By Lori Adelman • @ladelman • 11 years ago

What we missed

Tomorrow is World Prematurity Day. Preterm birth is an issue that deeply affects adults and families as well as newborns. Learn more with the March of Dimes.

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the federal government for putting immigrants in jail because, you know. Just ‘cuz.

Uhhh these sex scandal cartoons are all kinds of rapey.

Utah awkwardly worries a children’s book about two mothers will turn kids into lesbians.

Our own Jessica argues in her latest column at the Nation that feminists are winning. I sure hope she’s right!

Brooklyn, NY

Lori Adelman started blogging with Feministing in 2008, and now runs partnerships and strategy as a co-Executive Director. She is also the Director of Youth Engagement at Women Deliver, where she promotes meaningful youth engagement in international development efforts, including through running the award-winning Women Deliver Young Leaders Program. Lori was formerly the Director of Global Communications at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and has also worked at the United Nations Foundation on the Secretary-General's flagship Every Woman Every Child initiative, and at the International Women’s Health Coalition and Human Rights Watch. As a leading voice on women’s rights issues, Lori frequently consults, speaks and publishes on feminism, activism and movement-building. A graduate of Harvard University, Lori has been named to The Root 100 list of the most influential African Americans in the United States, and to Forbes Magazine‘s list of the “30 Under 30” successful mediamakers. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Lori Adelman is an Executive Director of Feministing in charge of Partnerships.

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