Saturday Link Love: Dislodged IUDs, Prejudice, and the Golden Compass

Saturday Link Love: Dislodged IUDs, Prejudice, and the Golden Compass August 27, 2016

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.

Citing Catholic Rules, Doctor Turns Away Bleeding Woman With Dislodged IUD, on ReWire—“The doctor left Jones to confer with colleagues, before returning to confirm that her “hands [were] tied,” according to two complaints filed by the ACLU of Illinois.”

A C-SPAN caller asked a black guest how to stop being prejudiced. Here’s how she responded. on Washington Post—“Heather McGhee, the president of Demos, a progressive public policy organization that advocates for equality, was visibly moved as she absorbed the caller’s question.”

8 Odd Beauty Standards in Turn-of-the-Century Photographs, on Mental Floss—“Slimmed noses, banished blemishes, nipped-in waists, and other common photo modifications existed long before computers.”

This Iranian activist fights for women’s rights not to wear hijab. But Donald Trump has complicated her effort. on Washington Post—“Her movement began almost accidentally, with a photo she posted of herself running on a London street.”

There’s Nothing ‘Romantic’ About Public Proposals Like Colton Underwood’s, on The Establishment—“I completely understand how the gesture looks sweet on the surface.”

The “Golden Compass” and the Breaking of Children’s Wills, on Homeschoolers Anonymous—“I cannot help but see a parallel between many of the children in The Golden Compass . . . and homeschooled children like Hana Williams.”

It’s Not Okay, and We’re Not Alright, on Life After I Kissed Dating Goodbye—“Just because not everyone experiences the fallout of an oppressive system in the same way does not mean that the oppressive system does not exist.”


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