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By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Emma Sulkowicz carried her mattress across the stage at Columbia’s commencement today.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against 10 oil companies for paying women less than men for the same work. 

“So yes, Black feminism is salvation.”

Women are apparently required to wear heels to the Cannes Film Festival.

The trial of Iranian painter and women’s rights activist Atena Farghadani, who faces charges of “spreading propaganda against the system” and “insulting members of parliament through paintings,” begins today.

Tennessee’s governor signs into law a new 48-hour abortion waiting period.

It’s long past time for paid parental leave to be a political priority.

Scientists consider: Why do men even exist?

WTF.

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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