On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

Here’s what we’re reading today:

• It’s not elves who make stockings, of course. Read this dispatch from Chinese factories where American Christmas goods are made. [The Atlantic] 

• In defense of Kwanzaa: “Right now we need human heaiing, not more presents.” [Guardian] 

• Comic books are a great way to promote children’s literacy. And they’re fun to read, too. [Global Post]

• Writer Mackenzie Mays reflects on how her grandma learned about sex and birth control. [The Toast] 

• A moving look at the life of 19-year-old woman with Autism who is looking for stable footing. [Longreads] 

• As douchebag-run private taxi service Uber expands, cities are caving in to its requests for special permitting. [NPR] 

• Here’s a look at the violence in Sons of Anarchy, the biker gang show that just aired its last episode. [Bitch Flicks]