By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 9 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

This is the drive you must now make to get an abortion if you live in the Rio Grande Valley .

New York Governor Cuomo orders SUNY to overhaul its sexual assault approach, following California’s lead in basing it on affirmative consent.

Jessica spoke to the parents of Rehtaeh Parsons and Audrie Potts.

Gillian Anderson discusses the “intolerable” sexism in Hollywood.

Under a new law in Alabama, minors who want to bypass their parents’ consent to get an abortion are put on trial and a lawyer is appointed for their fetus.

The gender politics of pockets.

A feminist analysis of the screaming girls at One Direction concerts.

A teenage boy who was hospitalized for days after fighting back against his anti-gay bullies is now being charged with assault.

Reminder: The Feministing crew is booking campus visits right now. Get in touch to bring us to your college!

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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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