Weekly Feminist Reader

Lavender Menace, May 1970, via Fuck Yeah Femmes
Eight states exclude people in dating relationships from getting restraining orders against their abusive partners.
New York Times immigration .fail
Exposing Republicans’ misleading poll about welfare.
So awful: Chanel Larkin, a 26-year old trans women activist was murdered in Milwaukee.
Andrea Plaid on ‘ye olde black male penis myth.”
The women trying to remake Wall Street.
A smart post on red families and blue families.
Women are rebuilding the Gulf Coast — and fending off the latest oil-spill threat.
“Telephone” by Lady Gaga and Beyoncé passed the 2 million mark in paid downloads this week. It’s the first all-female collaboration to reach this sales plateau in the digital era.
An open letter to eighth-grade boys from their female classmate.
What have you been reading/writing this week?