Trouble at the Koolaid Point – Chilling piece about online harassment experienced by one woman in tech.
Wired version: Why the Trolls Will Always Win – This link is a copy of the one above, minus updates, but I am adding it in case the above link ever does go down.
Photo: Steven Depolo | CC BY 2.0
New Report Details Barriers to Black Girls’ Success
Report: Black girls falling victim to systemic barriers in education
The Report: Unlocking Opportunity for African American Girls released by NAACP LDF and National Women’s Law Center.
B. Baltimore Brown | CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Hers; The Smurfette Principle by Katha Pollitt – This article was written in 1991 and is still relevant today. My daughter has 3 Sesame Street books for very young kids that are very short. Only one of them, titled “At the Zoo,” has a female character, Zoe. Though she is featured in her own part with a zebra, unlike Elmoa and Big Bird, she is not mentioned by name.
5 Feminist Lessons Little Girls Can Learn from Gravity Falls and Mabel Pines – This piece discussed the cartoon Gravity Falls and explores some feminist themes you can find in the show. It is what directed my interest in it, and I quite like the show in general now.