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By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 9 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Twitter’s CEO acknowledges that it “sucks at dealing with abuse” on its platform.

A story straight out a horror movie. Except it’s real life.

Fox News thinks Frozen is anti-men and Hollywood isn’t giving us enough movies with male heroes. Uhhhhhh.

Sally Kohn explains why she didn’t vaccinate her kid — and why she regrets that now.

Feministing alum Samhita Mukhopadhyay on political correctness.

Venezuelans are facing a severe condom shortage.

Thoughts on slut-shaming from a 12-year-old feminist.

A UK judge ruled that a woman with learning disabilities can be sterilized by force. In 2015.

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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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