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Weekly Feminist Reader

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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 longer face forced sterilization in order to legally transition.

Jessica González-Rojas and Lynn Paltrow talk with Bill Moyers about the current state of reproductive rights.

Eleanor Roosevelt was “FDR’s most important, and most progressive, advisor.

A must-read by Rebecca Solnit on violence against women.

“The rule is that if you are a woman in America, you want nothing quite so much as you want to be ...

http://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 ...

Weekly Feminist Reader

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 Sotomayor seems awesome and has a sign saying,“Well-behaved women rarely make history” in her office.

British Comedian Michael J. Dolan takes himself to task for writing misogynistic jokes.

Could we have avoided the financial collapse if we’d listened to these female economic policy advisors? Perhaps.

Alyssa argues that the male-oriented shows on FX are offering often thoughtful explorations of modern manhood.

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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 ...

Weekly Feminist Reader

“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 than gay.

Polls show Americans dissatisfied with the labels “pro-life” and “pro-choice” and Planned Parenthood hopes to move beyond them.

Simone de Beauvoir’s birthday was this week.

Women and people of color were disproportionately discharged under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.

“You know, equality is a myth, and for some reason, everyone accepts the fact that women don’t make as much money as men do. I don’t understand that. ...

“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 ...

Weekly Feminist Reader

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 with the pro-choice movement as a black nationalist womanist.

Rep. Rosa fucking DeLauro is rocking it as always.

A mother of a six-year-old boy reflects on the awful video leaked in Steubenville rape case and the need to teach our boys not rape.

Over at the Crunk Feminist Collective, Eesha offer a theory of violence.

Beate Sirota Gordon, who at 22 almost single-handedly wrote women’s rights into the ...

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 ...

Weekly Feminist Reader

“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 Catholics for Choice examines Catholic teachings and beliefs on abortion, contraception, and sexuality.

In 1912, the “perfect woman” was “pear-shaped” and she says, “I ate what I wanted and when I wanted it.”

An Iowa court ruled it was perfectly legal for a dentist to fire his assistant because she was too attractive that he found her “irresistible.”

Anti-choice blogger, applauding the possible ...

“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 ...

Weekly Feminist Reader: Newtown Shooting Edition

Rest in peace.

The bravery of these teachers who risked–and lost–their lives protecting their students is astounding.

An open letter to the media from a woman who was traumatized by overzealous reporters when she was 14.

“The gun is our Moloch. We sacrifice children to him daily.”

Check out Mother Jones’ mass shooting guide.

Nicholas Kristof: “Why can’t we regulate guns as seriously as we do cars?”

Chauncey DeVega: “Once more the luxury of being white in the United States is the freedom to have your violent deeds be a reflection of a personal failing, as opposed to a cultural or racial one.”

I am Adam Lanza’s mother. And counterpoint: You are not Adam Lanza’s mother.

“The people who ...

Rest in peace.

The bravery of these teachers who risked–and lost–their lives protecting their students is astounding.

An open letter to the media from a woman who was traumatized by overzealous reporters when she was 14.

Weekly Feminist Reader

Check out this new tumblr devoted to putting male superheros in the same ridiculous poses as female superheros.

Five holiday gift ideas for the doula in your life from Miriam.

Katha Pollit notes that Ross Douthat is “so obsessed with women’s fertility it’s really too bad he can’t get pregnant himself and see firsthand what it’s all about.”

“Don’t do anything you would regret. Messing with Notre Dame football is a bad idea.”

Oh Camille Paglia. She thinks Taylor Swift and Katy Perry are ruining women. Meanwhile, Sady offers a more nuanced and coherent feminist take on Swift.

Ugh, I would be so pissed if I got pregnant with an IUD.

The ups and downs of being a feminist on ...

Weekly Feminist Reader

Yesterday was the 25th World AIDS Day. Above, Monique Moree talks about her experience being diagnosed with HIV in the Army. While there’s been much progress fighting the epidemic, funding remains critical. A quarter of new HIV cases are people under 24 and over half of them don’t know they’re infected. And yet we are still funding ineffective abstinence-only programs.

In the last episode of New Girl, the ladies freaked about how many eggs they have left. You shouldn’t worry.

Ann on why hating Chris Brown isn’t supporting Rihanna.

WTF? An Arizona school punished two male students who were fighting by forcing them to hold hands for 15 minutes in front of their classmates.

Aphra on the Catholic church’s campaign for the canonization ...

Yesterday was the 25th World AIDS Day. Above, Monique Moree talks about her experience being diagnosed with HIV in the Army. While there’s been much progress fighting the epidemic, funding remains critical. A quarter of new HIV ...

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