Israel

• How genuine is the Susan G. Komen backtracking and apology? Here are a few excellent links on recent developments.
• Check out this Feminist Wire article on the intersections and manipulations of anti-Palestinian occupation protestors and LGBTQ protestors by the Israeli government.
• Transgriot has a report on awful transphobic actions going on at a Tennesse retail store.
• n+1 posted a nice history of ladyblog sites, from Jezebel to Rookie (where does Bitch fit in all of this? We're not really a "ladyblog," right?).
• If you're having trouble following the fight over trans inclusion in the Girl Scouts, read this neat Mother Jones recap of the whole debacle.
• On Comment is free, s.e. smith tells Rick Santorum why all disabled people deserve the care his daughter receives.
• At the Border House, Apple Cider Mage discusses sporting a "slut plate."
• Obama announces theme of this year's Black History Month is "Black Women in American Culture and History."

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So it appears that I'm not the only one who couldn't just let the events in Gaza pass without comment (http://www.bitchmagazine.org/post/the-politics-of-pop-culture). Mr. Jon Stewart also had an opinion and a pretty forceful one at that: