By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Ani DiFranco finally gives the apology–for planning to hold a retreat at a former plantation–that she should have made on the first try. Read Brittany Cooper on white privilege, the year in race, and DiFranco’s first faux-pology. Bitch also has a roundup of some more good responses to the mess.

Image of first trans woman elected to Nepali Congress Party

Powerful photos of LGBTQI people in India and Nepal.

Anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers thrive in Texas as real clinics close.

Trigger warning: Another horrible gang rape in India sparks protests.

Justice Sotomayor granted a temporary stay to a handful of Catholic organizations seeking an exemption from the contraception policy.

Gay rights advocate and former NFL player Chris Kluwe suspects he was fired from the Vikings by a bigot and two cowards.

Check out the #NotYourRescueNarrative hashtag on Twitter right now for a discussion of anti-trafficking work and sex worker stigma.

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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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