- Oklahoma’s Supreme Court struck down a “fetal personhood” bill yesterday— which would change the legal definition of a fetus to a “person,” thereby criminalizing all abortion and in-vitro fertility treatments — because it is unconstitutional. The movement by an anti-abortion group to get the “fetal personhood” bill on the state ballot will now be forced to stop. [The Daily Beast, Wall Street Journal]
- A Boy Scout regional board member has resigned over the removal of Jennifer Tyrrell, a lesbian den mother, from leading her son’s Tiger Cub troop. [Christian Science Monitor]
- A New York City judge says ex-International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss Kahn can’t claim diplomatic immunity in the civil suit against him for allegedly sexually assaulting a hotel maid. [New York Post]
- The New York Assembly (a version of the House of Reps.) advanced a bill banning discrimination on gender identity and expression. It has passed five times before, but has previously been stalled by the NY Senate every time. [Think Progress]
- Latoya Peterson, the editor-in-chief of Racialicious, a blog about race and pop culture, has been selected for a journalism fellowship at Stanford University. Congratulations! [Racialicious]
- On the obnoxious sexism in “American Reunion” and the other “American Pie” movies. [Guardian UK]
- Modern day natural hair icons we love. [Clutch Magazine]
INTERNATIONAL
- A U.S. film distributer called In Demand has picked up the U.S. rights for a documentary film called “The Boxing Girls of Kabul,” about young Afghani women who are learning to box in the same stadium where the Taliban used to execute women. [Hollywood Reporter]
- Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy talks to Ms. about the current revolution in Egypt and what it means for women. [Ms. Magazine]
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