sign that says all black lives matter including women

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Rekia Boyd’s name “will not spark a mass movement.”

North Carolina’s poised to pass one of the longest abortion waiting periods in the country, arguing patients need a cooling off period just like real estate transactions. 

Ann considers whether you can be an “honorary spinster.”

The lessons we’ve learned from our Boomer mothers.

Palestinian rap group Dam’s latest song tackles misogyny and “make believe feminism.”

#TeamLaverne forever obviously.

Header image credit: Marino Mauricette/For Harriet

 

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.

Read more about Maya

Join the Conversation