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Round-Up: Feb. 3, 2015
by
Jarrah Hodge
|
February 3, 2015
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Mother Jones has a
fascinating profile of Warren Farrell
, considered perhaps
the
founder of the Men’s Rights Movement.
Joss Whedon says Hollywood’s “intractable sexism” is responsible
for the lack of movies about female superheroes (IndieWire). He later offered additional clarification, which you can
find at The Mary Sue
.
At Colorlines, Julianne Hing writes about how the
Black Lives Matter message is being spread to the UK
.
In less than the first three weeks of 2015,
three black trans women were murdered
(Autostraddle).
16-year-old queer Latina teen
Jessie Hernandez was killed by Denver Police
last week (Feministing).
A Toronto feminist has
started a petition
for the Canadian government to take the GST off menstrual products.
Sara Ainsworth at RH Reality Check writes about how states like Wisconsin allow special
lawyers to represent the interests of fetuses
.
Alison Norman at blogTO has put together a
guide to indigenous Toronto
that Torontonians and tourists should definitely check out.
Broad City
prompted Jenevieve Ting at Ms. to ask,
“Can a rape joke ever be funny?”
Administration at an Edmonton school are under fire for
covering up a student’s mural of two boys kissing
(Towleroad)
And to end things off, you must check out Lyndsay Kirkham’s new
Feminist Anne of Green Gables
Tumblr.