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In the past two years, 30 states have passed 135 new anti-choice laws. See them visualized in this cool but hard-to-describe compass-like thing.

“‘Porn for women’ is not for all women. And many elements of it appeal to men, too.”

Rush Limbaugh justs goes ahead and straight-up advocates violence against women who get abortions. “You know how to stop abortion? Require that each one occur with a gun.”

What the hell, GQ? Ranking “the 100 hottest women” by race?
Wow. This is what a UNC administrator allegedly told a student when she reported her rape: “Rape is like a football game, Annie. If you look back on the game, and you’re the quarterback and you’re in charge, is there anything that you would have done differently in that situation?

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Maya Dusenbery is executive director in charge of editorial at Feministing. She is the author of the forthcoming book Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick (HarperOne, March 2018). She has been a fellow at Mother Jones magazine and a columnist at Pacific Standard magazine. Her work has appeared in publications like Cosmopolitan.com, TheAtlantic.com, Bitch Magazine, as well as the anthology The Feminist Utopia Project. Before become a full-time journalist, she worked at the National Institute for Reproductive Health. A Minnesota native, she received her B.A. from Carleton College in 2008. After living in Brooklyn, Oakland, and Atlanta, she is currently based in the Twin Cities.

Maya Dusenbery is an executive director of Feministing and author of the forthcoming book Doing Harm on sexism in medicine.

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