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How Do You Find Feminist Children's Books?

Books post by Molly Westerman on April 15, 2013 - 12:18pm; tagged literature, Parenting.

A young girl has her nose stuck in a book

Sometimes it feels like the deck is stacked against finding feminist-friendly children’s literature. 

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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup

News post by Sarah Mirk on April 15, 2013 - 8:36am; tagged Avengers, Barbie, same-sex marriage, street harassment.

Here are my picks of the most interesting feminist news of the morning. Enjoy! And add links I missed to the comments. 

Barbie without makeup

• An artist removes Barbie's makeup! [Sociological Images]

• Guantanamo detainees are still on hunger strike. Here, one detainee writes an essay on how Guantanamo is killing him. [New York Times] 

• The tax law of marriage encourages dual-income couples to not get hitched, but incentivizes marriage for couples with only one income. Does that make any sense? [New York Times] 

• Meanwhile, Uruguay legalized same-sex marriage! [Autostraddle] 

• Speaking of which, marriage is great, but many LGBT people of color could really use some job security, too. [Colorlines] 

• With some Republicans' reversal on same-sex marriage, the GOP is losing some of its homophobic base. [Towleroad]

• Here are 18 illustrated responses to street harassment, including a bunch of great comics. [Buzzfeed]

• This weekend in heartthrob relations: Justin Beiber visits Anne Frank's house and wishes she could have been a Beleiber. [Racialicious] 

• First to Die: On race and horror in Evil Dead.  [Feminist Wire] 

• Rookie rounds up the best coming-of-age movies for teens. Oh, the nostalgia. [Rookie] 

• Ooooo! Absurdly sexist Avengers shirts! [Feministing]

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"Mad Men" Actresses Reluctant to Call Peggy and Joan Feminists

Model Media post by Yoonj Kim on April 14, 2013 - 5:43pm; tagged Christina Hendricks, Elisabeth Moss, Joan Holloway, Mad Men, Peggy Olson.

This season, Mad Men set in 1968, a time of powerful and exciting organizing in the U.S. feminist movement—while the fictional Madison Avenue advertising crew scribbles out new taglines for headphones, 1968 was the year feminists took to the streets to protest the Miss America pageant.  

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Awesome Anti-Street Harassment Ads on Philly's Subway

Social Commentary post by Sarah Mirk on April 12, 2013 - 12:33pm; tagged ihollaback, street harassment.

This is Anti-Street Harrassment Week, the perfect time to highlight this great subway campaign the group iHollaback launched in Philadelphia. 

Poster on subway asks what you'd like your daughter to hear on the subway. Nice ass?

Every city could use this! 

Until then, check out our list of ways straight dudes can prevent street harassment. 

Via

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Finally! In "Immortal Rules," One Girl of Color Survives Dystopia

Girls of Color in Dystopia post by Victoria Law on April 12, 2013 - 12:27pm; tagged Asian women, dystopian, Ethnicity, Race, romance, vampires, YA fiction.

The cover of The Immortal Rules

I’ve never read a single books published by romance giant Harlequin and so I carried Julie Kagawa’s The Immortal Rules to the library checkout counter with some trepidation. Would this be a romance novel with a veneer of vampire smeared on top?
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New Documentary "My Child" Shows Turkish Families Loving Their LGBT Kids

Movies post by Oktay Ege Kozak on April 12, 2013 - 12:22pm; tagged documentary, LGBT, queer, transgender, Turkey.

A big pro-gay march in Turkey

It’s a given that the Middle East has a long way to go as far as LGBT acceptance is concerned. Remember that sound byte of Ahmadinejad claiming that Iran doesn’t have any homosexuals? Turkey is supposed to be the most secular and liberal Muslim country in the Middle East, yet its religious, right wing government still considers homosexuality to be a disease.

The emotional new Turkish documentary My Child successfully defends the idea that acceptance in any society begins with acceptance at home.

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New PSAs Treat Pregnant Women's Bodies Like Public Property

Media post by Alissa Fleck on April 12, 2013 - 12:07pm; tagged abortion, pregnancy, reproductive rights, teen pregnancy.

We as a nation just can’t seem to trust women to make their own choices, especially when their reproductive organs are involved.

