By Dana Bolger • @danabolger • 7 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

It’s been a tough few days.

The woman Brock Allen Turner assaulted on the isolation of rape: “You bought me a ticket to a planet where I lived by myself.”

Sara Ahmed on resignation as feminist protest: “I will not reproduce a world I cannot bear, a world I do not think should be borne.”

Muhammad Ali, who passed away on Friday, on U.S. imperialism: “I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality.”

Rachel Syme on female friendship: “Two powerful men being friends is an inevitability. Two powerful women being friends is a conspiracy.”

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Dana Bolger is a Senior Editor at Feministing and the co-founder of Know Your IX, the national youth-led organization working to end gender violence in schools. She's testified before Congress on Title IX policy and legislative reform, and her writing has appeared in a number of outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. She's also a student at Yale Law School, and you can find her on Twitter at @danabolger.

Dana Bolger is a Senior Editor at Feministing and a student at Yale Law School.

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