Black Monday
By Lori Adelman • @ladelman • 7 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

A “mind-boggling” number of women in Poland are protesting a proposed total abortion ban.

Tonight is the only vice-presidential general election debate of 2016, and there’s a lot to look out for. For one thing, one of the candidates is “obsessed” with defunding Planned Parenthood.

Stop victim-blaming Kim Kardashian.

This is too good: A study has found that penis size has decreased about 10% over the past 50 years — and Rush Limbaugh blames feminism.

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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