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Weekly Feminist Reader: Newtown Shooting Edition

Tweet 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 [...]
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Weekly Feminist Reader

Tweet 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.” [...]
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Weekly Feminist Reader

Tweet 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 [...]
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Weekly Feminist Reader: Open Thread

TweetWhat have you been reading/writing/watching/learning this week? Tweet
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Weekly Feminist Reader

Tweet Not impressed. Renee on the Olivia Washington and the challenges of being a dark-skinned woman in Hollywood. What has Egypt’s transition meant for women? Lorraine Berry says The Walking Dead has become a white patriarchy. Find out how your favorite clothing brands rate when it comes to their labor practices. Watch the second video [...]
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