Jorge of Black Coffee Poet shares a special Indigenous Waves Radio show he appeared on with the Native Women’s Association of Canada to talk about missing and murdered Aboriginal women (video).- The Tyee has an article about how we can keep recognizing the history of black Canadians now that Black History Month has passed.
- Our Bodies, Our Blog named the inspiring Sandra Fluke last Friday’s Women’s Health Hero. For those who missed the story, Fluke was attacked as a “slut” and “Feminazi” by Rush Limbaugh for testifying to the importance of insurance coverage for contraceptives. A campaign is now underway to convince advertisers to boycott his show.
- TransGriot’s Monica has a great article in Ebony profiling African-American trans trailblazers.
- Slap Upside the Head notes that the homophobic group Burnaby Parents’ Voice is protesting a collaborative project where kids from schools across Vancouver get together to fight bullying by dancing in pink shirts to Lady Gaga.
- Ms. Magazine is giving us a chance to test our black “herstory” knowledge in this quiz for Women’s History Month.
- Dorothy Surrenders is pushing for Lucy Liu as to play Watson in a new US remake of Sherlock Holmes.
- RH Reality Check examines the tragic case of a South Carolina mother being charged with murder for unintentionally poisoning her baby by taking pain medications while breastfeeding.
- Ever wonder about how midwives got supplanted by obstetricians? Feminists for Choice has the history and the story about how midwifery is making a comeback.
-Jarrah
