Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Madison, Wisconsin passed a resolution calling on Congress, the Wisconsin legislature, and Gov. Scott Walker to end bans on public insurance coverage of abortion.

“There are two Madisons: the one with a white, lefty reputation, and the one with vast racial disparities obscured by that reputation.”

Noam Chomsky on the roots of American racism.

Janani Balasubramanian on gender, health-care, and the need for radical reform: “Rare is the doctor who respects patients’ right to self-determine their own genders enough to fulfill the mandate to offer care, rather than serve as a gatekeeper.”

Casey Plett on cis authors’ penning of one-dimensional trans protagonists: “These novels are well positioned to yank at liberal heartstrings, promising both uplifting narratives and the safe nudging of comfort zones…. The Gender Novel doesn’t aim to tell stories about real, struggling people. It idealizes a very particular kind of struggle.”

Trans authors everyone should read.

Lori on “Empire” in the New York Times Magazine.

A Bechdel Test for music.

Uncomfortable Attempts At Heterosexuality In Art History.

“Deep in the Columbia River Gorge, a short drive from the Bridge of the Gods, the nation’s only government-run marijuana shop was running low on weed.”

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