Weekly round-up and open thread
by Laura // 2 April 2012, 10:36
Time for our weekly round-up of links and an open thread - feel free to add links to stuff we missed!
As ever, linking equals interest not necessarily endorsement.
Abortion and disabled children: a tale of two Care Quality Commission reports - Guardian CiF
40 Days Spreads to the UK - Feminists for Choice
Dominique Strauss-Kahn charged over alleged links with prostitution ring - Guardian
Female school teacher murdered in Baghlan province, Afghanistan - Khaama Press
Paralympian Baroness Grey-Thompson suffers online abuse over train trouble (BBC News)
I lost my job as a teacher because I was once a call girl - Guardian
Why the MPAA doesn't want your kid to see "Bully" - Salon.com
Visi(bi)lity: A Tale of Two Alexes: Bi Coming-of-Age Narratives - Bitch Media
Poet Adrienne Rich, 82, has died - LA Times
adrienne rich and amy ray syndrome (on Adrienne Rich's transphobia) - erica, inchoate
Congresswoman Shares Rape Experiences on House Floor in Defence of VAWA - The Jane Dough
Libra ad complaint "settled" Authority rules - GayNZ (see Helen's January post for the background)
Deconstruction: Misogyny Masquerading As Misandry - Ana Mardoll's Ramblings
Liberian journalist urges women to speak out on excision - New Narratives
Arrested at Hospital for Demanding Medical Care, Woman Dies in Jail Cell - The Curvature
'Daggering' is dirty but it's what kids do - Guardian Cif
Mothers, stop moaning! - Guardian ...and a response - Letters From Ladycurd
Dutch design challenges Fifa's football hijab ban - BBC News Europe
Girls, interrupted: Revealed - the true cost of low self-esteem - Independent
Single mothers: 'A feckless actor in this dysfunctional drama' - BirdCage
"Good women need our help, bad women need to be punished" -- Learning about Sex Workers' Rights in South Korea - The Grand Narrative
Why Do We Abort? - Left at the Lights
Feminism Must Be Led by Love, or Not At All - Transmeditation's Blog
How National Cleavage Day Empowered Us All - The Vagenda
Suu Kyi wins parliament seat in historic Myanmar election, party says - MSN News
Anti-abortion climate 'will deter new generation of doctors' - Guardian
Special report: Pro-lifers target Brighton clinic - The Argus
Crawling off a train: disability in the UK in 2012 - Women's Views on News
Swedish boys' new hero: pram-pushing Spiderman - The Local
Women hit by council job cuts - GMB @ Work
Image by casi.lila, shared under a Creative Commons licence.
Founder of The F-Word, Catherine Redfern, has co-authored a new book with Kristin Aune. Find out more at the 
Philippa Willitts // Posted 02 April 2012 at 12:03
I love the image you chose! Gorgeous.
bigleyma // Posted 02 April 2012 at 16:20
My article at International Green Socialist website on 'female progress' in the UK, through a class perspective. Contains an account of my own experience of low paid 'women's work'.
http://www.internationalgreensocialist.org/wordpress/?page_id=1929