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It’s the 6th Annual Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice. Get involved!

Jenna Wortham  profiled Issa Rae and it’s as great as it sounds.

Elizabeth Warren has a question for the Senate Republicans who ultimately lost their bid yesterday evening to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood: “Did you fall down, hit your head, and wake up in the 1950’s?

…But it seems the war isn’t over yet: anti-abortion politicians are getting creative, and the extremist group behind those bogus videos is still active. Read Melissa McEwan at Shakesville on the good news and the bad news after last night’s vote, and Jill Filipovic on why defunding Planned Parenthood is the opposite of “pro-life“. Plus don’t miss Jen Sorenson’s spot-on tissue-gate comic.

The Guardian has a nifty graphic feature breaking down the United Nation’s new development agenda.

On Twitter: Who looks like an engineer? What is safety to you?

NPR’s new Muslim Artists, Now series will highlight contemporary Muslim musicians, writers, painters and filmmakers, among others.

Alternatives to Alternatives: the Black Grrrls Riot Ignored.

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Lori Adelman started blogging with Feministing in 2008, and now runs partnerships and strategy as a co-Executive Director. She is also the Director of Youth Engagement at Women Deliver, where she promotes meaningful youth engagement in international development efforts, including through running the award-winning Women Deliver Young Leaders Program. Lori was formerly the Director of Global Communications at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and has also worked at the United Nations Foundation on the Secretary-General's flagship Every Woman Every Child initiative, and at the International Women’s Health Coalition and Human Rights Watch. As a leading voice on women’s rights issues, Lori frequently consults, speaks and publishes on feminism, activism and movement-building. A graduate of Harvard University, Lori has been named to The Root 100 list of the most influential African Americans in the United States, and to Forbes Magazine‘s list of the “30 Under 30” successful mediamakers. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Lori Adelman is an Executive Director of Feministing in charge of Partnerships.

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