Saturday Link Love: Headless Women, Admissions Policies, and Child Poverty

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.

Note: Inclusion does not imply full agreement. 

New Favorite Tumbler: Headless Women of Hollywood, on Feministing—““By decapitating the woman, she becomes an unquestionably passive object to the male gaze,” the Tumblr’s creator, comedian Marcia Belsky, explains.”

This Is What the Future of American Politics Looks Like, on Politico—“What we’re seeing this year is the beginning of a policy realignment, when those new partisan coalitions decide which ideas and beliefs they stand for.”

Do white people want merit-based admissions policies? Depends on who their competition is, on Vox—“Indeed, the degree to which white people emphasized merit for college admissions changed depending on the racial minority group.”

How We Marginalize Abuse Survivors: Valuing Forgiveness over Protection, on HA Reaching Out—“But Joseph is smart. He decides to protect himself before he forgives his abusers.”

The Numbers are Staggering: U.S. Is “World Leader” in Child Poverty, on Raw Story—“As UNICEF reports, “[Children’s] material well-being is highest in the Netherlands and in the four Nordic countries and lowest in Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and the United States.””