
Here’s all the news we’re reading today:
• Underneath some of the media frenzy around Ebola is subtle and not-so-subtle anti-African discrimination. [Colorlines]
• The Supreme Court ruled on Saturday that Texas can enforce its new voter ID law, despite a lower-court ruling that the law intentionally discriminates against minority voters. [RH Reality Check]
• Thousands of young women in Afghanistan have been imprisoned for so-called “moral crimes”—like refusing a forced marriage. [New York Times]
• New film Dear White People opened in a handful of theaters last weekend and was very popular, selling out many shows. [Indiewire]
• From a different angle, new PBS documentary series The Whiteness Project asks white people to think more critically about race. [Slate]
• Serena Williams called out the head of Russian professional tennis for making sexist remarks about her and her sister. [Salon]
• It seems impossible to get personal photos off the internet after they’ve been spitefully uploaded, but Google is removing links to sites that host Jennifer Lawrence’s leaked photos. [Guardian]
• Maria Popova looks back on one of Ursula K. Le Guin’s best essays on how we think about gender. [Brain Pickings]
What did I miss? Add what you’re reading to the comments.






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Sleater-Kinney Reunites!
CHRISCCERAMI replied on
I think this may have been posted just a little too early to catch this monumental news, but the beloved Sleater-Kinney has announced they are reuniting. They've release a new single, announced a new album for January, and a tour in 2015.
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