By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Congrats to 9-year-old Kelly Xu, who became the first female golf champ at Augusta National.

Ex-CIA director suggests Dianne Feinstein is too “emotional” to produce an objective torture report.

Technology’s man problem.

According to a new study, women are less likely to apply to job postings seeking “assertive,” “independent,” “aggressive” candidates.

“Go ahead and run on “personhood,” as-of-yet-unchosen Minnesota GOP Senate candidate. That is a race I can’t wait to watch.”

The National Women’s History Museum apparently doesn’t think it needs women’s historians.

“THE TENTH” is a new zine from a group of Brooklyn-based artists that explores the intersections of queerness, blackness and male identity.

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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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