The Round-Up: July 19, 2011

• Continuing on an issue I briefly examined in my Revenge of the Feminerd series, Dan at Womanist Musings asks “What’s a POC Geek to Do?”
• In the same vein, Jenna at Girl Meets Lightsaber contemplates some problems facing today’s geek and gamer girls.
• Philippa at the UK F-Word blog has mixed feelings about a new proposed law that would allow women to be informed if their male partners have a history of violence.
• Towleroad reports that an Illinois blood bank refused to let a man donate blood because he “appeared gay”.
• Ms. Magazine blogs has a cool article about a French feminist group that uses fake beards for some interesting protests.
• Sociological Images talks about the racist commentary from some social media users following the US’s loss to Japan in the Women’s World Cup.
• New rules in Colorado will require day care centres to have dolls representing at least 3 different races (via Westword).
• In an interesting historical story, the BBC looks at how Scotland Yard ordered surveillance on suffragettes in 1912.
• Stephanie at the YWCA (US) Blog writes about girls’ sexuality and body image in a market-driven society.
• Check out this cool bio of poet Stevie Smith in Deb’s Adventures in Feministory series at Bitch Magazine Blogs.