By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

The officer in charge of the U.S. Air Force’s response to sexual assault was himself arrested for sexually assaulting a woman this weekend.

“Knox and Arias aren’t just women accused of murder. They’re minxes accused of murder.”

Brittney Griner on Jason Collins coming out and her hope “to be a light who inspires others.”

Which 20 lipsticks contain the most lead?

Sady Doyle asks comic Sam Morril why he tells so many rape jokes.

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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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