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post by Ann-Derrick Gaillot on August 19, 2011 - 11:30am;
tagged batgirl, depicting disability, fashion models, fat acceptance, The Help.
Great links to keep you busy this weekend!
- The Rotund reports on Fat Ladies in Spaaaaaaaaace: A Body Positive Coloring Book. Someone get this for me please!
- Leticia St. Remy at Xhibit P compares the pop feminism of Beyonce and Tina Fey.
- Talk About Equality explores the TSA's dehumanizing effect on transgender passengers.
- The Association of Black Women Historians presents an open statement on The Help.
- And speaking of The Help, check out Roxane Gay's "The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods and Other Quaint Remembrances from 1960s Mississippi: Thoughts on The Help" via The Rumpus.
- Hoyden About Town discusses anti-breastfeeding prejudice against an adult star and new mom.
- Eva Rivera shares A Day in the Life of a Web Cam Model on Womanist Musings.
- Echidne of the Snakes questions the stability of the Greater Male Variability Hypothesis.
- Sarah McKenney at Sociological Images discusses French child-model Thylane Blondeau and the sexualization of young girls.
- Bleeding Cool's Eric Glover tackles different reactions to his article on the Barbara Gordon Batgirl controversey.
Share your thoughts on these links as well links to articles you've been reading and writing this week!
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