Viola Davis
By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 9 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

The woman who accused Jameis Winston of sexual assault has filed a Title IX lawsuit against Florida State University.

In the Population Institute’s new report card on reproductive rights, fifteen states received a failing grade, and overall the US received a “C.” 

Viola Davis accepts her People’s Choice Award and responds to the diss in that New York Times article.

Trans people are not allowed to drive in Russia.

A new video of the shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice shows the police forcing Rice’s 14-year-old sister to the ground, before handcuffing and detaining her.

“Are we ready to give up our violent comfort zones and step fearlessly into the Trans Femme Revolution of 2015?”

“If policy makers are serious about helping families across America succeed economically, they have to support comprehensive access to affordable birth control.”

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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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