Round-Up: Aug. 5, 2014

• Zerlina Maxwell discusses how many popular movies, from Beauty and the Beast to The Notebook to American Pie, reinforce rape culture (Mic).
• At Colorlines, Miriam Zolla Perez writes an open letter to the New York Times columnist who ignored the role of women of colour in the shift from a “pro-choice” to a “reproductive justice” movement.
• At The Guardian, Everyday Sexism has a list of 10 sexist scenarios that women still encounter at work.
• The next Canadian ambassador to the Vatican has compared abortion to terrorism (Dammit Janet).
• Ania Ostrowska talks about a workshop aimed at entering more independent feminist films on Wikipedia (The F Word).
• Muskrat celebrates 15 Indigenous heroes of today, including several inspirational Indigenous women activists.
• Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has been disqualified from the 2014 Commonwealth games after failing a “gender test.” This has revived the call for sports authorities to update their understanding of gender and biology (Towleroad).
• I spent a great weekend at Star Trek: Las Vegas, the world’s largest Star Trek convention. I spoke on the “Women of Trek Fandom” panel and you can read all about that at The Mary Sue.