An image of smiling Jordan Edwards
By Lori Adelman • @ladelman • 7 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

RIP Jordan Edwards.

“I’m now back to being an activist and a citizen.”

The rollback of LGBTQ rights in Trump’s first 100 days.

Yale has shut down traffic for a week to keep people from seeing graduate student-teachers fasting for decent mental healthcare and a safe campus for women.

Cecile Richards on mansplaining & what you can do for women.

Speaking of taking action, join the Mama’s Day bailout! And call your reps to speak out against the health care bill in Congress.

Trump just picked a contraception skeptic to head federal family planning efforts

And Australians are taking a page out of the Trump handbook when it comes to restricting foreign aid at the expense of women.

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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