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Feminist Friday 7/29

A weekly list of feminist thought from around the web

#SAYHERNAME, MIDWIVES, & JAM

FEATURES & LONG READS

LISTEN: "Tell Me I'm Fat" on This American Life

WATCH: "Are Women Too Hard to Animate?" on Feminist Frequency

"#SayHerName: why Kimberle Crenshaw is fighting for forgotten women" by Homa Khaleeli

"#TheHistorySoundtable II: 70 Recent History Books by Black Women" by Sowande' M. Mustakeem and Keisha N. Blain

"It's All In Your Head: The Dangers of Disbelieving Female Pain" by Caroline Reilly

"Millions of Women are Injured During Childbirth. Why Aren't Doctors Diagnosing Them?" by Laura Beil

"On 'Commonsense Childbirth': A Q&A With Midwife Jennie Joseph" by Elizabeth Dawes Gay

"I'm With the Banned" by Laurie Penny 

"No One Likes Meg" by Sarah Blackwood & Sarah Mesle

"Who is Roxane Gay? Get to Know the Feminist Critic Who Just Became One of Marvel's First Black Women Writers" by Elle Collins

"Women, Class, and Higher Education in England, 1965-1975: An Oral History" by Bethany White

" 'A Carnival of Desire': Dina Litovsky's Gorgeous, Strange Photos of the Meatpacking District" by Anna Merlan

"Blast the Trumpet: WEMLO" by Miranda Lewis

FELLOWSHIPS

Bitch Media Fellowships for Writers

CALL FOR PAPERS 

Exploring the Boundaries of Black Intellectual History

Western Association of Women Historians 2017 Conference

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