Here’s our regular round-up of things that struck us as interesting this week, and that we didn’t have time to blog about. As always, linking here doesn’t necessarily imply endorsement, and please be aware that these links take you outside TFW to other sites where there may be content you could find triggering.
Image is of Dame Helen Mirren, who won Best Actress at last night’s Olivier Awards. (Image courtesy of HelenMirrennews on Flickr.)
Amnesty: Why so many initial asylum decisions are overturned on appeal in the UK
GayStarNews: Girl, 7, writes poem for her dead trans teacher
Spark Summit: Teaching Men Rape Prevention Actually Works
Telegraph: Hundreds of sex offenders escape with cautions
Zedkat: Letter to ITV regarding Ched Evans broadcast
Telegraph: Dalai Lama: I would be pleased if my successor was female
OpenDemocracy: Nude protests and political contradictions
Elle: Kim Gordon sounds off
Telegraph: Tanni Grey-Thompson offered Sport England job but vetoed by Number Ten
Meloukhia: Accessibility should not be an afterthought
Guardian: David Cameron gave me ‘soft, girly’ job, says public health minister
Black Girl Dangerous: Hey, White Liberals: A Word On The Boston Bombings, The Suffering Of White Children, And The Erosion of Empathy
Miss Representation: Women are not their own worst beauty critics
Vulture: Leading men age but their love interests don’t
Racialicious: To (All) the White Girls Who Didn’t Get Into The College Of Their Dreams
Telegraph: Pop musician Grimes attacks sexism in the industry
Huffington Post: Brian Sims, Pennsylvania Democrat, On Abortion: We Did Not ‘Swear To Uphold The Bible’
HetPat: Consensual sex and rape: It’s really bloody simple.
The Nation: In Rape Tragedies, the Shame Is Ours
Think Progress: University Of Arizona Student Tells Women: ‘You Deserve Rape’
New Statesman: Wikipedia wars: are there really novelists and ‘women novelists’?
A Gentleman and a Scholar: Twenty-One questions on trans issues answered
Guardian: Woman raped twice at Occupy London protest camp, court hears
Telegraph: I went under the knife like Louise Mensch and the haters can go hate
GayStarNews: World’s first openly lesbian prime minister Johanna Sigurdardottir quits politics
The Star: PIP victim: I feel I was poisoned
Guardian: Meet the women doing ‘men’s work’
ACLU: Shut Up or Get Out: PA City Punishes Domestic Violence Victims Who Call the Police
OUP blog: The illusion of “choice”
Polycymic: Virgin is Going to Turn Your Flight Into a Creepy Bar You Can’t Leave
Feminist Sonar: Beauty standards and disability
Chick Advisor: We tried it – the Diva Cup
TUC: One in four disabled rail passengers has suffered a hate crime or abuse, poll reveals
Sian and Crooked Rib: I might be glad about the return of Spare Rib – but let’s not pretend online feminism isn’t vital
Guardian: Girl, 14, forced to become pregnant with donor sperm bought by mother
