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New Releases in Feminist Non-Fiction, January-March 2019

January

Thick: And Other Essays, by Tressie McMillan Cottom

A Bound Woman is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland, by DaMarris Hill

The Time Has Come:Why Men Must Join the Gender Equality Revolution, by Michael Kaufman

Her Body, Our Laws: On the Front Lines of the Abortion War, from El Salvador to Oklahoma, by Michelle Oberman

Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets, by Feminista Jones

February

Equal & Empowered: Essays, Poems, & Art Inspired by Feminism: By 
Young Students Around the World, edited by Beth Benton Buckley

March

Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution, by Amber Tamblyn

Feminism for the 99%, by Nancy Fraser, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Cinzia Arruzza

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(via thatsthat24)

npr:

Matthew Shepard, the young gay man brutally killed on a chilly night in Wyoming 20 years ago this month, was finally laid to rest at Washington National Cathedral on Friday. A reflective, music-filled service offered stark contrast to the anti-gay protests that marred his funeral two decades ago.

The public remembrance at the filled 4,000-seat cathedral was led by the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal bishop of Washington, and the Right Rev. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay man elected a bishop in the Episcopal Church. After, his ashes were interred at the cathedral’s crypt in a private family ceremony.

Robinson was emotional throughout the public ceremony, tearfully addressing the large crowd. “For Matthew to come back to church,” he said, “is a remarkable step forward.”

He extended a particular welcome to attendees who are LGBT, saying, “Many of you have been hurt by your own religious communities, and I want to welcome you back.”

Shepard’s parents’ requested that their sons ashes be interred at the cathedral after 20 years of reluctance. They feared his gravesite would be desecrated.

‘You Are Safe Now’: Matthew Shepard Laid To Rest At National Cathedral

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(via wilwheaton)