On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

on our radar

Here’s all the news we’re reading today: 

• Today is the deadline to file comments with the FCC about the importance of saving net neutrality. Sign our letter to the commissioners on why net neutrality is a feminist issue.

• Tressie McMillan Cottom talks with Colorlines about the work that informs her feminism, saying, “My feminism starts 300 years ago.” [Colorlines] 

Failing to investigate sexual assaults on college campuses is a pattern across the country, as an old case in Florida shows. [New York Times]  

• An Arizona Republican party official resigned his position after saying on a radio show that if he was in charge of Medicaid, he’d suggest women on welfare get sterilized. [Think Progress] 

• What professional sports have the most players arrested for domestic violence? The NFL and the NBA. [Vocativ] 

• The Hobby Lobby decision is still leading to multiple attacks on contraception access. [RH Reality Check] 

• In Breaking Bad, Skyler is never seen as a hero—her story is swallowed up by Walt’s. [IndieWire]

• This fun timeline reveals some underdiscussed history of women working as pioneers in tech. [Mic]

• Finally, Bitch is only independent because of you—today we’re kicking off a huge subscription sale.

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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