The Round-Up: Oct. 9, 2012
- Michael Laxer has an excellent piece at Rabble about the Canadian Men’s Rights Movement, debunking some of their common campus campaign arguments.
- Philosophy and Women’s Studies student Ayla Lefkowitz at The McGill Daily muses on why we still need feminism, and what “I’m not a feminist, but…” means.
- Sociological Images shares a series of neat videos from the 1491s that show Native American culture is vibrant today while also challenging the assumptions and stereotypes of non-Native Americans.
- At Racialicious, Sayantani DasGupta deconstructs the “Your women are oppressed, but ours are awesome” rhetoric of Half the Sky.
- The AP reports on a new study that proves the totally logical conclusion that free birth control leads to fewer abortions.
- Jessica Valenti makes the case at The Nation that we shouldn’t return to a time when being a mother is the most important aspect of a woman’s identity.
- Learn the stories of 10 amazing WWI nurses (h/t Neatorama).
- Oh and hey! Gender Focus is again nominated in the votes-based Canadian Blog Awards (not to be confused with the juried Canadian Weblog Awards, which takes place later in the year) – Round 1 of voting is on now and you can cast your vote in the Best Feminism Blog category here.
Got a link that you’ve recently enjoyed that I’ve missed? As always, feel to self-promote or promote others in the comments below!
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