Mombian Weekly Reader

I’m not going to do my usual political roundup this week because the Prop 8 ruling and Elena Kagan’s confirmation have made it a week full o’ politics. I will, however, point out a few items, political and otherwise, that are worth a read.

• “What teens think about Prop. 8 being struck down” from the teen authors at LA Youth newspaper. Important voices. (Thanks to Lee Wind.)
• “Judge Walker’s Ruling is About Much More Than the Law” by Kai Wright at Colorlines. The money quote: “Walker’s ruling moves the debate away from deliberately distracting questions about how gay relationships impact everyone else—and toward questions about how bigotry impacts gay relationships.” (Thanks to LesbianDad.)
• “The Kids Are All Right, Aren’t They?” by Belinda Baldwin at Change.org looks not so much at the movie (about which we’ve had much discussion here), but at what the debate about the movie within the lesbian community means. “It has become a kind of cultural litmus test for how we feel about ourselves,” she says. A good and thought-provoking read.