Looking for some more details on how the wage gap has changed and how it breaks down today? Check out this great National Journal infographic re-posted at Feministing.- Meghan at The F Word Feminist Media Collective rebuts a particularly yucky article by Ian Brown about why it’s ok for men to keep staring at and sexualizing women.
- Have fun with the Gendered LEGO Advertising Remixer, where you can swap the audio and video from LEGO ads targeted to girls vs. ones targeted to boys.
- Andrea at Racialicious reminds us why Nichelle Nichols is so great, and how she paved the way for people of colour in science fiction.
- A new Tumblr has been launched called “I could be Trayvon”, where African-American men share their stories and pictures in the wake of the shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin.
- The F Word UK looks at the culture around “man caves” and the idea that men need a woman-free zone in their homes.
- Samhita at Feministing responds to an Atlantic Monthly piece about the “white saviour complex” where white people enter other cultures/countries that are not their own and end up erasing or even perpetuating racism.
- Miss Universe Canada has ejected a contestant for being transgender (via Towleroad).
- Mississauga Catholic school students who support GSAs (Gay-Straight Alliances) are calling on the Ontario government to pass The Accepting Schools Act, Bill 13, with amendments that will give power to students to name the groups as they wish (via Xtra).
- Overland finds that books by women tend to get sidelined in book review sections of major newspapers and magazines, and considers what needs to be done to improve the ratio.
-Jarrah
