Sorry posting has been slow lately, but here are some interesting reads. Enjoy and happy Friday everyone!
Trigger Warning: A young trans woman in New York was tortured to death yesterday, via A.E. Brain
New College Alcohol/Assault Stats – What seems to be still missing from the discussion is prevention
This is depressing – UK Officials Assigned to Fight Rape Actually Promote Rape Myths
Racism Review has a round-up of links to stories on Race, Racism and White Supremacy
Fat and Fashionable AND happy? Impossible!
How the Recession Impacts Women: More Women Forced to Reduce Maternity Leave Under Stress of the Economy
Two great pieces from MoJo: Bush Officials Cash In as More Americans Lose Out and Obamanomics: The Good, the Bad, the Weak
I’ve heard a lot about the new movie, The Hangover and how it’s super hilarious and a must-see. Here’s a more critical review of it, More White Men Behaving Badly: A “Brain-on” Look at The Hangover
Safer Sex PSAs Conflate the Penis with a Firearm (NSFW)
Wealth-Care Reform: Fixing our health-care system will make us more economically secure. It won’t make us much healthier.
Jessica Valenti on The Virginity Movement, Rebranded
Depression in Action, or Why I’m Still a Radical Feminist Despite it All
Advocate’s (And the Gayosphere’s) Jacked Up Reporting on Black Transwoman’s Marriages
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ShantiShacker
