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Go See SPIRIT: A Showcase of 100 Years of Queer Asian Activism

Art and Design post by Devyn Manibo on May 7, 2013 - 1:31pm; tagged asian-american artists, celeste chan, qpoc, queer, queer artists, queer people of color, queer rebels, san francisco.

An image of Tina Takemoto in black and white wearing a baker's outfit, holding a rolling pin

For queer people of color, art making is survival.

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Oh Joy Sex Toy Comic: Queens of the Pole

Comics post by Erika Moen on May 7, 2013 - 9:26am; tagged Oh Joy Sex Toy, sex.

comic preview with erika being excited over pole dancers

For the second installment of my comic series on sex, I attended a Disney-themed pole dancing event. Yep. You read that right. 

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On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

News post by Kjerstin Johnson on May 7, 2013 - 8:49am;

May the seventh be with you! Here's what we're reading...

  • A woman in Ontario has spent six years fighting for her right to wear a niqab while testifying against her abuser in court. Farrah Khan discusses the dangerous implications this case may have in terms of sexual assault, victim blaming, and Islamaphobia. [Shameless]
  • Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped at age 14 in 2002, recently told a Johns Hopkins audience that abstienence-only education leads to abuse survivors feeling like they are worthless and not of value. (Link contains descriptions of abuse.) [Think Progress]
  • The official in charge of the U.S. Air Force's sexual-assault prevention program was arrested for groping. Yeah. [NBC]
  • Author Jamaica Kincaid talks to The American Reader about her new book, her style, and how critics often perceive her because she is a black Caribbean female writer. [The American Reader]
  • After a widespread protest started by ColorOfChange, FOX has not renewed the long-running show Cops for its problematic depictions of law enforcement and race. [Colorlines]
  • Skateboard brand Supreme appropriated the aesthetic of iconic feminist artist Barbara Kruger, and another artist copied them. Kruger isn't happy about either. [Atlantic Wire]
  • Indian Country profiles WNBA and international basketball star Ryneldi Becenti about her career, the rise of Jude and Shoni Schimmel, and more. [Indian Country]

Share what you're reading in the comments!

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Some Problems With Princesses

Media post by Aya de Leon on May 6, 2013 - 5:10pm; tagged Disney princesses.

 

ariel, jasmine, and pocahantas all skipping
Back in March, I wrote about my frustration with reading Disney's princess books to my daughter. Instead of reading her the actual words of the Snow White tale, I've taken to freestyling an alternative storyline where Snow White is an empowered dance instructor who also loves fresh fruit. A lot of people responded that they were also annoyed by the all the helpless princess storylines, but others noted that the princesses have evolved. “Disney princesses have come a long way in the 70 years since Snow White," wrote one reader.
In some ways, this is true. In other ways, the princesses are worse now than they were in 1940.
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Why Feminists Should Care About the FBI's Hunt for Assata Shakur

News post by Jordannah Elizabeth on May 6, 2013 - 3:42pm; tagged Angela Davis, Black Panthers, Race.

assata's mug shot

Last week, the FBI named former Black Panther and member of the Black Liberation Army Assata Shakur as the first woman on its Most Wanted Terrorist List. This dubious milestone occurred 40 years to the day after she was, as she describes, unfairly convicted of shooting and murdering State Trooper Werner Foester in New Jersey on May 2nd, 1973.

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Mad Men Season 6 Episode Recap: For Immediate Release

TV post by Andi Zeisler on May 6, 2013 - 12:13pm; tagged Mad Men, recaps.

Don and Roger sit uneasily in a hallway

Welcome back to our weekly recap of Mad Men. This one had everything we love about the show—gripping office drama, hilarious fantasy sequences, righteously angry women, and Pete Campbell incurring bodily harm. Kelsey couldn't join us this week thanks to a wedding in Arizona, but we've got plenty to say regardless. So grab a drink—sorry, Bert, we don't have any spirits of elderflower—and settle in.

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"Seeing Like a Feminist" Book Should Be Required College Reading.

Lady in the Ivory Tower post by Lakshmi Sarah on May 6, 2013 - 11:43am; tagged academia, academics, books, India.

Some books are easy to read, yet stay with you long after you've finished the last chapter. Nivedita Menon’s Seeing Like a Feminist (Penguin/Zubaan, 2012) is a timely work that explains a complicated subject without over-simplifying it.

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