Weekly Feminist Reader

Hillary Sexism Watch: More name-calling.
Three women in Canada file a complaint against their imam for treating them differently than men and using abusive language toward them.
Ema has a nice rundown of the history of Kansas patient-chart stealer Phill Kline.
On the gross new “reality” TV show, Battle of the Bods.
Margaret Cho calls out the racist, sexist assumption that women of color will have to “choose” their race or gender while voting. “Why are white men allowed to look at the issues and judge for themselves and the rest of us are expected to take sides grade school style?” (DnA has a counterpoint.)
Our Bodies Our Blog asks, “do women really want on-demand C-sections?
[Note: I had a bunch of other links in here with nice snarky comments, but MovableType decided to randomly delete the rest of my post. So I’m just going to put the headlines and links below the fold. My comments will return next week…]


Exec accused of womanizing
Islamic feminism in Morocco
Taking on Class and Race – The Candidates on Poverty
Know Your Limit . . . For Rape?
Tucker Carlson: Hillary Is Too Rich & White To Have Experienced Discrimination
Finding A Moral Center | on Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Issues — not gender or race — on minds of voters
Birth control pill lowers ovarian cancer risk: study
Men, Women and IQ
Prank callers disrupt SEC coaches’ teleconference
In the Fatosphere, Big Is In, or at Least Accepted
Chicagoist: Has No One At The Trib Seen Free To Be You And Me?
How would Chris Matthews sound if he talked to men like he talks to women?
Susan Wicklund, “This Common Secret,” abortion doctor, abortion rights
Women-only buses | Video
Financial strain a factor in abortions
NPR : ‘Human Life’ Amendments Latest Challenge to Roe
Baltimore Finds Subprime Crisis Snags Women
Kentucky bill would require pre-abortion ultrasound
Program tracks girls’ lives in poor countries
Estranged husband is freed, kills wife
Sweden mulls ban on sexist ads
Gender wage gap in Wyoming widens
The Gay Utopia: A Symposium on Sex and the Future
Rapist Who Preyed on Men Gets 99 Years
Is Bud Selig Going to Have to Choke a Wife?
Fed up with sexism? Random acts of feminism are the answer
Sick of impossible princesses, real girls fight back
What else did you read this week? Leave your links in comments.

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