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By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 9 years ago

Watch: What not to do when covering a woman running for President

As the election season heats up, Jay Smooth offers a quick media guide on “what not to do when covering a woman running for President” — with the help of some our favorite feminists, including former Feministing members Samhita and Zerlina. 

If anyone has some time to write up a transcript in the comments, I’d be so grateful! Transcript below thanks to commenter Andrew.

St. Paul, MN

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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