Round-Up: Oct. 21, 2014

• Stephanie Hallett profiles Toronto mayoral candidate Olivia Chow for Ms.
• At GUTS Magazine, an Ontario firefighter reflects on provincial anti-discrimination policies and their limitations in Northern, especially rural workplaces.
• Stacey May Fowles looks at the sexual harassment and psychological abuse experienced by women in the Canadian literary world (Globe and Mail).
• Hannah Giorgis examines the racism behind Western discussion of Ebola (The Guardian).
• Who has a better child care plan for Canada, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives or Thomas Mulcair’s NDP? Linda McQuaig weighs it up at Rabble.
• FiveThirtyEight.com has analyzed demographics of comic book superheroes and finds they’re still overwhelmingly men (via Comics Alliance).
• Trans youth activist L’lerrét Jazelle Ailith speaks with The Advocate about working with Laverne Cox and supporting trans women of colour.
• At RH Reality Check, Lenzi Sheible looks at how the pro-choice movement excludes people with disabilities, and what needs to change.
• A new Macarthur Foundation study has found black women face eviction at much higher rates than other groups (Bitch Magazine).
• Vocativ has put together a handy map of trans rights, state by state, that shows some have very far to go.
• Native American actress Misty Upham’s body was found a week ago at the bottom of a steep cliff in Washington state. Now her family is talking about Upham’s previous bad experiences with police and how they may have mishandled her disappearance (Colorlines).