Zerlina Maxwell

Good morning! Here's all the feminist news on our radar today. 

• Did England's Queen come out in support of gay rights? Well, not specifically. [Guardian] 

• Senators drafting immigration reform bill finally agree on one thing: The bill needs to offer legal status to the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the country. [LA Times] 

• Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski added a special exclusion to the Violence Against Women Act that bars 229 Alaskan tribes from getting help under the act. Since when do senators want fewer benenfits for their constituents? [Anchorage Daily News] 

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg! The New Yorker has a long profile of the Supreme Court "heavyweight" who has been a legal force for equality. [New Yorker] 

• With traditional social structures around dating and marriage in China dissolving, the process of finding a spouse has become a bizarre commercial transaction that puts The Bachelor to shame. [New York Times]

• Yesterday was national Thank an Abortion Provider Day! I bet they'd still appreciate some thanks a day late. [Feministing]

• Writer Zerlina Maxwell managed to use a guest spot on FOX News to critique rape culture. [Colorlines] 

• What's next for Susan Rice? Maybe a spot as Obama's national security adviser. [Guardian]

• New film Spring Breakers is garnering a lot of attention for two of its female leads: former "squeaky clean" Disney stars who are flipping to the other side of the sexual continuum. [New York Times]    

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