Round-Up: Nov. 24, 2014
- Bitch calls out the company Uber in its Douchebag Decree for its “cutthroat business practices” and “culture of misogyny.”
- And a female former Lyft driver writes about how she thinks both companies endanger female passengers and drivers (Autostraddle).
- Marcus Franklin is using photography to capture a new image of black fatherhood (Colorlines).
- Roxane Gay writes at The Guardian about Bill Cosby and why one accuser coming forward should be enough for us.
- Dammit Janet is doing great work exposing how anti-choice “crisis pregnancy centres” in Canada are collecting public money for their work. Read Part I and Part II of their post on Alberta.
- Former Gender Focus contributor Chanel Dubofsky has a piece at RH Reality Check on the importance of abortion speak-outs for challenging stigma.
- Take GUTS Magazine’s sex survey to help them prep for their next issue!
- Gambia is cracking down on LGBT citizens, increasing arrests, torture and imprisonment (The Advocate).
- Muskrat Magazine (via Rabble) has put together 11 Indigenous resistance movements you need to know.
- Rachel Walden has a fascinating article at Our Bodies, Our Blog about why we don’t have a Viagra equivalent for women.
Finally, GLAAD put this video together for the Trans Day of Remembrance last week, in which they interview three trans women about the harassment they experience regularly (Trigger Warning):
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