Friday: A May Day roundup

by Anastasia on May 1, 2009

in Miscellany

  • As you dance around your May Pole, consider labour’s history of May Day.
  • Team Abstinence? Bitch questions the allure of the Twilight series. The most recent issue of Ms also takes on Bella and her vampire and werewolf crews.
  • On a not un-related note–are you looking for a job with a fab feminist mag? Bitch is seeking a new Executive Director.
  • Throwback!  A new bill in the Alberta legislature proposes to allow parents the right to pull their children from classes when homosexuality or evolution are to be discussed.
  • Swine flu update: Noel Gallagher and the sneeze heard ’round the world.
  • One more reason for safer sex–the avoidance of paralysis and insurance nightmares.
  • How’s this for activism? To battle governmental infighting, women in Kenya are instituting a seven-day sex ban. The group behind the action is even willing to compensate sex workers for lost income if they join the protest.
  • Smashing it up for all the sisters: feminists in London take on sexism and win.
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