“Since Friday, there have been stories of three Black women killed by acts of state-sanctioned and intimate partner violence. Those are just the three we lost this weekend, that we know about, but I’m sure there are others.” – Brittney Cooper’s “Connect The Dots: For Korryn Gaines, Skye Mockabee and Joyce Quaweay”
“Korryn’s demeanor and energy reminded me most immediately of Assata’s: boldness in the face of police and the very real threat of physical violence, in the face of imprisonment, or a lethal outcome—and all the while, maintaining the capacity to love. What a feat. To look at the world around you thriving on the death and disposability of you and your kin and still choose to invest in a radical kind of familial love.” – Jacqui Germain’s writes about Korryn Gaines and Black women who dare to be defiant.
“We need to keep changing the attitude that raises our girls to be demure and our boys to be assertive, that criticizes our daughters for speaking out and our sons for shedding a tear. We need to keep changing the attitude that punishes women for their sexuality and rewards men for theirs.” Barack Obama says “This Is What a Feminist Looks Like” in Glamour.
The National Network of Abortion Funds’ new program We Testify is “dedicated to increasing the spectrum of abortion storytellers in the public sphere.”
The New York Public Library opened its 93rd branch in Rikers Island women’s jail.
Leigh Stein talks about abuse, grief, and her new memoir The Land of Enchantment.
Issa Rae on African American female TV characters and her new HBO comedy Insecure.
From The Yellow Wallpaper to The Argonauts, the literature of pregnancy and new motherhood.
Read an excerpt from Jessica Valenti’s new memoir, Sex Object.
Apply for a 2017 Bitch Media Writing Fellowship.
We’re excited about AfroPunk Girl, a dystopian sci-fi drama set in post-apocalyptic London.
Help the feminist chapbook press Birds of Lace, run by Weird Sister contributor Gina Abelkop, fund their 2016 catalog.
Weird Sister contributor Kristin Sanders talks with Speaking of Marvels about her chapbook This is a map of their watching me.
A conversation with the Go-Go’s Jane Wiedlin and Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino about the Go-Go’s farewell tour.
Omg: this throwback video from the 1999 Sister Spit tour is amazing.
What did we miss this week? Let us know in the comments. <3
