Is Rand Paul good for women? chart of the bad things he's done
By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 9 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

This probably goes without saying: A Rand Paul presidency would not be good for women.

Rachel Maddow looks at the proposed North Carolina bill going after abortion training at one of the top medical schools. 

A new game that explores unwanted sexual attention.

La Galería Magazine highlights some inspiring Dominicanas past and present.

The ACLU is suing the Obama administration for documents that show the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is restricting access to abortions for unaccompanied immigrant children.

The Nation revisits a 1962 debate on “wages for wives” from its archives.

Come the fuck on, Kansas.

Phyllis R. Klotman made it her life’s work to find and preserve the works of little-known black filmmakers.

“I was sexually assaulted at UVA, and I don’t accept the reporter’s apology.”

St. Paul, MN

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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