By Lori Adelman • @ladelman • 7 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Breast cancer survivor Paulette Leaphart finishes her 1,034-mile topless walk from Biloxi, Mississippi to the steps of the Capitol building in DC.

Meet Brujas, the feminist skate crew from the Bronx s we’ve all been waiting for.
And learn more about Truvada, aka PrEP, a new drug that is more than 90% effective at preventing HIV when taken as instructed.
Watch Black Lives Matter Toronto shut down their city’s Pride Parade.

“When men are in a blackout, they do things to the world. When women are in a blackout, things are done to them.”

Brooklyn, NY

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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