On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

Here’s what we’re reading today: 

• The Columbia Journalism School reviewed what went wrong in Rolling Stone’s reporting of the controversial story “A Rape on Campus.” Rolling Stone responded to the report by describing the alleged victim as “a really expert fabulist storyteller”—but the magazine made many mistakes in its editorial process along the way. [Buzzfeed, NPR] 

• Meanwhile, 78 percent of college presidents still think sexual assault is rare on their campus. [Sociological Images] 

• Did you see Michelle Obama’s speech at Black Girls Rock over the weekend? It’s great. [Huffington Post] 

• Last week, Indiana resident Purvi Patel became the first women sentenced to prison in America for having a miscarriage. Here’s a petition calling the sentence unjust. [RH Reality Check] 

• While people unaffiliated with any religion are on the rise in the United States, the world overall is becoming more religious. [Pew] 

• If you try to analyze the NSA’s surveillance from a logical perspective, the whole massive data-collection program just doesn’t make sense. [The Week] 

• In closing, here are two great Kickstarter projects funding queer-friendly comics: Fresh Romance is a romance comics anthology centered on diversity and Beyond is a queer sci-fi/fantasy anthology. Check ‘em out!

Did we miss anything? Share what you’re reading!