Goodmorning Bitch readers! Here's some feminist news to kick start your day.
Today’s the last day to tune into the Homonationalism Conference happening right now at theThe Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York! What’s homonationalism you say? Watch the live stream video to find out! [The Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies at CUNY]
So the DSM recognizes both gender identity disorder and schizophrenia as mental illnesses, but if you have both at the same time, your access to hormones might be compromised. [Autostraddle]
Frances Perkins was born 133 years ago today. We're big fans of Perkins here at Bitch HQ. Here's what the back of our Frances Perkins coffee mugs have to say about the incredible woman: "The first woman appointed to a presidential cabinet, Frances Perkins served as the United States Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945. She was instrumental in bringing the labor movement into the New Deal coalition, and was also a force behind passing the Fair Labor Act, which established laws governing minimum wage, overtime, and a 40-hour workweek."
We thought we'd offer a few suggestions for how to honor the mother of the American labor movement's birthday.
In light of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that occured this past December, there's been a lot of talk about arming school officials with weapons. Here's why having guns in school in a bad idea for children. [Slate]
When President Obama called California Attorney General Kamala Harris the "best looking attorney general by far," many were upset over the comment and its reduction of Harris to her physical appearance. These are just three reasons to pay attention to Harris for her politics and not her looks. [Colorlines]
Here's what we've been reading on this lovely Wednesday morning.
With only 38 days left to go and a little more than $20,000 left to raise, this Kickstarter campaign to fund a feature-length documentary called Gaming in Color about queer and LGBTQ presence in gaming needs your support! [Kickstarter]
I don't know about you, but I definitely rewatch Clueless at least once per year. Here's a celebration of the Amy Heckerling film and all things way existential. [Bitch Flicks]
• Should elementary and middle schools be training students to attack and subdue school shooters? According to Mother Jones, some already are. But as one skeptic notes, "You can't get a group of middle-school kids to simultaneously agree on chicken nuggets or pizza in the cafeteria for lunch, much less make a split-second decision to start throwing items at an armed intruder." [Mother Jones]
So Siddhartha wants liberation, Dante wants Beatrice, and Frodo wants to get to Mount Doom, but what adventures are in store for women? On the serious lack of female road narratives (and why it matters). [The American Reader]
• Survivors of military sexual assault testified this week in a Senate hearing to advocate for outside review of cases. Among the strongest voices for a chance in policy was that of New York senator Kristen Gillibrand, who told lawyers for the Defense Department, "I appreciate the work you're doing, but it's not enough." [L.A. Times, N.Y. Daily News]
• The Steubenville rape trial continues, with key evidence in the form of damning text messages and, today, testimony from eyewitnesses who took photographs and later erased them. [Huffington Post]
• Meet the new pope, same as the old pope—especially when it comes to LGBT rights. Salon has a roundup of Pope Francis's greatest hits on the subject, and by "hits" we mean "terrible, awful, heartwrenchingly bigoted statements SHUT UP MAN UGGHHH STOP TALKING." [Salon]
• Martha Stewart doesn't care who likes her—or more to the point, who doesn't. As Ann Friedman argues, that makes her a compelling, if problematic, example to women in business. [The Cut]
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