Best things I read this week, Feb. 8-14

Ya gotta read a lot if you want to write a little. Here are some of the best things I read this past week--Galentine's Day edition!

"I spent August with a well-adjusted man in a polo shirt who would never think to hurt someone except in self-defense, but he comes from a pot where new anger is boiling."

"The internet is full of men who hate feminism. Here's what they're like in person."

from Vox (@voxdotcom)

"the omission of Black Women and other Women of Color from the realm of burlesque picture and history books is just willed ignorance– ignorance, lazy scholarship, and yup I’ll say it, racist brands of white feminism."

"Women of color in burlesque: the not-so-hidden history"

from Racialicious (@racialicious)

Hey girl guys, looking at feminist Ryan Gosling memes might make you more feminist. "Study: Feminist Ryan Gosling meme makes men more feminist."
from Vox (@voxdotcom)

"11 ways to celebrate Valentine's Day with your cat."
from Gawker (@gawker)