Link Roundup: Birthing Justice, Queens of Infamy, & Time-Traveling with the Dictionary
Here are links to articles I’ve been meaning to read. Yes, most of these are a bit depressing… but that’s the kind of year it’s been, don’t you think?
The Remarkable Rise of the Feminist Dystopia [The Atlantic]
Birthing Justice: Black maternal health is in crisis, but these doulas and midwives are already responding to the threat [Lenny]
Jill Lepore: How to Respond to the Crisis of Our Institutions [JSTOR]
The Class of 1946–2018: Twenty-seven school-shooting survivors bear their scars, and bear witness [Intelligencer/New York Magazine]
Fidget spinners, weighted blankets, and the rise of anxiety consumerism [Vox]
Jian Ghomeshi, John Hockenberry, and the Laws of Patriarchal Physics [The New Yorker]
Half the Battle: Linda Hirshman on the Women who Made Sexual-harassment Law Possible [Bitch Media]
Queens of Infamy [Longreads]
Time-Travelling with Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary [The New Yorker]
White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS [In The Library With The Lead Pipe]