrunners for the Republican presidential nomination can’t figure out how they feel about abortion rights. But that might not even matter in the end.
In the wake of the APA’s findings on the sexualization of young girls, the Guardian ponders the actual effects of toys like Bratz dolls.
An Alabama man received probation for driving his car into an abortion clinic.
When a woman chooses to go bald, is she gaining or losing control? Plus, Rebecca Traister’s plea to stop the Britney-bashing.
Facing a backlash against legislation in multiple states, Merck announces it will no longer lobby for mandatory HPV vaccination.
Colorado considers a bill to require comprehensive sex-ed.
The issue of work/life balance has simply dropped off the national agenda. It’s time to bring it back and give it a name: the care crisis.
I’ve never wanted to be a mother, but I’ve always wanted to be a crazy aunt.
What we say about Hillary Clinton says a lot about American society.
Sexual assaults have sharply declined. (Thanks, feminism!)

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