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This week we heard from Grey Jones, the teenage co-founder of Arts Not Parts, an initative using art to protest against bigotry. Co-founded along with Irregular Labs, artists such as Sia and Peaches have designed posters in support of transgender and non-binary youth using their bathroom of choice in schools. Find out more info about the project and download your own poster: www.artsnotparts.com

Grey spoke to us in depth about how the initiative started, the current "bathroom bills" in the US, and how she navigates gender identity in an online space. We were also lucky enough to hear from Grey's unreleased EP "Clown In Residence" with her track "Boy Online".

We took a look at news from a feminist perspective in Go Home, Everything Is Terrible.

In good news...

• LCD Sound System’s Gavin Russom has come out as a trans woman in a recent interview with Pitchfork. After touring and recording with LCD Soundsystem last year, she took time off to focus on her own self-care, ultimately finding support in New York City’s large and diverse community of trans women.
• Polish first Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda swerved Trump’s handshake in Warsaw.
• Kesha released Praying, her first single in four years. In an essay published on Lenny Letter, Kesha speaks about surviving "feelings of severe hopelessness and depression" following her publically documented personal and legal battle with her ex-producer Dr Luke. The song was recorded at Studios 301 in Sydney. Sound engineer Antonia Gauci helped track the song and Sydney all-female folk band All Our Exes Live In Texas feature on the song's backing vocals.
• Sydney-based Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander media professional Emily Nicol has curated Spotify’s Black Australia Playlist in celebration of Naidoc Week.

And in bad news...

• Rob Kardashian shared images of his former partner Blac Chyna without her consent, which has some serious legal implications in regards to revenge porn laws in California, not to mention the effects of image-based abuse on victims.

• Sweden's biggest music festival Bravalla was cancelled for 2018 earlier this month after 27 sexual assaults were reported this year. Swedish comedian Emma Knyckare is organising a "man-free" music festival in response to the cancellation.