kids at world cup parade
By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

It’s the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

People who have abortions overwhelming feel good about the decision, thanks very much.  

On Loretta Young, Clark Gable, and a date rape covered up for over half a century.

Did La Course stiff female cyclists on their prize money?

Love these photos of kids freaking out at the parade honoring the US women’s national soccer team.

Header image credit: Natalie Keyssar/Fusion

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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