Saturday Link Love: Science Toys, Planned Parenthood Shooting, and Laquan McDonald

Saturday Link Love is a new feature where I collect and post links to various articles I’ve come upon over the past week. Feel free to share any interesting articles you’ve come along as well! The more the merrier. 🙂

Parenting

Wrapped up in Science: Top 40 Science Toys for Mighty Girls, from A Mighty Girl

Round Table: Handling Stressful Moments Without Prayer, from Grounded Parents

Planned Parenthood Shooting

Working at Planned Parenthood: ‘Every day, someone threatened to kill me’, from The Guardian

The Toll of Violent Anti-Abortion Speech, from The New York Times 

Is the Religious Right Being Disingenuous About the Planned Parenthood Rampage? from Republic of Gilead

Ted Cruz Deflects Planned Parenthood Criticism by Linking Democrats and Violent Felons, from Friendly Atheist

Race & Religion

San Bernardino shooting suspect stopped attending mosque two years ago, from The LA Times*

A moment-by-moment account of what the Laquan McDonald video shows, from The Chicago Tribune

Other

Some Thoughts on Jessica Jones, from Feminist Frequency (Spoilers!)

Here’s All The Nonsense 2016 Republicans Have Spouted About Climate Change, from The Huffington Post 

* What I found interesting about this article was the mosque leader’s interpretation of Islam’s approach to violence, which runs directly contrary to the interpretations non-Muslim westerners tend to be most familiar with.