Round-Up: July 7, 2015

• Lyndsie Bourgon explores the history and culture of sexism, objectification and harassment at the Calgary Stampede (Maisonneuve).
• Bianca Campbell writes at RH Reality Check about feeling “powerless in the face of white supremacy and a gun” after being in a bookstore when a white man in camouflage came in with a gun on his hip.
• Dalhousie University’s probe into the handling of misogynist student Facebook groups has completed, and the report with recommendations was released last week (Globe and Mail). You can read the Dalhousie South House Sexual and Gender Resource Centre statement on the report here, and catch an interview with one of the first students to raise the issue publicly, Jacqueline Skiptunis, at the CBC.
• Sonia Manzano, who has played Maria and worked as a scriptwriter on Sesame Street for the past 44 years, is retiring (The Root).
• LEGO is adding more women minifigs in STEM professions to its sets, including deep sea and space scientists (Nerd Approved).
• Fusion.net has put together a video of black women talking about their experience with police violence.
• The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is considering changes that would make many more website owners’ home addresses available for public search, making doxxing easier than ever, says Katherine Cross at Feministing.
• Margaret Biser talks about the unbelievable questions she got asked leading historical tours at a plantation (Vox).
• Roxane Gay’s recap of Magic Mike XXL is a thing of beauty (The Butter).
• Seven predominantly black churches have been damaged by fire since the Charleston shooting, with at least three fires being ruled the result of arson. Find out how to help rebuild the churches and where to speak out in support and solidarity at Colorlines.