On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

Here’s what we’re reading today: 

• It has been two months since Mike Brown was shot by a police officer in Ferguson. This weekend, numerous organizations are pitching in for a national time of action on police reform and racial justice. [Organization for Black Struggle] 

• Speaking of which, polls from 2011 showed that while both blacks and whites believe anti-black racism has diminished through the decades, whites tend to think it has been all but eliminated. [Washington Post] 

• The National Association of Social Workers is pushing to get strip club employees basic workplace protections in Oregon. [Daily Beast] 

• Classic film Ghostbusters is getting a reboot—and this time it might even have female ghostbusters in it! [The Mary Sue] 

• Reproductive rights advocates in Texas are still fighting against the bill that’s shut down many of the state’s abortion providers. [The Hairpin]

• Here’s a look at how Family Guy’s Meg Giffin compares to the empowered Bob’s Burger star Tina Belcher. [BitchFlicks] 

• For a bit of history, writer Leigha Ariana looks humorous back at Canada’s 1969 Royal Commission on the Status of Women. [The Toast] 

• These weekend, thousands of nerdy ladies will be taking over the streets of Seattle. It’s time for Geek Girl Con! [Geek Girl Con]

Share what you’re reading in the comments.