By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Four ways climate change impacts women more than men.

“To be a woman in pain is to be hysterical or invisible.” 

Why academics love studying Buffy.

Three former women coaches have filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the University of Minnesota Duluth.

“How Planned Parenthood saved my vagina.”

Three more women have accused Bill Cosy of sexual assault, bringing the total to over 50 accusers.

Our hearts are with those affected by today’s shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College.

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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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