Friday, May 2, 2014

Defense Secretary Asks Military To Review Rules Targeting Black Women's ...







Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has asked the military to review new Army rules regulating hairstyles which mostly target Black women. The new regulations ban dreadlocks, twists and larger cornrows. [New York Times] Jessica Valenti has a moving essay about having a preemie baby and her own complicated feelings about later-term abortions. Ultimately, though, Valenti says seeing up close how complicated pregnancy and childbirth decisions are have made her more pro-choice than ever before. [Guardian UK] Former Tufts student and Know Your IX campaign advocate Wagatwe Wanjuki speaks about her own battle with Tufts University and collaborating with the Obama administration's new sexual assault measures ... [Democracy Now] ... and here's a list of the colleges under investigation for possible violations of Title IX, including Harvard, USC, Penn State, BU, University of Chicago, Princeton and Dartmouth. [New York Times] How the GOP's block of the minimum wage bill hurts women. [Cosmopolitan] Here's how the Human Rights Campaign hopes to advance LGBT rights in the South. [Autostraddle] Five times "Cosmos" host Neil deGrasse Tyson has been an A+ feminist. [Feministing] On Arianna Huffington and her rich lady "Thrive" conference/movement. [Slate] Curator Nan Rosenthal, who brought modern art to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery, died at age 76. [New York Times] See a story that belongs in Today's Lady News? Send it to me at Jessica@TheFrisky.com. Follow me on Twitter.

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