By Lori Adelman • @ladelman • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

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Minnesota resident Julie Vidna holds a sign in support of same-sex marriage outside the MN House chamber. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson).

The Minnesota House has just approved gay marriage! View more amazing photos of the day’s events here.

Ariel Castro has been charged  in the horrific rape and kidnapping case in Cleveland.

It’s a busy week for Canadian feminism: WAM has new research on the Canadian feminist blogosphere, and Naomi Klein spoke with writer, activist, and Idle No More’s Leanne Simpson.

On depression.

Israel is moving to end gender segregation in public spaces.

“Talent should not have a gender.”

We’ll have more on this tomorrow, but over 100 well-known artists have formed a movement called Migration is Beautiful and are calling on Congress and President Obama to pass humane, inclusive and just immigration reform.

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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