The Friday Blogaround

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Recommended Reading:

Samhita: [Content Note: Microaggressions] Stop Complaining about 'Victimhood Culture'

Aishah: [CN: Reproductive coercion; rape culture; racism] #ShoutYourAbortion: The Ethics of Reproduction

Ragen: [CN: Fat hatred] Jeopardy Category: What Is Fat Shaming?

Andy: EastEnders Casts Trans Actor to Play Trans Character in First for British Soaps

Kenrya: Ava DuVernay on Race and Why Hollywood Won't Let Directors of Color be Great

Jessica: Uhh: Massachusetts Police Department Spreads Breast Cancer Awareness with Pink Handcuffs

CAP: New HHS Rules Require Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection in Electronic Health Records Program

(Although the headline of that last piece sounds ominous, this is actually a good thing, since many electronic health records currently don't allow healthcare providers to identify patients as trans, which can have negative health consequences for trans people.)

Leave your links and recommendations in comments. Self-promotion welcome and encouraged!

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