trans activism

Happy Leap Year Week!

• Sociological Images outlines how Leap Year Day was used as a day to reverse gender norms in marriage proposals.  
• Lucy Liu has been cast as Watson in CBS's new Sherlock Holmes series and many aren't happy about the gender flip.
• Two cool book projects are looking for funding: Radical Doulas by Feministing's former editor Miriam Perez, and a comics anthology about marriage equality. 
• At Native Appropriations, Adrienne looks at ANTM's clueless stereotyping of Native Americans. 
• The women of Community do a roundtable about the show, women in media, and the future of the series. 
• Joanna Chiu writes about how the recent spate of racism against Jeremy Lin comes as no surprise. 
• Monica Roberts of Transgriot on black transgender trailblazers at Ebony.com. 
• Charlotte Richardson Andrews writes about Iggy Azaela, white privilege, and hip hop.
• What does Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Oscar win for Saving Face mean for Pakistan? Sadia Ashraf responds at AltMuslimah.
• Does Liz Lemon need a divorce from Tina Fey? Emily Nussbaum responds to the Liz Lemon backlash.   
• Viva la Feminista encourages folks to blog for International Women's Day next week. 
• Verizon Wireless has added Gender Identity protection to its employees. 
• Beyonce has been breastfeeding Blue Ivy (gasp!) in public.

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In honor of the recent wave of support for transgender inclusion in the Girl Scouts, let's delve into the history of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low. You might know her for leading a life of activism and creating opportunities for women, but did you know she spent the majority of her life with severely impaired hearing? Although trans activism like the recent support for the GSUSA cookie drive most likely was not on Gordon Low's radar, she fought for the inclusion of girls of all abilities in the Girl Scouts of USA.

• Mecca Jamilah Sullivan writes about the media's tragic de-queering of a Harlem youth basketball star.
• Attention activists: The Sylvia Rivera Law Project recently released a guide for trans activists, and those who support trans activists, for staying safe in direct action protests (thanks, @kulandaybarrett!)
• At Ain't This Livin, s.e. smith talks about the responsibility of pop culture analysis and the argument that pop culture is "just entertainment."
• Nadra Kareem Little talks about the mainstream media's lack of coverage on race and the imbalance of representation in the Occupy movement for the East Bay Express.
• Lauren Bruce, Feministe founder, talks teen motherhood, motherhood as a feminist issue and blogging at Pushback.org.
• Collier Meyerson moves past the forehead-slap responses to Cat Marnell's awful Plan B post and looks at the racial and class implications of her screed.
• Jos at Feministing saw the news about the trans health win and talks about how "it's about time" to see trans inclusion.
• Reninaj J at the Crunk Feminist Collective questions the connections between rap and activism, in response to Jay Z's "Occupy All Streets" shirt.

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