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Weekly Feminist Reader

By Maya | Published: January 27, 2013
Tweethttp://youtu.be/QDz-rSVj_e4 Happy birthday, Etta James. Good news: Domestic violence screenings will now be covered under Obamacare. How the concept of modesty hurts trans and intersex people. Morocco is planning to change the law that allows rapists to avoid charges if they marry their victims. NPR erases trans people from the history of Stonewall. Trans people in Sweden will no [...]
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Weekly Feminist Reader

By Maya | Published: January 20, 2013
Tweet Very cool portraits of workers at Femme Auto in Senegal from Anthony Kurtz. A new study of history professors shows that getting married helps men’s careers, while it hurts women’s. Ah yes, Fetuspalooza 2013 is almost upon us! Worldwide the wage gap between men and women without kids is 7% and jumps to 22% with kids. Justice [...]
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Weekly Feminist Reader

By Maya | Published: January 13, 2013
Tweet “What your skirt length says about you.” [Via] On the “invisibility of white masculinity” in an age of white male mass shootings. The National Women’s Soccer League divvied up players among the eight clubs that will make up the new league in the spring. A trans teacher in NYC was fired for being “worse [...]
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Weekly Feminist Reader

By Maya | Published: January 6, 2013
Tweet A young girl holds a sign that says “I am more important than football” at protest in Steubenville. Maternal mortality is a key indicator for measuring socio-cultural and economic gender inequalities. The first settlement agreement was reached under HUD’s new housing protections for LGBT people and their families. Akiba Solomon reflects on her relationship [...]
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Weekly Feminist Reader

By Maya | Published: December 23, 2012
Tweet “The social norm ‘men should earn more than their wives‘ seems to be alive and well.” Charlotte Allen doubles down on her argument that the Sandy Hook shooting happened because there weren’t enough men around. An interesting article about the history of gendered toy advertising–and how far we haven’t come. A new video from [...]
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