On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

on our radar

Here’s all the feminist news on our radar today: 

Tennessee made its first arrest under a new law that makes it a crime to use drugs during pregnancy, because mothers could be “potentially harming a fetus.” [Think Progress] 

• The US Department of Education granted a religious exemption to Title IX to a Christian college in Oregon so that the school would be free to deny on-campus housing to a transgender student. [PQ Monthly] 

• Eleanor Bader looks at what’s included in Hillary Clinton’s memoir, Hard Choices, and what’s missing. [RH Reality Check]

• The Church of England has decided it will finally let women become bishops. [Guardian] 

• The story of Jada, a 16-year-old high schooler who classmates filmed being raped at a party, is shocking and terrible. As Michelle Denise Jackson writes, “We have come to understand these stories as one of the darkest threads of our country’s cultural tapestry.” [For Harriet] 

• From Donald Sterling to “Columbusing,” here are seven great comedy new routines about race. [Salon] 

• Annnnnd to help you get through Monday, here is a brief discussion of common sex myths. [Vox] 

What did I miss? Add what you’re reading to the comments. 

by Sarah Mirk
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Sarah Mirk is the former host of Bitch Media’s podcast Popaganda. She’s interested in gender, history, comics, and talking to strangers. You can follow her on Twitter

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