Links round-up: Week ending October 29, 2011

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Welcome to our new weekly links round-up. This is a compilation of items from the past week that may be of interest to VPers.
As a reminder, in lieu of trigger warnings, I use keywords describing the themes of the piece. Please skim these before deciding to read the excerpt or click through for the full article. Outside sources are not safe spaces, and mainstream source's comments should almost always be avoided. The links I highlight don't necessarily reflect VP's views, or even my own, for that matter. 

This week's round-up includes: Girl Scouts of Colorado will accept trans girls; sexualized Native dress as a Halloween costume; asexual visibility; girls named "Unwanted" take on new titles; Black farmers reach billion-dollar settlement; HPV vaccine recommended for male-assigned kids; fandom and its hatred of Black women characters; teaching feminism in high school; Amber Cole and teaching boys sexual accountability; mammography might not be a good screening tool; possible changes to British succession rules; Domestic Violence Awareness Month blog carnival

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What have you been reading (or writing!) this week?

If you'd like to see an article included in next week's round-up, send me an e-mail at recidivist@vaginapagina.com . Non-US and positive links are especially appreciated. (I can't fit all the awesome links people send, but I'll try to post any that I don't include to Facebook, Tumblr, or Twitter.) You can also just take matters into your own hands and post in the comments!

Yeast Cultures.

[greensolace.livejournal.com]

Is it possible to still have a yeast infection even if the culture comes back negative?
Just wondering...
Thanks!

(no subject)

[brokenskylines.livejournal.com]

I had posted a few months ago about skipping my period on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo, but I was wondering if I could take my inactives, wait a week and then start a new pack? Will I screw my cycle up if I do this or will it be okay?