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Tori Sisson and Shante Wolfe kiss after becoming the first same-sex couple to marry in Alabama.

On Beyoncé, Beck, Kanye, and race at The Grammys

Guess which “news” network suggested that mandating vaccines would put us down the slippery slope to forced abortions?

The best feminist children’s and young adult books of 2014.

A Texas lawmaker is introducing legislation that would appoint lawyers to fetuses in future disputes over whether pregnant people should remain hooked up to life support. “You’ll hear what the family wants, and you’ll also give the pre-born child a chance to have a voice in court at that same time.”

“All my battles were with male egos.” – Joni Mitchell

Reasons you were not promoted that are totally unrelated to gender.

A Florida lawmaker wants to pass legislation that would prohibit trans people from using the restroom that matches their gender, punishable by up to a year in jail or a $1,000 fine.

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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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