Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Mo’ne Davis signs autographs for the Dodgers and hangs out with Brittney Griner.

The man who shot and killed Renisha McBride was sentenced to at least 17 years in prison and apologized to her family.

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“Beyonce Knowles and bell hooks and Barbara Smith and Audre Lorde carried me towards claiming feminist as my own, as one garment in which I drape my body to navigate this world.” — Janet Mock

A Montana woman in her first trimester of pregnancy is being charged with child endangerment after testing positive for illegal drugs.

Mindy Kaling apparently thinks abortion is too serious of a topic to tackle in a sitcom.

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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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