Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

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An infographic shows just how under appreciated teachers are

“I chose to be fat”

Paula Deen wanted black staffers to dress in Aunt Jemima outfits. Why am I not surprised?

Jailed Pussy Riot punk singer denied parole

What’s the deal with sex addiction?

Colombia legalizes its first same-sex union

*Trigger Warning* Rape Joke: A Poem By Patricia Lockwood.

AG Eric Holder announced plans to mandate voting pre-clearance for Texas through the federal court. Last week, Syreeta wrote about why the VRA is a feminist issue.

Rand Paul doesn’t “think there’s anyone in Congress who has a stronger belief in minority rights than I do.” Who knew Rand had such a great sense of humor? He’s HILARIOUS! Great self-denigrating deadpan delivery.

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Born and raised on the mean streets of New York City’s Upper West Side, Katie Halper is a comic, writer, blogger, satirist and filmmaker based in New York. Katie graduated from The Dalton School (where she teaches history) and Wesleyan University (where she learned that labels are for jars.) A director of Living Liberally and co-founder/performer in Laughing Liberally, Katie has performed at Town Hall, Symphony Space, The Culture Project, D.C. Comedy Festival, all five Netroots Nations, and The Nation Magazine Cruise, where she made Howard Dean laugh! and has appeared with Lizz Winstead, Markos Moulitsas, The Yes Men, Cynthia Nixon and Jim Hightower. Her writing and videos have appeared in The New York Times, Comedy Central, The Nation Magazine, Gawker, Nerve, Jezebel, the Huffington Post, Alternet and Katie has been featured in/on NY Magazine, LA Times, In These Times, Gawker,Jezebel, MSNBC, Air America, GritTV, the Alan Colmes Show, Sirius radio (which hung up on her once) and the National Review, which called Katie “cute and some what brainy.” Katie co-produced Tim Robbins’s film Embedded, (Venice Film Festival, Sundance Channel); Estela Bravo’s Free to Fly (Havana Film Festival, LA Latino Film Festival); was outreach director for The Take, Naomi Klein/Avi Lewis documentary about Argentine workers (Toronto & Venice Film Festivals, Film Forum); co-directed New Yorkers Remember the Spanish Civil War, a video for Museum of the City of NY exhibit, and wrote/directed viral satiric videos including Jews/ Women/ Gays for McCain.

Katie is a writer, comedian, filmmaker, and New Yorker.

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