A weekly list of feminist thought from around the web

WITCH HUNTS, GHOST STORIES, & #METOO

NEWS & COMMENTARY 

Trump's pick for NASA chief has an appalling record on LGBTQ rights, and that matters for the space agency by Miriam Kramer

Lawsuit Hits Back Against Trump’s Birth Control Interference by Jessica Mason Pieklo

Uber's Whistle Blower is Developing a Move and Having a Baby by Maureen Dowd

Isabella L. Karle, chemist who helped reveal the structure of molecules, dies at 95 by Lily News

A Study Used Sensors to Show That Men and Women Are Treated Differently at Work by Stephen Turban, Laura Freeman, and Ben Waber

LONG READS & FEATURES 

Yes, This is a Witch Hunt. I Am a Witch and I'm Hunting You by Lindy West 

When Men Treat Assault Stories like Ghost Stories by Jess Zimmerman

What's Gender Got to Do With It? A Critique of RDA Rule 9.7 by Amber Billy, Emily Drabinski, and K.R Roberto 

The Trials of Amy Cuddy by Daniel Engber

Rosie the Programmer: The Feminist Tech Pioneers of WWII by Liza Mundy

Literature Needs Angry Female Heroes by Elizabeth Skoski

Siri and Hal 9000 Have a Conversation About AI Sexism by Charlene Jao

Recovering History's Lost First Female Video Game Designer by Ben J. Edwards

Critical Digital Praxis in Wikipedia: The Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon by Matt Veder, Dan Weinstein, and Ken Sherwood

Reading Audre Lorde's "Sister Outsider" After Charlottesville by Antoinette Nwandu

Disability Should Be Integral to the #MeToo Conversation by s.e. smith

Trump Bullies and Disrespects Black Women by Jenn M. Jackson

Pop Art Posters Celebrate Pioneering Women Scientists: Download Free Posters of Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace & More by Open Culture

WATCH: Bwitches: The Intersectionality Magic Web Series