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Round-Up: Sep. 15, 2015
by
Jarrah Hodge
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September 15, 2015
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What’s missing from the conversation on missing and murdered indigenous women and girls
, by Colleen Hele, Naomi Sayers and Jessica Wood at The Toast.
The University of Toronto is facing criticism for receiving threats against women and feminist students in June
without warning the campus community
. The issue only surfaced after more threats became public last week (CBC).
Kat Chow at NPR dives into the fascinating and disconcerting history of
how vanilla became associated with whiteness
.
Anita Little at Ms. writes about the
challenges homeless people experience when they menstruate
.
A new Nation article profiles
Kelly Sue DeConnick’s ongoing feminist sci-fi comic series
Bitch Planet
.
In an interview at TIFF,
Natalie Portman critiqued Hollywood’s limited roles for women
, including tropes she herself has played (Women and Hollywood).
This article at The Atlantic clearly outlines
why “colorblindness” as an ideology is actually counter-productive to ending racism.