It’s the weekly round-up and open thread! As usual, we’ll post articles that we find interesting during the week. Please be careful if you’re prone to triggers. Linking here does not mean endorsement.
- Marlis Munoz, brain-dead Texan woman, kept alive to incubate unborn baby (Huffington Post)
- Kirstie Allsopp: ‘Women enjoy doing household chores because it keeps them sane’ (Independent)
- I come bearing thoughts on media – Media, access and who controls narratives (Red Light Politics)
- Whoops Your “Progressive” Pope (Shakesville)
- Kylie Minogue on judging role: ‘I hope I am giving a voice to girls’ (Guardian)
- The Rumpus Interview with Kathleen Hanna (The Rumpus)
- Benefits TV show lied to us says Winson Green’s residence (Birmingham mail)
- Threats of death and violence after Channel 4 programme Benefits Street (Pride’s Purge)
- Steubenville High School Rape Convict Released After Less Than Year Serve (The Slate)
- Flawless Trans Women Carmen Carrera and Laverne Cox Respond Flawlessly To Katie Couric’s Invasive Questions (Autostraddle)
- Gang guilty of trafficking 50 women for sexual exploitation in UK (Guardian)
- Dear Cis People (Genderterror)
- In the Booth with Ruth – Jes Richardson, Sex Trafficking Survivor, Former Sex Worker and Anti-Sex Trafficking & Sex Worker Rights Activist (Ruth Jacobs)
- Discussion Paper on Transgender Health & Human Rights (UNDP)
- Tampons and sanitary pads sent to Australian Immigration minister Scott Morrison in protest over supplies for refugees (Independent)
- Op-ed: Why The CDC‘s Latest HIV Report Is So Alarming (The Advocate)
- Men – if you’re not a feminist, it’s fine, just move on (Guardian, Cif)
- Five Women Human Rights Activists who are Changing the Middle East (Informed Comment)
- This perverse Mark Duggan verdict will ruin our relations with the police (Guardian)
- Should “potential fathers” have any say in abortion? (Consider the Tea Cosy)
- UK Government will Subsidise Your Job in Porn (I Acknowledge)
- How white, black and brown students learn the language of racist bullying (Guardian, Cif)
- Camden schoolgirls on frontline of fight against sexism call for feminism to be part of curriculum (Hampstead and Highgate Express)
- Significant Moments for Women’s Rights in 2013 (AWID)
- Lecturers in world-first male studies course at University of South Australia under scrutiny (The Advertiser)
- Beyonce pens open feminist essay: ‘We need to stop buying into the myth of gender equality’ (Independent)
- Don’t judge me because I smell (disability/feminism) (Bottomface)
- Nine Swedish women receive womb transplants (BBC News)
- CeCe McDonald released from prison, NCAVP celebrates (Windy City Times)
- What is this Article? (Shakesville) Content note: contains death and dying.
- Ex-Tory MP attacks black feminist on Twitter (The Voice)
- Ex-Tory MP calls black feminist buly (Operation Black Vote)
Further Chella Quint, a collective member and the editor of the F-word’s Comedy section has had a special role to play with the recent zines released on the Sexual Education Forum. Recently, they’ve released a press release detailing a new study about consent. Here are the links related to Sexual Education Forum’s work.
- New survey finds children and young people aren’t being taught about consent in school (Sexual Education Forum)
- Don’t make your kids kiss granny: Outcry as sex education chiefs say a high-five or wave protects children from abuse (DailyMail)
- Outcry as sex education chief warns forcing children to kiss relatives could be harmful (Telegraph)
- Schools urged to teach about consent in sex education (BBC)
- Forcing children to kiss family members ‘could affect their sexual development’ (The Independent)
- Why you shouldn’t force a child to kiss a grandparent (Guardian)
Photo is a tree with the branches leaning to the left. The photo was taken at Seven Sisters national park and was taken by Josephine Tsui. Please do not reproduce without permission.
