Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

By Maya and Katie

Pink truck for lady truckers

“It’s pink, so obviously women will love it.”

Today is International Day to End Violence Against Women and marks the 53 year anniversary of the assassination of the Mirabal Sisters.

Shonda Rhimes is writing a memoir about TV writing and single motherhood.

A San Antonio police officer is accused of sexually assaulting a woman during a traffic stop.

On unsafe, illegal abortion in Haiti.

Katy Perry did an “Asian inspired” performance at the AMAs, confirming 2013 as the year white pop stars are super messy & showing their asses on race (as Vero put it).

Tonight, check out the documentary Young Lakota on how South Dakota’s anti-abortion battle played out on the Pine Ridge reservation.

A 12-year-old girl fights for her right to be on the wrestling team.

St. Paul, MN

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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