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By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Roxane Gay on why she doesn’t forgive Dylann Roof.

Senate Republicans have joined House Republicans in proposing cuts to family planning funding.  

As governments convene at the UN to discuss sustainable development, a reminder of how climate change affects gender inequality.

Twice as many people have died in attacks by right-wing groups in the US than by Muslim extremists since 9/11.

Why aren’t there more depictions of birth control in pop culture?

Working moms are more likely to have daughters who excel in the workplace and sons who do their share of household labor.

Family acceptance is a super important source of of support for LGBT youth.

The new documentary GTFO, now available online, shines a light on misogyny in the video game industry.

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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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