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Recommended reading:
Chauncey: The White Gaze Quite Literally Shot and Killed Jonathan Ferrell [Content Note: The post at this link includes discussion of racism and violence.]
Jess: Where *Exactly* Does It Say That? The NCAA's Prohibition of Sex in Recruiting. [Content Note: The post at this link includes discussion of objectification and rape culture.]
Sikivu: The War Against Black Children [Content Note: The post at this link includes discussion of racism.]
Bao Phi: War Before Memory: A Vietnamese American Protest Organizer's History with Miss Saigon [Content Note: The post at this link includes discussion of war, violence, racism, and misogyny.]
Amanda: Thin Shaming vs. Fat Shaming Quiz [Content Note: The post at this link includes discussion of fat bias and both fat and thin bullying. There is also a use of disablist language in the opening.]
Flavia: "Rebranding Feminism" Contest. Part Two on the same subject is here.
The F-Word has a regular round-up that is full of interesting reading, and here is the latest. Please note that there may be triggering material included.
And last but not least: Borys the Bengal Cat and Walter the Greyhound Are the Cutest Best Friends Ever. "They say that adopted greyhounds can't get along with small animals. Oh, were they wrong." Which, of course, we already knew. :)
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