Weekly Feminist Reader

Sex education in Mississippi is abysmal.

In Texas, the return of the back-alley abortion.

The three men convicted in the gang rape of the Mumbai photojournalist have been sentenced to death.

Where are the stories about female war veterans?

Young black musicians changing the face of classical music.

Where are the stories about female war veterans?

Black culture and the culture of poverty are not the same thing.

This week, groups in 24 countries stood up to street harassment for International Street Harassment Week.

There are more and more military families struggling to put food on the table. Who’s there to help?

Seven generations of aboriginal people went through the residential school system… and it will take another seven to repair the damage.

The Massachusetts State Legislature has finally realized it’s time we stop shackling pregnant women in prison.

The fight for gay marriage shifts to the Ohio heartland.

Portraits of reconciliation in Rwanda.

New research on gender and comedy shows that “by nearly every scientific measure, men and women are far more alike than different in how they perceive, enjoy, and create humor.”

#WhitePeopleEquivalents

Five lessons about sex from Beyonce.

“It’s true, I am part-android.” – Janelle Monae.

Five things to know about women and the minimum wage crisis.

“The processes of unexperiencing trauma and unfeeling shame are not linear, are not quick, and may not be absolute.”

On black motherhood: “We are the one’s we’ve been taught not to wait for”.

Watch this badass panel discuss the state of reproductive rights.

When you’re not in the mood to have sex with your partner.

The faces of LGBT microaggressions.

What have you been reading/writing/watching/listening to this week?

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