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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup

Bitch HQ post by Andi Zeisler on April 19, 2013 - 8:13am; tagged Boston, Brittney Griner, Gabrielle Giffords, Hollywood, nipples, RAINN.

What a freaking week, huh?

• Boston is on lockdown. Stay safe, everyone. [NPR]

• Gabby Giffords served up a big heaping plate of fuck all y'all with this editorial in The New York Times about the failure of the Senate to serve the American people by passing "common-sense legislation" requiring expanded background checks for gun buyers. [New York Times]

• A new Tumblr called Boys Clubs highlights the organizations, panels, boards, presidencies, and other institutions where women don't exist for a bracing visual on what insitututional bias—whether conscious or not—looks like. [Boys Clubs]

• Top WNBA draft pick Brittney Griner has been in the news a ton lately, but not because she's gay. Autostraddle discusses her graceful, casual acknowledgment of her identity, and, well, we love this girl: "Don't worry about what other people are going to say, because they're always going to say something."  [Autostraddle]

• Vulture investigates a classic Hollywood gender dynamic with a series of snappy charts showing that as film's most bankable male stars age, the female costars with whom they're paired, well, don't. (Or as one famous lothario put it, "I get older—they stay the same age.") [Vulture]

• Speaking of movies, IndieWire's Women and Hollywood blog has a list of all the female-centric movies opening this summer. Get excited! [Women and Hollywood]

• Former Bitch blogger Michelle Dean looks at the long history of pervasive sexism levied at memoirs written by women. [The Cut]

• If you're a fan of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, you'll want to know about her partnership with the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network. If you donate to RAINN this month (Sexual Assault and Prevention Awareness month), her publisher, MacMillan, will match your contribtution. [RAINN]

• Are we running out of female body parts around which to create consumer anxiety already? The apparent craze in the U.K. for nipple-darkening tattoos, or "tittoos," suggests yes. Greeeaaaat. [The Telegraph]

Have a great weekend, and join us in hoping for a blissfully uneventful coming week. Oh, and if we missed anything, let us know in the comments.

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Dystopian Book "Shadows Cast By Stars" Revolves Around Aboriginal Race and Identity

Girls of Color in Dystopia post by Victoria Law on April 18, 2013 - 3:19pm; tagged dystopian, gender roles, Idle No More, indigenous people, Race, YA fiction.

Shadows cast by Stars cover

When I started this column on race in dystopian YA literature, a reader recommended I check out Shadows Cast by Stars, Métis author Catherine Knutsson's dystopic tale set on Canada's western coast 200 years from now.

In the book, a plague has ravaged the world. The only cure is antibodies found in the blood of aboriginal people (or "Others" as they are known by non-aboriginals).

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In Praise of Jurassic Park's Dr. Ellie Sattler

Movies post by Sarah Mirk on April 18, 2013 - 12:32pm; tagged female characters, jurassic park, Women in Science.

Dr. Sattler

So I saw Jurassic Park 3-D last night. I know. It was $17. That’s ridiculous. But if there’s one movie from my childhood worth revisiting on the big, three-dimensional screen, it’s Jurassic Park. This was actually the very first movie I remember seeing on the big screen when I was a kid and I clearly remembered all the famous dino scenes—the dilophosaurus melting Newman’s face, the T-Rex eating the lawyer, the “clever girl.” But I had forgotten one major element of the film: Dr. Ellie Sattler is the best! 

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RuPaul's Drag Race Comic Recap: The Six Best Moments from Episode Eleven

TV post by Carolyn Main on April 18, 2013 - 11:14am; tagged comics, recaps, RuPaul's Drag Race.

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When the going gets tough, the tough get over it.

The fierce four remaining queens fought tooth and nail to pin down the elusive crown on this week's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race. Everybody's working past their last nerve to make it to the finish line. Candy clothes and punchy puppets took center stage in this delicoius and brutal episode of RuPaul's Drag Race. Here's my illustrated recap!

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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup

Bitch HQ post by Hannah Siobhan ... on April 18, 2013 - 7:55am; tagged 10 best-paying cities, birth control, Boston explosion, Dove ad, misgendering, trans politics.

Goodmorning everyone! Here's a sample of the news we've been reading at the Bitch HQ.

  • Were you told in school that if you took birth control, your mother probably hates you? Well the high schoolers at George Washington High were, and this one rad student spoke out. [Think Progress]
  • The new Dove ad: some love it, some hate it. It's certainly not without its problems, and this feminist blogger explains why. [Jazzy Little Drops]
  • If you're thinking of moving to another city or want to appreciate the one you are already in, here’s a list of the top 10 best-paying cities (in the US) for women. [USA Today]
  • To add insult to injury, this one trans woman in Georgia that was incarcerated for allegedly exposing her breasts in public was placed and harassed in the men’s ward. Unfortunately this story happens all the time, but it’s still one worth reading.  [Advocate]
  • If you're in New Jersey today and tomorrow, you’re in luck! Why? Because there’s a conference happening at Rutgers University on Trans Politics and Strategies for Social Change. [Institute for Research on Women] 

Have strong feelings about an article posted? Share them in the comments!

 

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My Christian College "Professor of the Year" Just Compared Being Queer to Being Racist

Team Queer post by jos charles on April 17, 2013 - 3:34pm; tagged academia, Christianity, Race, religion.

Speaker Dr. Erik Thoennes

 

Being queer at a private Christian school, I thought I’d heard homosexuality compared to just about everything. But I was caught off guard by the recent remarks of Dr. Erik Thoennes, a professor at my alma mater, Southern California’s Biola University. At a panel discussion nominally on homosexuality—a discussion that conveniently didn’t feature even one LGBTQ-affirming speaker—Dr. Thoennes likened homosexuality to racism.

I’ll just let that sink in.

 

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Popaganda Episode: Pulp, Featuring Chelsea Cain and Laura Lippman

Audio post by Sarah Mirk on April 17, 2013 - 2:26pm; tagged books, chelsea cain, horror, Laura Lippman, lesbian, pregnancy, pulp.

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The best stories are the juicy ones. This episode of our feminist pop culture podcast is all about pulp (timely, right?). We talk with best-selling thriller writer Chelsea Cain about how her pregnancy inspired her to get started writing gory stories and she reads us a horrific short story about a hungry zombie baby. Then, we feature a sneak-peek excerpt from Monica Nolan's new lesbian erotica pulp, Maxine Mainwearing: Lesbian Dilettante. Finally, we talk with everyone's favorite mystery writer Laura Lippman about love, money, and reality television. 

All that, in just 20 minutes. Listen in! 

Read on for the transcript of this show and other listening options.

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