By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Reflecting on the feminist anthem “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” 30 years later.

We need a “rekindled movement for shorter hours.”

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is refusing to comply with federal regulations to reduce prison rape.

A roundtable discussion of gender, race, and body image on The Mindy Project.

Meet the 71 other companies that won’t give their employees’ birth control coverage if Hobby Lobby wins.

“A country that expands the rights of the powerful to dominate the political process but does not protect fundament rights for all citizens doesn’t sound much like a functioning democracy to me.”

Get updates on Shanesha Taylor’s case at Justice for Shanesha.

 

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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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