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By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 9 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

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Abortion providers and pro-choice groups have sued to block Arizona’s new law requiring doctors to lie to their patients about an untested procedure to “reverse” an abortion.

After 56 years, Barbie will finally be able to wear flats. 

How anti-fat bias affects kids’ performance in school.

Activists pose as patients and beg Texas legislators for reproductive health care.

Most Americans think undocumented immigrants should be able to stay in the US.

An online poll shows how people in 23 countries feel about abortion.

The Women’s World Cup of Literature.

Sweden extends paid paternity leave.

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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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