Here’s all the news we’re reading today:
• The NFL suspended Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice for only two games after his recent domestic violence incident. Now a leaked video shows that he punched his then-fiance, knocking her out. The NFL has suspended him indefinitely. [Mic]
• Speaking of problems in professional sports, a racist email from the Atlanta Hawks co-owner shows how racism in professional sports not limited to one person or another, but is a systemic issue. [Colorlines]
• Film critics A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis explore how representations of women and girls are improving in modern movies—but there’s still a long way to go to regularly see female characters as rich and complicated as male ones in Hollywood. [NY Times]
• Get your Netflix queue ready: here are 10 radical films about young women’s lives. [Flavorwire]
• American history books are still full of half-truths and glossed-over realities in their discussions of slavery. A new book on slavery and capitalism tries to set the record straight. [Salon]
• Can LGBT tourist dollars help make the whole world more queer-friendly? [The Atantic]
• Obama named badass lesbian tech pioneer Megan Smith as his new chief technology officer. [Autostraddle]
• My dream wedding officiant: Ruth Bader Ginsburg. [New Civil Rights Movement]
• If you’re feeling bad about the day, just look at these absolutely joyful photos of Serena Williams winning the US Open. [Guardian]
What did I miss? Add what you’re reading to the comments.
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The one about LGBT tourist dollars...
Anonymous replied on
Is from the Advocate, not the Atlantic.
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