By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 9 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

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Some smart Black female scholars discuss Black women, beauty, and bodies through the lens of Beyoncé. Meanwhile, Jon Stewart takes on Bill O’Reilly’s obsession with Queen Bey.

The typical member of the 1 percent is an old, white man. Color me positively shocked.

Gabby Giffords lobbies the Senate to tighten gun restrictions on domestic abusers.

The hidden feminism of Audrey Hepburn.

Local law enforcement officials refusing to participate with Obama’s deportation policies.

Cristan Williams at TransAdvocate has a fantastic interview with Judith Butler, in which Judy B clarifies her position that everyone’s ability to determine their own sense of self is paramount, and that she firmly opposes theory being used to police and judge trans people’s genders. It’s a must read.

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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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