By Jos Truitt • @jostruitt • 9 years ago

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Colorlines’ new series “Life Cycles of Inequity” explores the ways in which inequity impacts the lives of black men. This infographic is part of a package focused on implicit bias in schools.

“The Lord looks at the heart.” A conservative Southern Baptist Republican from Alabama on her trans daughter.

People in the U.S. saved an estimated $483 million in out-of-pocket costs for the birth control pill last year.

RIP Camille Lepage.

“In order to maintain power in the hands of a certain group of people, you have to create enemies. You have to perpetuate myths.” Fatima Al Qadiri (who Vero previously covered on Feministing Jamz) has smart things to say about stereotypes while strolling through Chinatown in a new video on the New Yorker website. 

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Jos Truitt is Executive Director of Development at Feministing. She joined the team in July 2009, became an Editor in August 2011, and Executive Director in September 2013. She writes about a range of topics including transgender issues, abortion access, and media representation. Jos first got involved with organizing when she led a walk out against the Iraq war at her high school, the Boston Arts Academy. She was introduced to the reproductive justice movement while at Hampshire College, where she organized the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program’s annual reproductive justice conference. She has worked on the National Abortion Federation’s hotline, was a Field Organizer at Choice USA, and has volunteered as a Pro-Choice Clinic Escort. Jos has written for publications including The Guardian, Bilerico, RH Reality Check, Metro Weekly, and the Columbia Journalism Review. She has spoken and trained at numerous national conferences and college campuses about trans issues, reproductive justice, blogging, feminism, and grassroots organizing. Jos completed her MFA in Printmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute in Spring 2013. In her "spare time" she likes to bake and work on projects about mermaids.

Jos Truitt is an Executive Director of Feministing in charge of Development.

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