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The newly launched Red Umbrella Project website has some concrete actions you can take to make sure #nycondom is not used as evidence of prostitution.

Do we care if Jesus or someone who writes about “lovesick teenage girls” are/were feminists?

A new study points to mortgage discrimination against women, and in particular women of color.

Today the White House announced a new domestic violence initiative, citing the terrifying statistic that every single day in America, three women die at the hands of their boyfriend, or their husband, or their ex-husband and pledging to put resources towards ending this scourge. Of course, haters are already taking Vice President Biden’s words out of context:

On Steubenville and why acquaintance rape is not a myth #TYZerlina

The UN Commission on the Status of Women is almost over — and the New York Times is blasting the Vatican, Iran and Russia for holding up negotiations.

Queer feminist activist Kate Millett has been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

Well this is awesome. In celebration of Women’s History Month and WikiWomen’s History Month, groups across the United States are organizing #tooFEW, a feminist Wikipedia edit-a-thon this Friday to edit Wikipedia to include more perspectives on women and people of color.

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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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