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On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

October 13, 2014 at 9:42am

Here’s what we’re reading today: • Times are a-changing for Columbus Day—John Oliver wonders “how is this still... Read more »

Nerds Unite at Seattle's Geek Girl Con: Photos.

by Sarah Mirk

October 13, 2014 at 12:09am

Geek Girl Con took over downtown Seattle’s convention center this weekend for its fourth annual celebration of the creativity and cultural contributions of nerdy women everywhere. Read more »

BitchTapes: Norwegian Lady Pop

by Sarah Mirk

October 10, 2014 at 11:05am

For this week's feminist mixtape, we're all about Norwegian lady jams. DJ Ingebling from the Norwegian DJ collective Too Many Girls put... Read more »

On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

by Ariana Vives

October 10, 2014 at 9:53am

Here’s what we’re reading today: • Protestors have been lining the streets of St. Louis since Wednesday after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Vonderrick Myers Jr... Read more »

My Freedom Ride Started in Ferguson. I Didn't Expect Where it Would End.

by cameron whitten

October 9, 2014 at 4:42pm

A protest in solidarity with Ferguson activists in August. Photo by Light Brigading via Creative Commons. Growing up as a black kid in a near-completely white Virginia suburb, I was... Read more »

On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

by Sarah Mirk

October 9, 2014 at 10:05am

Here’s what we’re reading today: • It has been two months since Mike Brown was shot by a police officer in Ferguson. This weekend, numerous organizations are pitching in for a ... Read more »

Laverne Cox and bell hooks Had a Discussion About Gender and Pop Culture

by Sarah Mirk

October 8, 2014 at 12:12pm

bell hooks is a scholar-in-residence at the New School in New York City this month and this week talked with none other than Laverne Cox in front of a packed crowd. The conversation is a rare and honest... Read more »