On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

on our radar

• Just in time for Mother’s Day, John Oliver rips into America’s disgraceful lack of maternity leave. [Salon] 

• New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued emergency orders over the weekend to protect nail salon employees from rampant wage theft and health hazards. [New York Times] 

• Hasta la vista, privacy: The NSA named one of its data-collection programs SkyNet—the same name as the antagonistic, self-aware computer system in the Terminator films. [The Mary Sue]

• Here’s a look at performer Grace Helbig and the culture of women using blogs and YouTube to mentor teen girls with honesty and humor. [The Atlantic] 

• I love this story: Residents of a Texas trailer park banded together to sue their multimillionaire landlord for raising their rent. [Guardian] 

• A collection of songs to cry about on public transit. [The Nib]

• Prince performed a concert in Baltimore on Sunday and wrote a new song for the city. [NPR] 

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Sarah Mirk is the former host of Bitch Media’s podcast Popaganda. She’s interested in gender, history, comics, and talking to strangers. You can follow her on Twitter

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