By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 7 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

One in three women doctors have been sexually harassed during their careers.

A comic about teaching consent to little kids. 

A new book uncovers the forgotten history of the unrecognized women who worked as human computers in NASA’s space exploration program.

How male reviewers are sabotaging the online reviews of female-centered television shows.

In an art project called Ink Visible, five tattoo artists with invisible disabilities created temporary tattoos inspired by their experiences.

On dating while trans.

 

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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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