Can we have class outside today?
Today…
in 1963, Medgar Evers was assassinated, in the driveway of his own home, in front of his children. The story upsets me more every year.
is the anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the 1967 Supreme Court decision striking down laws that banned interracial marriage.
Keeping it brief today. The 12yo got the fire started and we’re getting hungry. (Those of you who know him will understand how wild it is that he’s awake at all, much less working. And on World Day Against Child Labor! Don’t tell him.)
Today’s laptop view. Gotta rest up for Monday!
Abortion
How Fringe Christian Nationalists Made Abortion a Central Political Issue
Katherine Stewart | Literary Hub
From the beginning, the “abortion issue” has never been just about abortion. It has also been about dividing and uniting to mobilize votes for the sake of amassing political power.
Pro-Choice Groups Strike Back at Malicious Abortion Foe
Mary Tuma | The Austin Chronicle
Three abortion support organizations - The Lilith Fund, the Texas Equal Access Fund, and The Afiya Center - are hitting back at anti-choice activist Mark Lee Dickson and the group he leads, Right to Life East Texas.
LGBTQ
Trump Appointee Denounces 'Homo-Empire,' 'Tyrannical LGBT Agenda'
Trudy Ring | The Advocate
The U.S. has become a “homo-empire” in thrall to a “tyrannical LGBT agenda,” in the words of Merritt Corrigan, the recently appointed White House deputy liaison to the U.S. Agency for International Development.
These Young LGBTQ Activists are Fighting for Change All Over the World, Some Risking Their Lives
Tim Teeman | The Daily Beast
Women Deliver, which champions gender equality and the health and rights of girls and women all over the world, just announced its newest class of 300 young advocates from 96 countries. Almost a third of this new class is made up of LGBTQIA+ individuals working on gender equality in their communities and countries. Below, six of the advocates—from Zimbabwe, Colombia, Nigeria, the USA, and Australia—talk about their lives and activism. All of them are passionate, eloquent, and determined.
When Pride Month Becomes a Revolt
Ashlee Marie Preston | Playboy
We must dismantle systemic transmisogynoir, which describes our experiences at the intersections of racism, sexism and transphobia. In the LGBTQ community, I’m faced with anti-blackness. In the feminist movement, I’m faced with the erasure of my womanhood. And in the Black community I have to prove that Black trans lives matter too, without my plight being deemed a distraction from collective Black liberation.
“We Needed Visibility”: One Stonewall Protestor On Solidarity With The Black Lives Matter Movement
Jennifer Gerson | Bustle
Mark Segal, 69, was 18 years old when he went dancing at the Stonewall Inn one night. He later found himself in the middle of a riot that made LGBTQ history and sparked his lifelong commitment to activism. A journalist and founding member of the Gay Liberation Front, a collective of LGBTQ activist groups that emerged after the Stonewall Riots, he says the anti-police brutality demonstrations sweeping the country today remind him of what he experienced 51 years ago.
Reproductive Health & Justice
The Supreme Court normally hands down its biggest cases in June. Here’s what to expect this month.
Ian Millhiser | Vox
It’s June, the month when the Supreme Court traditionally hands down its most contentious cases. That means that, by the end of this month, we are likely to get decisions on an array of hot-button cases — including issues like LGBTQ discrimination in the workplace, the fate of President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and the continued viability of Roe v. Wade — that could shake up the political and policy landscape.
Trump defunding of Planned Parenthood upheld in court
Dwight Widaman | Metro Voice
A federal court has upheld enforcement of a pro-life rule instituted by President Donald Trump protecting Americans from having to fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business. The rule shut down one of the many avenues for federal taxpayer funds that Planned Parenthood has accessed over the years.
Work & Money
The Implicit Bias In Photo Journalism
Sadatu Futa | DAME Magazine
A photographer's lens is a powerful tool, but it is often used to serve a false narrative—one that could put Black lives at risk.
How The Riveter Is Bringing Working Women Together And To The Forefront
Pauleanna Reid | Forbes
There are 75 million working women in the US, and they make up nearly half of the workforce. But that’s about as far as equality between men and women in the workplace goes. Because the wage gap persists, with women earning approximately 80% of what men make. Women are also severely underrepresented in the executive levels and boards of corporate companies.
3 Ways to Advance Gender Equity as We Return to the Office
W. Brad Johnson, David Smith | Harvard Business Review
As we plan the return to the workplace and think about what work might look like after the shutdown, leaders must remember gender equality and representation.
Employees of Women's Co-Working Brand The Wing Have Staged a 'Digital Walk-Out' to Protest Company Practices
Brittany Martin | Los Angeles Magazine
When the Wing launched in 2016, it was pitched as an alternative to the bro-y coworking scene, offering not only a women-focused space, but additional programming and services designed to help women thrive. That progressive veneer appears to have peeled away in recent days, with the ouster of CEO and cofounder Audrey Gelman and a “digital walkout” protest by staff, both stemming from concerns about the company’s culture and treatment of non-white workers.
"Picture a Scientist" examines the hostile, sexist STEM environments that drive women to leave
Gary M. Kramer | Salon
Many women in STEM are treated "like trash," and as if they "don't belong there." If they do pursue a career in science, women are often subjected to harassment, ignored, and spend an inordinate amount of time navigating oppressive systems. For women of color, the efforts to prove oneself are compounded by additional unwelcome and unnecessary microaggressions.
Working moms at risk of being left behind in economic recovery
Melanie A. Zaber, Kathryn Edwards | United Press International (UPI)
As businesses reopen, the continued closure of schools, summer camps and childcare centers will likely require at least one parent to continue to work from home or forgo working. Telecommuting while other colleagues work in person may limit opportunities for networking and informal communication. Missing out on the development of additional social capital may disproportionately harm women's careers, as women tend to be part of less powerful networks.
More, More, More
From Women’s Suffrage to the ERA
The American Experience, PBS
Virginia recently became the latest state to ratify a constitutional amendment that the country has been fighting about for nearly 100 years since it was first proposed by Alice Paul and other women’s suffragists. Has the United States reached a tipping point in the fight to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment?
For Feminist Authors, Dystopia Is Already Here
Abby Neufeld | Bitch Media
Since the late 18th century, dystopian fiction has been an outlet for authors to imagine the world gone awry, but this has been shifting: In modern times, dystopian fiction is an outlet for authors to imagine the world as it already is.
Trump Administration Proposes Rules To Sharply Restrict Asylum Claims
Laurel Wamsley | NPR
"If implemented, the rule would eliminate gender-based asylum — shutting the door to anyone fleeing life-threatening persecution due to their gender, while undoing decades of legal precedent," The Tahirih Justice Center said in a statement. "Women fleeing rape and severe domestic violence, LGBTQ+ individuals facing deadly attacks, and those escaping other fatal gender-based harms will no longer be allowed to seek safety within our borders if the regulations take effect."
Trump's campaign reportedly knew the significance of the Juneteenth Tulsa rally date, expected less blowback
Peter Weber | The Week Magazine (US)
President Trump's re-election campaign was expecting some raised eyebrows after scheduling Trump's first campaign rally in months on June 19 — Juneteenth — in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a state Trump is expected to win easily, two campaign officials tell AP. "But the campaign was caught off guard by the intensity" of the blowback