Here’s this week’s open thread for discussion and our regular round-up of some of the articles and blogs we’ve noticed over the last week or so, but not had time to post about.
If you have a link or comment that doesn’t fit anywhere else and would like to share it, feel free to drop it in the comments here.
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- Elizabeth Smart: Abstinence Education Teaches Rape Victims They’re Worthless, Dirty, And Filthy (ThinkProgress)
- Most families ‘will gain nothing’ from Universal Credit, new report says (Independent, UK Politics)
- CONTENT NOTE: sexual violence and sexually explicit language – The Invisible Men project shows the words used by punters to review their experiences with women in prostitution. (Tumblr)
- This Ad Has a Secret Anti-Abuse Message That Only Kids Can See (Gizmodo)
- Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Explains Why He Hates Fat Chicks (Elite Daily)
- I don’t want to hear how sexy – or not – I look when I’m running, thanks (Guadian, Cif)
- Mentally-ill patients were ‘Tasered’ more than 50 times in three years (Independent, Health)
- Ellen Gallagher: wigs, waterworlds and Wile E Coyote (Guardian, Culture)
- A Chat With The Hairpin’s New Editor, Emma Carmichael (The Hairpin)
- Butch Please: Butch With A Side Of Misogyny (Autostraddle)
- My Racist Encounter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (Huffington Post)
- Dame Jacqueline Wilson challenges publishers to halt the pink tide (Telegraph, Culture)
- Horror in Cleveland: Why the Warning Signs Went Ignored (Jezebel)
- Green Screen: The Lack of Female Road Narratives and Why it Matters (The American Reader)
- ‘The Great Gatsby’ Still Gets Flappers Wrong (Collectors Weekly)
- Assata Shakur Is Not a Terrorist (The Nation)
- What’s the point of a “feminism” which attacks mothers? (New Statesman)
- Female genital mutilation campaigners face death threats and intimidation (Guardian, Society)
- PIP breast implant campaigners question findings of independent report (Guardian, Health)
- The P-Word (Bella Qvist)
- Major coalition against ‘street grooming’ to launch in Bradford (Liberal Conspiracy)
- Selfish Women and Their Silly Birth Experiences (Improving Birth)
- The rule of law: untouched by Yewtree (UK Legal Feminist Group)
- A burgeoning men’s rights movement in British universities? Lads, you cannot be serious (Independent, Voices)
- Hats Off (But Dresses On) to Our Kurdish Feminist Brothers (Ms. Blog)
- Violence By Women, Finnish Style (Echidne of the Snakes)
- Activists risk jail over abortion leaflets (Galway City Tribune)
- Why I Don’t Diet – An Ode to My Father (More Cabaret)
- Feminism and the terrifying dependency of children (Larvatus Prodeo)
- Victim of Murder-for-Hire Plot a “bitch,” “cunt,” “slut,” who “probably deserved it” (Greta Christina’s Blog)
- Trans, Masculine-of-Center and Gender-Nonconforming People Are Mothers Too (Huffington Post)
- Disney Princess Makeover Sparks Outrage: Merida Petition Goes Viral (Yahoo!Shine, Parenting)
- In response to Sun’s request for a naked photoshoot (If you tolerate this then your daughters will be next)
- “What do you think about his choice?”: uncovering the men who visit prostitutes (New Statesman)
This week’s closing video is “Ghost Narrative”, from the forthcoming album Dear River by Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo:
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