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Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

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We’ve already given you six good reasons to vote today. But if you need still more motivation, press play on this “Women are Watching” playlist from Planned Parenthood and get your ass to the polls before they close! 

The Oklahoma Supreme Court blocked two unconstitutional abortion restrictions.

There are more black women running for office at the national and state levels than ever before.

White privilege at the polls.

These “This is what a feminist looks like t-shirts” were made using women’s sweat shop labor.

Juan Evans is pushing for reforms after police in Georgia called him ‘it’ and threatened him with a forced roadside genital search after he told them he was trans.

Eight women cinematographers you should know about.

Check out the people of color and mental illness photo project.

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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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