By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 9 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Watch the anti-Redskins spot that will air during halftime of tonight’s NBA finals game.

“Ultimately, supporting all of a woman’s pregnancy decisions not only works to reduce abortion incidence—it’s the only acceptable way of achieving that goal.”

Disney bows to the force of fans demanding Princess Leia toys.

Some good repro rights news out of Texas for a change.

The Washington Post publishes an article entitled “One way to end violence against women? Stop taking lovers and get married.”

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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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