Round-Up: Sep. 30, 2014

• Lyndsay Kirkham was one of the first out of the gate with a great rebuttal to Heather Mallick’s piece lamenting Canada’s lack of young feminists like Caitlin Moran (Syndication on the Rights of Women).
• The most recent survey by Canadian Women in the Literary Arts has been released and reveals continuing gender gaps in major publications’ book review sections – both in terms of the gender of reviewers and authors whose books get reviewed (CWILA infographic).
• In her latest Guardian article, Jessica Valenti says it’s time to seriously talk about banning fraternities, after more recent incidents of sexual violence.
• Winnipeg police recently admitted police officers saw and spoke to 15-year-old Tina Fontaine at a traffic stop after she was reported missing, on the last day she was reported to be seen alive. Now her family and others are speaking out about the injustice (APTN).
• I’m glad that Emma Watson’s UN speech got a lot of mainstream attention for feminism, but also grateful that people like Mia McKenzie at Black Girl Dangerous have raised legitimate, thought-provoking issues with how Watson’s speech centred men in the discussion and didn’t really demonstrate intersectional analysis or understanding.
• Aya de Leon writes about the horrific murders of two black teen girls, who were sex workers, in Jacksonville, Florida and asks why their case still seems to not be getting the public attention and concern it deserves (Bitch Magazine Blog).
• A new report from the NAACP and the National Women’s Law Center illustrates the very real barriers to American black girls’ success (Colorlines).
• Connie Wu celebrates the queer characters in Welcome to Night Vale (The Advocate).