By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Is anything better than Dove Real Beauty parodies? This one’s an oldie but a goodie.

Racism, sexism, and the myth of the “confidence gap.”

A brief history of the “not all men!” defense against feminist arguments.

Millionaire who was caught on camera hitting or kicking his girlfriend 117 times during a 30-minute attack got off with a $500 fine — and he thinks he’s the real victim here.

Related: “Technology is an industry infested with entitled men who are allowed to say and do anything they please without any consequences.”

Bill O’Reilly blames Beyonce for teen pregnancy.

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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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