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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Welcome to the week! Here’s all the feminist news on our radar this morning.
• So long, boys versus girls! Germany will allow parents to leave gender blank on birth... Read more »
Immigration is a Feminist Issue—We Need to Treat it That Way
“What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?”
– Audre Lorde
As I write this, two undocumented activists have spent 104 out of the last 108 hours in total isolation. Twenty-four-year-old ... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Monday! Here’s all the feminist news on my radar.
• Writer Olivia Messer details the widespread, daily sexism that’s part of the culture of the Texas capitol... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Here’s the news on our radar today!
• Republican members of the House met on Wednesday to discuss immigration–and they came down strongly against the Senate-... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Here’s all the feminist news on my radar today!
• Today is a big day in Texas, where Governor Rick Perry called a second special session of the legislature, just to take another vote on a bill (now called... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Here’s all the news on our radar today.
• First of all, tell Governor Rick Perry that he’s full of bad ideas.
• With the Supreme Court ruling that DOMA is unconstitutional, binational same-sex couples will no longer be... Read more »
DOMA's Dead! Now What?
Ding-dong, DOMA is dead! Let there be much rejoicing.
As we break out the champagne and cupcakes, though, it’s important to recognize how overturning the federal “one man-one woman” definition of marriage is not the end point for making America a more equal union.
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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
It’s almost Friday! Here’s all the feminist news on my radar today.
• A record number of American women—40 percent—are their family’s sole or primary breadwinners, according to a... Read more »
Send in the Clones: Two YA Novels' Treatment of Race, Gender, and Cloning
People of color are often seen as the exceptions in predominantly white societies’ mass media, like US literature. Let’s look at race and gender in two dystopic young adult scenarios in which the exceptional group is not people of color, but clones they’ve created.
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YA Book "What's Left of Me" is a Dystopian Take on Nationalist Fervor
“If you see something, say something” has been the slogan for buses, trains, and airports since 9/11. It’s been used to justify increased surveillance and targeting of Muslims and people from the Middle East. After the Boston bombing, we’ve seen it used to ... Read more »
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