honor trans immigrant lives
By Maya Dusenbery • @mayadusenbery • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

WTF, Harvard.

Dr. Willie Parker on why he provides abortions in Alabama: “In public health, you go where the crisis is.” 

As protests in Minneapolis continue demanding justice for Jamar Clark, a photo shows a cop pointing a rifle at a peaceful protester who happens to be the son of Congressman Keith Ellison.

Who took care of Rosie the Riveter’s children?

Rebecca Solnit on the 80 books no women should read.

Ava Duvernay discusses the dearth of women directors in Hollywood.

How a refugee gets to the US, as tweeted by a Bosian refugee.

The new Honor Trans Immigrant Lives initiative seeks to build leadership and capacity within transgender immigrant communities.

Header image credit: Mojuicy

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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