On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

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• In honor of Menstrual Hygiene Day, here’s a whole bunch of pieces on the politics of periods. [The Establishment]

• Three absolutely amazing women stepped in when they saw a man roofie a woman at a bar. [ELLE]

• For her first story as part of the Fox TV show Crime Watch Daily, Elizabeth Smart covered sexual assault at her alma mater, Brigham Young University. [Jezebel]

• Jennifer Kent, the writer-director of The Babadook, is working on a new film about Australia's violent colonial history and another based on the book Alice + Freda Forever! Sounds so great. [The Guardian]

• Melissa McCarthy has some words for the dudes who hate Ghostbusters. [Fusion]

Here's what we published yesterday at Bitch!

• This week on our feminism and pop culture podcast Backtalk: Burning down the patriarchy in Game of Thrones.

• Keepers of the Game blends a traditional sports-film narrative with issues of identity, history, and assimilation.

• In this BitchTape: Slip on your sequins and straighten your bowties!