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By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Dems in Congress are calling for an investigation into the group behind the “sting” videos against Planned Parenthood.

How giving survivors access to free legal assistance could help combat domestic violence. 

Why is it men who commit mass shootings? And why do American men commit mass shootings so much more than men anywhere else?

Laura Browder is the latest example of how harsh America can be on working mothers.

The Equality Act would protect LGBTQ people from discrimination — and bolster everyone’s civil rights protections.

Older women have sex.

Donating fetal tissue for research is not only legal — it’s a really great thing.

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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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