By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

African pin up with iguanaClassic pinup posters with an African twist.

Veet has pulled their “Don’t risk dudeness” ads after realizing that “not everyone appreciated our sense of humor.” My boycott — of Veet and hair removal in general — is still on.

“You can be a businesswoman, a mother, an artist, and a feminist—whatever you want to be—and still be a sexual being. It’s not mutually exclusive.” – Beyonce.

NPR takes a 2,428-mile road trip along the US-Mexican border.

Derrick Gordon becomes the first out gay Division I men’s basketball player.

“Prisons don’t keep us safe.” – CeCe McDonald

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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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