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By Maya Dusenbery • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

By Maya and Katie

Innocent man charged with murder is exonerated and released from jail… 10 years later. (NB: death penalty defenders.)

Washington DC Council raises minimum wage!

Today is the 62nd anniversary of the We Charge Genocide: The Crime of Government Against the Negro People petition to the UN.

The rise of the lady adjuncts.

A belated felicidades to Michelle Bachelet on her victory in Chile’s presidential elections. For the second time, the woman who, along with her family, was tortured under Pinochet, will lead her country as president.

By Maya and Katie

Innocent man charged with murder is exonerated and released from jail… 10 years later. (NB: death penalty defenders.)

Washington DC Council raises minimum wage!

Today is the 62nd anniversary of the We Charge ...

By Katie Halper • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

#FeminismIsForMothersToo

Mitch McConnell’s equal pay lies.

State Senator blames mental health cuts for his son’s suicide and vows to fight for change.

Washington DC’s NFL Team ‘Honored’ Navajo Code Talkers on Monday

What Chelsea Manning is grateful for.

Zerlina is on the teevee talking about Michelle Obama.

Dude paints his hand to look like a woman’s. Proceeds to take selfies as if he’s with an actual girlfriend.

The Changing American Family.

Christian school to bullied African-American girl: Straighten your natural hair or get out.

The Next State-Level Fights Over Abortion Are Already Brewing

#FeminismIsForMothersToo

Mitch McConnell’s equal pay lies.

State Senator blames mental health cuts for his son’s suicide and vows to fight for change.

Washington DC’s NFL Team ‘Honored’ Navajo Code Talkers on Monday

What ...

By Courtney Baxter • 10 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

Celebrating Labor Day: weekends, holidays, raises, healthcare.

Happy taxes, queer folks! The IRS recognizes same-sex marriages.

Ann on dating, or not dating, coworkers.

A pursuit to dissect waxing culture.

Implications of doctors getting paid more for C-Sections.

Something is happening in Chicago.

Chelsea Manning and the politics of pronouns.

“Looking through a kaleidoscope of a local lens“.

On Obama and Syria: “The way out of war is always peace.”

Victory for homeless vets in L.A.

Fast food workers continue to strike.

“Drive-in sex” in Zurich.

What do twerking and Hurricane Katrina have to do with each other?

Interracial Romeo and Juliet.

Vintage sex-ed, brought to you by… Disney?

First rapist in Delhi gang-rape gets convicted to 3 years in ...

Celebrating Labor Day: weekends, holidays, raises, healthcare.

Happy taxes, queer folks! The IRS recognizes same-sex marriages.

Ann on dating, or not dating, coworkers.

A pursuit to dissect waxing culture.

Implications of doctors getting paid more for ...

By Jos Truitt • 10 years ago

We have a long way to go for transgender liberation

We’ve seen important action on trans rights and challenging bigotry against trans folks in recent years. But the past week or so has been a sobering reminder for me of how much work still needs to be done to get the broader population to treat trans women like people.

I’ve spent years now trying to get the media to cover stories of trans folks with respect, to at least get names and pronouns right, and I am by no means alone in this work. So the media reaction to Chelsea Manning’s very straightforward announcement of her name and pronouns was heartbreaking. After so many years of this being explained to mainstream media, when the big media organizations already ...

We’ve seen important action on trans rights and challenging bigotry against trans folks in recent years. But the past week or so has been a sobering reminder for me of how much work still needs ...

By Lori Adelman • 10 years ago

Guess which news channel played ‘Dude (Looks Like a Lady)’ in their Chelsea Manning segment, and other fun Wednesday games

Sigh. Here’s an infuriatingly thorough compilation of all the worst cable news reactions to the story of Chelsea Manning’s transition, including a mocking, sneering segment on Fox News using Aerosmith’s “Dude (Looks Like A Lady)” as a soundtrack for hate.

We’ve said it before but this apparently needs repeating: hateful, ignorant and childish coverage of Chelsea Manning’s transition, including misgendering and mocking her, is completely shameful and unacceptable. It’s also just plain lazy. As Jos was quoted as saying in a recent BBC blog post, “Just get it right, people. It’s honestly not that hard.“

By Alexandra Brodsky • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Jos on HuffPost Live talking about Skyler White and “complex female roles.”

Legally married gay couples aren’t eligible for veterans benefits, says the VA. What. The. Fuck.

Solidarity is for Miley.

Campus activists! Apply for a SAFER policy training.

Stopping the drug war isn’t enough to end mass incarceration.

The queer afterlife of Whitney Houston.

Katie at Salon: Fox News celebrated National Dog Day rather than Women’s Equality Day.

I guess I missed the “abortion orgies” when I was a Girl Scout.

On Chelsea Manning and the prices of disclosure.

Zerlina talks with Mother Jones about online harassment.

Le1F speaks out against “Same Love.”

Jos on HuffPost Live talking about Skyler White and “complex female roles.”

Legally married gay couples aren’t eligible for veterans benefits, says the VA. What. The. Fuck.

Solidarity is for Miley.

Campus activists! Apply ...

By Maya Dusenbery • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Comic Matt Bors takes on the mental condition related to Chelsea Manning’s transition. The good news is there’s treatment! (See above.) And if you are offended by the term douche-bag, read this.

Happy Go Topless Day!

An educational video game asks players to navigate all the barriers to abortion access in Texas.

How Victorian architecture aimed to segregate and isolate certain emotional displays of women.

Autostraddle has a behind-the-scenes look at the early days at Bustle. Apparently, Bryan Goldberg decided to make a site for women because he’d signed a non-compete clause making the young male demographic off-limits, and he didn’t want too many “smart” writers.

Fornicating While Latina.

Like Jos, Anna Gunn has ...

Comic Matt Bors takes on the mental condition related to Chelsea Manning’s transition. The good news is there’s treatment! (See above.) And if you are offended by the term douche-bag, read this.

Happy Go ...

By Katie Halper • 10 years ago

Quick Hit: DemocracyNow! on Chelsea Manning

If you don’t know DemocracyNow!, you should (and now you know). The radio and TV show, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan González, consistently provides excellent news coverage of the most important, and often least reported stories, AND brings you the voices of great guests, AND provides transcripts of their shows, AND provides Spanish language translation of their shows.

On Friday, the show had a segment entitled ” ‘Empowering, So Brave': Trans Activists Praise Chelsea Manning, Raise Fears over Prison Conditions.” Goodman talks to Lauren McNamara, a transgender activist and Manning online confidant as well as Chase Strangio, a staff lawyer at the ACLU and former Sylvia Rivera Law Project attorney. You can watch the entire ...