Weekly Feminist Reader

Happy Mother’s Day!
Today is also the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill.
What deportation does to families.
The funny women of SNL.
Important facts on Arizona’s “problem” with illegal immigration.
On teenage girls identifying as feminist.
Two thoughtful blog posts on natural childbirth.
Catholic bishops are upset with a group of nuns who were openly pro-health reform.
Amnesty International calls for an office of maternal health.
Calling out racism in the debate over outsourcing.
The nation’s fastest-growing union is now headed by a woman.
Obama signs a bill to improve health care for female veterans.
Several feminists discuss “femivores.”
Esquire profiles Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz, one of the few women to lead a Fortune 500 company.
Nearly half of all women obtaining an abortion have been in a relationship for a year or longer with the man who impregnated them.
What have you been reading/writing this week?