- Saudi Arabia passes ban on domestic violence – “The legislation makes domestic violence a punishable crime for the first time. It also provides treatment and shelter for victims of abuse and holds law enforcement agencies accountable for investigating and prosecuting allegations of abuse.” From nowoo.
- Austin mom launches clothing line for girls who don’t want to be defined by pink and purple – The shirts are awesome! And a great contrast to the extreme genderedness of so much childrens clothing.
- Iran League of Legends tourney is banning all female characters – For an explanation, look at the outfits on the characters. From CriticalDragon1177.
- Dresden Codak author livetweets Moses, Prince of Egypt – From miserlyoldman.
- Cute Animal Friday! Baby ostriches dancing around in circles are even cuter than they sound, from Donna. A sea otter eating birthday cake is exactly as cute as it sounds, from nowoo.
The Iranian League of Legends thing… Blargh. It’s one of those fights where you’re left trying to decide who is the least awful. Yes, Iran is a misogynistic sewer, but would it really have killed the game designers to have come up with female characters who did NOT show skin to prove that they are ’empowered’?
Freemage,
I think that its because the company that made the game is trying to appeal to their primary demographic, which is teenage boys and young men.
Amanda
Glad to hear about what’s happening Saudi Arabia.
I was trying to figure out why in the world those little ostriches were spinning around like that…. I mean, what a crazy thing for an animal to do, right? Just spin, spin, spin, making yourself all dizzy… and then I remembered doing the exact same thing with my friends when I was a kid.