• Hillary Clinton is planning to officially launch her presidential campaign this Sunday in Iowa. [Guardian]
• The South Carolina state police were suspicious of the officer who shot Walter Scott even before a video of the shooting emerged this week. [LA Times]
• The Vatican reportedly rejects a French ambassador because he’s gay. What’s that everyone was saying about the Pope being more progressive these days? [Slate]
• Uh… a tech company is trying to raise $500,000 to create a Selena hologram. [Colorlines]
• As part of Stop Street Harassment Week, the people behind the art series Stop Telling Women to Smile are asking people around the world to poster their cities with anti-street harassment messages on April 17. [STWTS]
• Pretty-skirt-vending website ModCloth hired its first transgender model and named a dress after her. [The Mary Sue]
• And finally, a chemistry grad student who read our article this week about famous women in STEM sent me a link to these amazing patches she made to celebrate women in science. Love it! [Wicked Queer]
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Did you see the new Dove Campaign?
SarahJ replied on
The New Beautiful/Average Door Dove Campaign is out. On one hand it seems to show that women undervalue themselves, but on another it seems to just reinforce the stereotypes in society that we have to always think about how we look. Who cares if I feel that I'm average or beautiful? I'm more interested if a woman feels valued, intelligent, or respected than "beautiful" everyday!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/07/dove-beauty-choose-beautiful-ca...
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