By Jos Truitt • @jostruitt • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet: International Women’s Day Edition

Today is International Women’s Day, or as us full-time feminists call it, Day.

Annie Edison from Community: Bring it in for a boob bump, ladies!

 

International Women’s Day was originally International Working Women’s Day, and has its roots in gendered labor struggles.

Mey at Autostraddle has a great list of trans women pioneers you didn’t learn about in history class.

Buzzfeed published an investigation of how poorly Uber handles sexual assault complaints, and Uber responded terribly.

Celebrating the power of environmental feminists. Don’t miss Feministing’s series Bearing Witness about indigenous feminists working for climate justice in the Americas.

Missouri Democrats filibuster an anti-gay religious freedom amendment.

“Why isn’t there an International Men’s Day??”

 

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Jos Truitt is Executive Director of Development at Feministing. She joined the team in July 2009, became an Editor in August 2011, and Executive Director in September 2013. She writes about a range of topics including transgender issues, abortion access, and media representation. Jos first got involved with organizing when she led a walk out against the Iraq war at her high school, the Boston Arts Academy. She was introduced to the reproductive justice movement while at Hampshire College, where she organized the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program’s annual reproductive justice conference. She has worked on the National Abortion Federation’s hotline, was a Field Organizer at Choice USA, and has volunteered as a Pro-Choice Clinic Escort. Jos has written for publications including The Guardian, Bilerico, RH Reality Check, Metro Weekly, and the Columbia Journalism Review. She has spoken and trained at numerous national conferences and college campuses about trans issues, reproductive justice, blogging, feminism, and grassroots organizing. Jos completed her MFA in Printmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute in Spring 2013. In her "spare time" she likes to bake and work on projects about mermaids.

Jos Truitt is an Executive Director of Feministing in charge of Development.

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