By Alexandra Brodsky • @azbrodsky • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

“This season I may be a rape survivor cheering for a team led by an accused rapist.”

Hollywood is the worst for anyone isn’t young, white, straight, and male.

“A Message to Our Oppressors.”

“An 11-year-old girl who was denied an abortion after being raped gave birth Thursday, the culmination of a case that put a spotlight on child rape in this poor South American nation and drew criticism from human rights groups.”

The attacks on Planned Parenthood are about more than one organization.

Maggie Smith decided she’d check out that show Downtown Abbey.

My friend Rachel and I were interviewed by MAKERS about our upcoming anthology, The Feminist Utopia Project, which features pieces from so many members of the Feministing crew.

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Alexandra Brodsky was a senior editor at Feministing.com. During her four years at the site, she wrote about gender violence, reproductive justice, and education equity and ran the site's book review column. She is now a Skadden Fellow at the National Women's Law Center and also serves as the Board Chair of Know Your IX, a national student-led movement to end gender violence, which she co-founded and previously co-directed. Alexandra has written for publications including the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Guardian, and the Nation, and she is the co-editor of The Feminist Utopia Project: 57 Visions of a Wildly Better Future. She has spoken about violence against women and reproductive justice at campuses across the country and on MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, ESPN, and NPR.

Alexandra Brodsky was a senior editor at Feministing.com.

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