What’s Current: Chris Hedges compares extractive industry to sexual exploitation of women

Colson Whitehead at the New York Times explains how the term “you do you” perfectly captures our narcissistic culture.

California school district uses “genderbread person” to teach children to figure out whether they have the brain of a male or a female.

Feminist Psychologist Laura Mcnally warns that “indoctrinating children into multiple new “gender” categories is not going to resolve harmful sex-role stereotypes. It may create more confusion for children over an issue that is not their burden to bear.”

“What Andrea Dworkin, the feminist I knew, can teach young women” – Julie Bindel

Australian group REAL for Women critique British MP and columnist Owen Jones for promoting pornography as “healthy and normal.”

Feminists aren’t buying Owen Jones’ attempts to defend his comments on the porn industry.

Chris Hedges compares extractive industry to sexual exploitation of women. (Turns out his keynote speech at that SFU conference was a killer.)

Former Partner at Kleiner Perkins, Ellen Pao, lost her gender discrimination lawsuit. Female tech group in Silicon Valley thanks her for fighting for women’s rights.

Susan Cox

Susan Cox is a feminist writer and academic living in the United States. She teaches in Philosophy.