The XX Factor

We’re Talking About: April 20, 2010

-The ” Queen ” of the civil rights movement, Dorothy Height, dies at the age of 98 . [ New York Times , Washington Post ]

-Oprah Winfrey responds to Kitty Kelley’s biography of her: “This, too, shall pass.” [ People ]

- Salon ‘s Rebecca Traister says that young abortion-rights advocates are very vocal , despite what older reproductive-rights activists think. [ Salon ]

-According to a new study, fewer than than 75 percent of American women breast-feed. [ New York Times ]

-Is Larry King, who allegedly slept with his wife’s sister, trying to talk his way out of a divorce ? [ New York Daily News ]