Round-Up: Feb. 17, 2014
- Rebecca Holliman writes at The Advocate about why we need to throw away our old, tired, damaging societal beauty standards.
- #AskHerMore is a campaign to demand reporters ask more meaningful questions of female celebrities on the red carpet (Flurt Magazine).
- Four Aboriginal girls took part in a photojournalism project around Winnipeg, telling their stories in a final collection called Silent No More (National Post).
- A new study found almost half of black and Latina women scientists have been mistaken for janitors or administrative staff in their offices (Bitch).
- At GUTS Magazine, Rebecca Dingwell investigates if it’s tougher for women than men to make it in journalism.
- Carla Murphy at Colorlines interviews Constance Malcolm, who became an activist after an NYPD officer fatally shot her unarmed, 18-year-old son.
- Emma Green examines the issues around consent and sexuality in Fifty Shades of Grey (The Atlantic).
- s.e. smith asks if the derision directed at selfies is connected to sexism (this ain’t livin’).
- Law and Order: SVU did an episode on #GamerGate with a victim character that bore more than a passing resemblance to Anita Sarkeesian. At Rabble, Lucia Lorenzi holds the show accountable for exploiting real-life survivors.
- Jessie Daniels at Racism Review looks at OkCupid’s data on how race matters in online dating.
- A belated Valentine’s link: stories of 10 trans women of colour in love (Elixir).
