By Lori Adelman • @ladelman • 11 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Purple cake with the Feministing mudflap girl and website url

Shout out to Miami University Hamilton Association of Women Students and PRISM for hosting Feministing Editors at their campus this week.

R.I.P. Roger Ebert. 

Workers are striking as we speak for fair wages and rights. Sign the petition to support them and learn more about Fast Food Forward,

It’s great that AP decided to remove “illegal immigrant” from its Stylebo; now the New York Times should follow suit.
Via Mona Eltahawy, feminist group Femen has declared today April 4 to be international “Topless Jihad Day”. (NSFW)

Here’s your daily “aw” moment: Kid President meets Actual President Barack Obama.

 

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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