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By Lori Adelman • @ladelman • 7 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Earlier today we were broadcasting live from a #NoDAPL action being led by Indigenous women in DC.

Today in 2016 election aftermath: on feminism’s elitism problem; the Ivanka voter; Miss Ann’s revenge; and working-class women who voted for Trump. And in the few days since the election of Donald Trump, the country has witnessed numerous instances of racist, anti-Semitic, and Islamaphobic incidents and a rise in hate speech.

This week in the #warondrugs, a new, exhaustive study explores how federal prosecutors undermine procedural justice in pursuing drug convictions.

Check out this week’s episode of the Rewire podcast “Get It Right,” on a new wave of television about Black women, written by Black women – and what it really means to be inclusive in television.

A new report highlights the discrimination women of color face in particular in the workforce.

 

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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