A weekly list of feminist thought from around the web.

#TRANSRIGHTS, #13TH DOCTOR, & THE TOAST

NEWS & COMMENTARY

Frances Gabe, Creator of the Only Self-Cleaning Home, Dies at 101 by Margalit Fox

Boot faces boycott over refusal to lower cost of morning-after pill by Nicola Slawson

Lost Mothers by Nina Martin, Emma Cillekus, & Alessandra Freitas 

FEATURES & LONG READS 

A History of the Rise of Anti-Trans Legislation in the United States by Raquel Willis

'Doctor Who' Breaks Its Alien Glass Ceiling by Lindy West

In Praise of Libraries and the Forests that Surround Them by Rebecca Solnit

High XP Women, Continued by Emily Short 

Student Evaluations of teaching are not only reliable, they are significantly biased against female instructors by Anne Boring, Kellie Ottoboni, and Philib B. Stark 

Why diversity matters in the modern video games industry by Keith Stuart

Analyzing the Gender Representation of 34,476 Comic Book Characters by Amanda Shendruk

Why Does Being a Woman Put You at Greater Risk of Having Anxiety by Cari Romm 

Feminist Fairy Tales by Laura Olin

Option Whatever: The Corporatization of Grief in Sheryl Sandberg's Option B by Cassia Roth

The Toast: Link Roundup by Nicole Cliffe, Harvard Magazine Personal Advertisements' Many Synonyms for "Rich" or "Thin" by Mallory Ortberg

OPPORTUNITIES 

Call for papers: Notches: Transgender Histories