By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 9 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

In this TEDx talk, international development scholar Ananya Roy talks about combating patriarchy–both in our institutions and our own personal relationships. “When the rules create inequality, disobey the rules.” 

Debunking the myth that Latinos are anti-choice.

North Dakotan anti-choice would really like us to stop calling their personhood amendment a personhood amendment.

Dave Zirin on the gender discrimination suit brought by women’s soccer players against FIFA.

The Supreme Court declined to hear two reproductive rights-related challenges

Contrary to sexist assumptions, being a mom doesn’t make you less productive at work.

A thorough response to that NYT op-ed declaring that “Academic science isn’t sexist.”

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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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