- Gloria Cain, wife of GOP presidential nominee wannabe Herman Cain, is standing by her man in the face of sexual harassment accusations by numerous women. [The Daily Beast]
- Chelsea Clinton has been hired as a special correspondent for NBC doing segments for “Making A Difference” about people who do good in the world. [The Stir]
- Oprah Winfrey received an honorary Oscar this weekend called the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. [Essence]
- Six ways to help your daughter deal with sex-based harassment on the street and at school. [The Good Men Project]
- A new book advises black women on how to date white men, leading one blogger to ask whether white guys are “trophy husbands” for some black women. [Madame Noire]
- The culture blog Flavorwire profiled female DJs in response to a DJ magazine’s all-male top 100 DJs list. [Feministing]
- Blogger Jill Filipovic on how anti-abortion activists are trying to alter the terms of debate on reproductive rights with “fetal personhood amendments.” [Guardian UK]
- On the various tropes that can be found in commercials about black women’s hair. [Clutch Magazine]
- Evelyn Lauder, the daughter-in-law of Esteé Lauder, died this weekend of ovarian cancer. Evelyn pioneered pink ribbons to raise awareness of breast cancer and founded the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in 1993. [NYmag.com]
INTERNATIONAL
- Donna Sith, 74, has become the oldest person in the UK to have gender reassignment surgery. Donna, born Donald, wore high heels and makeup as a child but wasn’t able to undergo surgery until five years ago. And she’s looking for a younger boyfriend, boys! [Daily Mail UK]
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