comic book female superheros vs. women in congress chart
By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

comic book female superheros vs. women in congress chart

Chicago became the first municipality in the country to legislate reparations for victims of police torture.

A must-read investigation on the exploitation of nail salon workers in NYC. 

How does the proportion of women in each comic book universe compare to the proportion of women in Congress over time?

A long drive across Montana to get an abortion.

Well, well, well. For all the handwringing about “hookup” culture, millennials actually fewer sexual partners than their parents.

Several women have filed a lawsuit against Home Depot, claiming it is boys club that holds women back.

 

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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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