Friday Blogaround

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Recommended Reading:

On the Issues' Winter 2012 issue is all about abortion, a topic which I do believe is of some interest to Shakers (she said with wry understatement).

Alan: Haiti, Two Years After the Quake, in Pictures

Jessie: Microsoft's "Avoid Ghetto" App: Racism Built into Technology [Content Note: This link contains discussion of racism and references to violent crime and rape culture.]

Garland: Anointed in Jizz: The Facial as an Act of Radical Acceptance [Content Note: This link is a response to a piece by Hugo Schwyzer that invites women who have sex with men to prioritize male sex partners' feelings about sex acts over their own.]

Veronica: ¡Acábalo Ya! Working Together to End Cervical Cancer

Peter: Consonance and Dissonance in Political Attacks: Why Bain Isn't Hurting Romney

Cara: Teacher Who Was Reinstated After Sexual Abuse Allegations Admits to 20 Additional Victims [Content Note: This link contains discussions of sexual violence and rape apologia.]

Ragen: This Is the Size I Come In [Content Note: This link contains discussion of fat hatred.]

April: Promoting Black Feminism in Pop Culture

Angus: Turner Diaries vs Ron Paul—The Answers Revealed! [Content Note: This link contains discussion of racism.]

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