By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 9 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

A fascinating history of abortifacients.

The MTA is launching an awareness campaign aimed at all the dudes taking up too much space on the subway.

“The names of trans women of color will be in the mouths of the queer community after they’ve been murdered, but support for us while we are still alive is sporadic at best.” 

Computer Engineer Barbie leaves the actual computer engineering to the guys.

Our own Alexandra on the financial impact of campus gender-based violence.

A look at #HowMediaWritesWOC.

Sea Change released new research and recommendations on public abortion storytelling.

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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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