Monday Morning Feminism

The essays, stories and analysis we loved this week

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Happy Monday! Welcome to a new, regular feature for paid subscribers — a round-up of feminist writing we’ve loved recently. We’re looking at news analysis, personal essays and comic relief to power us up into the start of the week.

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Now for the links!

An hilarious Lyz Lenz takedown of my hometown mayor, Eric Adams, whose actions “are so rife with buffoonery it becomes a black hole.”

Katherine Goldstein’s “Care Can’t Wait” bus tour. Plus, what she’s doing everyday until Election Day. Her personal goal “is to be able to look my kids in the eye on November 6th and say with my whole heart that I fought for their future.”

A deep dive into Florida’s bans on teaching contraception and consent in sex ed classes, from Popular Information. Instead, students will use a textbook that promotes going on “group dates rather than spend[ing] one-on-one time with a partner.”

Mona Eltahawy on Trump, rape and racism. “I’m angry that a sexual predator is weaponizing the “stranger danger” false trope to further his racist fear mongering targeting Black and men of colour when we know that 8 out of 10 rapes in the U.S. are committed by someone known to the victim.”

Jess Ann Kirby’s Childless Cat Lady knitwear round-up: “What if you and mommy did a costume together (trying to hide my desperation)?! To which she replied without skipping a beat, “You could be my owner!” I’ve never been more proud.