It’s not earth-shattering to point out a good deal of language tossed around by our nation’s lawmakers, major media presences and religious institutions, is detrimental to the agency of women.  The wave of laws restricting abortion rights in 49 states often portray the woman as nothing more than a vessel for a fetus from the point of conception  

But recently, rhetoric has taken the issue even further. Current public education campaigns imply that we have a civic duty to tell women when they should get pregnant and reinforce the idea that pregnant women’s bodies are public property.

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The Good Doctor: Four Arguments For Why "Doctor Who" Should Get a Female Doctor

TV post by Alley Pezanoski... on April 12, 2013 - 10:26am; tagged Doctor Who, Sci-Fi.

Doctor Who's Romana and a robot dog

Recently, rumors rippled across the Internet that actor Matt Smith, who plays the eleventh Doctor on the long-running BBC series Doctor Who, would be leaving the show. Nothing has been confirmed, but when stories like this pop up on blogs, there’s a flurry in the comments sections about what actor would be the best next Doctor in the beloved series. Rupert Grint, Benedict Cumberbatch, or Andrew Garfield? Meh. Idris Elba? Yes, please! Helen Mirren or Tilda Swinton? That would be incredible!

But while many Doctor Who fans agree that it’s about time for a woman Doctor, some do not. 

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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup

Bitch HQ post by Andi Zeisler on April 12, 2013 - 8:04am; tagged abortion, Beyonce, Raffi, Rehtaeh Parsons, Rick Ross.

Good morning, folks! Here's all the feminist and feminist-adjacent news on our radar this fine morning.

• Who says online activism doesn't get results? Reebok has dropped Rick Ross as a spokesperson in the wake of his rapey lyrical outing on the track "U.O.E.N.O." The company's statement reads, in part, "While we do not believe that Rick Ross condones sexual assault, we are very disappointed he has yet to display an understanding of the seriousness of this issue or an appropriate level of remorse." [TMZ] 

• With the capital murder trial of former abortion provider Kermit Gosnell now underway in Philadelphia, Women's Law Project looks at how Pennsylvania's longstanding attitudes toward legal abortion made it possible for Gosnell's crimes to go unreported for so long. [Women's Law Project]

• In a rare move for the fashion industry, the summer lookbook for U.K. high-street clothier Debenhams features models who are plus-size, older than 40, of different races, and, in one case, a Paralympian. Hopefully, this won't be a one-off move. [Refinery29]

• Now that the likes of Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj have embraced it, has the word "ratchet" become a compliment? Insert side-eye here. [The Cut]

• If all you know about children's singer Raffi is that he's responsible for that infernal "Baby Beluga" song, time to get reacquainted: In the wake of Canadian teen Rehtaeh Parsons's suicide, he's using Twitter to speak out against rape culture and bullying. [ThinkProgress]

• Pro-choice fans of Edensoy milk, better start looking for an alternative: Eden Foods founder and CEO Michael Potter is trying to impose his sex-is-for-babies beliefs on the company's employees, suing the Obama administration to protest its mandate to cover contraception for workers. [Salon]

• Connie Britton will play the love interest of Girls' Adam Driver in the ensemble film This Is Where I Leave You, a flip of the typical May-December romance setup that definitely counts as exciting and mold-busting Hollywood news. Also in the film: Tina Fey, Jason Bateman, and Jane Fonda. Stoke your anticipation with the book, which is awesome.

As ever, share your own fave reads from this week in the comments!

 

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How Do We Define Online Feminism? #FemFuture Ignites Debate.

Social Commentary post by Sarah Mirk on April 11, 2013 - 4:57pm; tagged #femfuture, feministing.

 

The future of online feminism graphic

How do you make money from online content? In the past two decades, this financial dilemma has plagued everything from newspapers to political-action organizations to social-media behemoths like Facebook. 

This week, feminist researchers released a report on the necessity of finding a way to sustainably fund online feminist work, from writing to organizing to resource sharing. The Barnard Center for Research on Women report “#FemFuture: Online Feminism” argues that the most vibrant feminist activist space right now is the Internet, with momentum and conversation possible in a powerful new way thanks to online tools—but that feminists who have devoted themselves to making change online are in danger of burning out if their work remains unfunded. 

 

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