Here’s a collection of interesting links we didn’t have time to blog about this weeks – feel free to add your own in comments!
Disclaimer: Some content may be triggering. Linking does not imply endorsement.
H&M puts real model heads on fake bodies – Jezebel
Police violently strip an Occupy Melbourne protester of her tent costume:
The morning after pill is free over Christmas – Women’s Views on News
Last night my friend was raped – ladieswotlunch
Hilary Clinton speaks to the UN on LGBT rights:
Jana’s story:
Intersectionality is not optional – This Ain’t Livin’
Are sex offenders and lads’ mags using the same language? – Middlesex University
Killers of transgender people to get longer sentences – BBC
‘Gay’ penguin pair adopts a baby chick in China – Time
Why women don’t like appearing on TV – Guardian
A tragic case of medical misconduct – Dr Petra
Women’s work? Women’s strike! Bright Green
I am who I am: children and gender identity (in life & art) – Open Salon
Who wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? – Open Democracy
Miss-conception – Restored
Safe spaces? – Lashings of Ginger Beer
New helpline support for rape victims opens in York and North Yorkshire this week – womensgrid
Women to be allowed to serve on submarines – MoD
Abortions do not increase chances of mental illness, says survey – Guardian
The fashion industry should not be allowed to sell us fake women’s bodies – Guardian
Muff March – Guardian
Thoughts on Muff March – Feminist Ire
Banning prostitution in France will ‘endanger lives’ – France24
Cops charge women with self-abortion after finding her stillborn baby in trash – Gothamist
Cut the snarky fashion judgement crap – Fat Heffalump
Bodleian treasures: Suffragettes demand the vote – Channel 4
Dear Parks & Rec – Shakesville
Women and economic opportunity: international comparison – Sociological Images
Stream the Le Tigre documentary here
The women who rioted – Guardian
Turkey: making mosques a place for women – EurasiaNet
Forced marriage ‘to be a crime’ – Independent
Unreal faces and bodies: should the truth about photoshopped fashion photos be exposed? – AlterNet
All change! (trans need not apply) – Jane Fae
Photo of start of girls’ snowshoe race from Powerhouse Museum