The Round-Up: June 10, 2014
- The MRA group CAFE (Canadians for Equality) has convinced the Canada Revenue Agency to grant them charitable status. Here’s an article at NOW magazine about why that’s cause for concern.
- If you want to explore men and masculinities in a more positive way, check out the new Masculinities 101 blog, reviewed at Girl w/Pen.
- deBeauxOs at Dammit Janet attacks the Conservatives’ new Bill C36, which will recriminalize many apsects of sex work and go even further than the previous law that was struck down.
- In continuing remembrance, the Root has rounded up some of the best online videos featuring Maya Angelou.
- Melissa McEwan puts a critical eye on the Bikini Body meme making the rounds of social media again this summer.
- At Colorlines, Jamilah King has the prison issues to watch for in the new season of Orange is the New Black.
- Former professional downhill mountain biker Michelle Dumaresq responds to a transphobic ad from the Canadian company Ryders Eyewear (at Transgriot).
- Mey has a thorough article at Autostraddle about the response to Laverne Cox on the cover of TIME and why we need to rethink our outdated views on “biological sex”.
- Over at my other blog Trekkie Feminist we’ve finished applying the Bechdel Test to episodes of Star Trek: Voyager. Here are the results.
Note: There will be no Round-Up posted next week as I’m away
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