Good morning! There’s no better way to start Monday than reading all the feminist news from the weekend.
• The Iron Lady has died! Margaret Thatcher remade Britain during her time as prime minister, championing an austerity budget, free market politics, and war. She’s remembered as a tough leader, but one who oversaw an increase in poverty. [New York Times, Guardian]
• The tricky politics of achieving freedom with nudity: Feminist Wire has an op-ed on “how Femen went wrong.” [Feminist Wire]
• How should we deal with politicians who have done a 180 on sames-sex marriage? Forgive and move on? [The Atlantic]
• What’s it like to be gay at perhaps the country’s most conservative college? [Autostraddle]
• Singer India.Arie was accused of lightening her skin for her new album—which she and others say is absurd. [Colorlines]
• The new lesbian dad: Queer parents continue to reinvent what parenting means. [Advocate]
• More commentary on the world of impractically dressed female superheros: “Fully dressed superheroines.” [Badass Digest]
• Two sisters from Oregon’s Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla reservation are making a big splash in the women’s NCAA Final Four. [New York Times]
What did I miss? Add what you’re reading to the comments.
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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