Wednesday Blogaround

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Recommended Reading:

Eesha: The Thing About John Derbyshire [Content Note: The post at this link contains discussion of racism and sexism.]

Tami: Move Over, Antoine Dodson! The Ironically Racist Internet Presents Sweet Brown [Content Note: The post at this link contains discussion of racism, classism, and Othering.]

FMF: Miss Universe Pageant to Allow Transgender Women

S.E.: Autism Speaks–But You Don't Have to Listen [Content Note: The post at this link contains discussion of ablism, eliminationism, silencing, and appropriation.]

Sayantani: Butterflies, Slumdogs, and Tiger Moms: Asian American Women and the Rescue Narrative [Content Note: The post at this link contains discussion of racism, exoticism, and misogyny.]

Andy: NOM Site Suddenly Down After Suspected Hacking

TEDxWomen: The Conversation Continues: Tony Porter [Content Note: The post at this link contains discussion of violence against women and gender essentialism.]

Gabriel: My So-Called Ex-Gay Life [Content Note: The piece at this link contains descriptions of "ex-gay therapy" and discussion of homophobia.]

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