Thursday (Night) Link Love

Jezebel: Commenting About Race Is Complicated

The Curvature: Watching the Wheels

slb: In Praise of Lucille Clifton

49 percent: Thoughts on neutrality, the everybody-does-it defense, and reciprocation

Think Progress: Sotomayor’s opinion marks the Supreme Court’s first use of the term ‘undocumented immigrant’

Geek Feminism Blog: Questioning the merit of meritocracy

DarkPersephone: The male gaze as enemy of women’s freedom

Flip Flopping Joy: too stupid…

More links after the jump

A Spark of Wisdom: I am a homophobe

I Blame the Patriarchy: I got yer rape prevention email forward right here

Feministing: Notes from a bitch – pondering being prepared to be wrong…

The Black Snob: A Love Worth Dying For

Immigration Impact: ICE Transferring Detainees Impedes Their Access to Counsel and Limits Their Right to Present a Defense to Deportation

Racialicious: What Sarah Palin Taught Me About Beyonce

The Pursuit of Harpyness: Gender Studies for Kindergarteners (and the Kid in All of Us)

McDonald’s manager leaves voice message to trans woman: “We don’t hire faggots.”