Elizabeth, my dear
Today…
is the birthday is Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902). I won’t go too far down this path, as there are a million places to read up on her. Leading voice in the early suffrage movement. For her time, she was better than many on birth control, sexual autonomy and divorce – probably informed by being #7 of 11 children, 6 of whom didn’t survive to adulthood – and okay on abolition but otherwise lousy on racial justice.
Aunt Elizabeth would like you to fetch her fan, so she can whack you with it.
as if to spite our Women's Temperance Society founder above, is National Happy Hour Day. Celebrate by making every hour a little happier, that Zoom call can’t see into your coffee mug.
Lost a few subscribers this week, sooooooooo…
2020
Ms. What Women Can Expect from a Biden Presidency: on Health Care | Carrie Baker
Biden has provided details for … an ambitious platform for women’s rights focused in five areas: health care, economic security, work and family, violence against women and global women’s rights.
NBC News | Biden talked a big game on LGBTQ rights. Here's what his agenda may look like. | Jeff Taylor
[Biden’s] ambitious platform includes pledges to enact the Equality Act, reinstate Obama-era guidelines preventing anti-LGBTQ discrimination in areas like federal contracts, fight against broad carve-outs in antidiscrimination law on the basis of religious beliefs, end the transgender military ban, and eliminate LGBTQ youth homelessness.
LGBTQ Nation | Biden adds transgender veteran to presidential transition team at Department of Defense | Bil Browning
Washington Blade | New 'blueprint' lights way for Biden to reverse Trump policies on LGBTQ rights | Chris Johnson
Abortion
Daily Beast | Why Are HBO and Melissa McCarthy Raising Money for Exodus Cry, an Anti-Abortion Group? | Tarpley Hitt
POPSUGAR | How My Pregnancy Loss Strengthened My Pro-Choice Views | Jada Welch
Illinois
Illinois Times | Abortion haven: Illinois before and after Roe V. Wade | Rachel Otwell
Louisiana
Nola.com | Anti-abortion forces set the stage for a potential statewide ban | Kaylee Poche
Massachusetts
WGBH News | GOP Leader Balks At Abortion Amendment In Mass. Budget | Chris Van Buskirk
Boston.com | Here’s what you need to know about the coming abortion rights debate in Massachusetts| Christopher Gavin
Boston Globe | House plans vote on expanding abortion access | Stephanie Ebbert
The Salem News | Battle over abortion access flares up again | Christian Wade
LGBTQ
The Advocate | Victory Fund Asks Gov. Newsom to Appoint LGBTQ+ Replacement for Harris | Mey Rude
INSIDER | Nearly 1 in 10 trans Americans get hormones through 'grey market' sources, study finds | Canela Lopez
Scary Mommy | There Definitely Is A Queer Agenda, And These Elected LGBTQ+ Officials Are Here To Help It Thrive | Amber Leventry
Mic | Mauree Turner, the first nonbinary and first Muslim legislator in Oklahoma, is all about community | Sarah Prager
Teen Vogue | Rep. Mauree Turner Wants Nonbinary People to Know Politics Is a Place for Them | Brittney McNamara
WHYY-TV | LGBTQ community relieved at Biden win, but worry SCOTUS could jeopardize rights | Emily Scott
Arkansas
Metro Weekly | Arkansas police chief resigns after Parler posts attacking "Marxist Democrats" and trans people | John Riley
New York
Metro Weekly | NYPD settles harassment lawsuit brought by transgender advocate for $30,000 | John Riley
Pregnancy & Parenting
Bloomberg News | Parents Say Employers Are Illegally Firing Them During Pandemic | David Yaffe-Bellany
Since March, working parents have filed at least 40 lawsuits accusing employers of illegally denying parental leave or subjecting them to other forms of discrimination. Most of the suits have been brought by women, who are leaving the workforce in record numbers this year.
Forbes | Freelance Childcare: Why We Need To Solve This Problem Made Worse By Covid-19 | Jon Younger
More and more full-time employees are working in organizations that recognize their role in helping their employees to ensure safe and affordable childcare for their kids. They’re doing so in a wide variety of ways, from establishing support groups to new benefits that reimburse employees for childcare, particularly during the pandemic. But, freelancers have no such benefit.
Reproductive Health & Justice
NPR | Protecting Women Against HIV Just Got 9 Times Easier | Jason Beaubien
A single injection of a drug called cabotegravir every two months was so successful in preventing HIV in a clinical trial among women in sub-Saharan Africa that the study was wrapped up ahead of schedule.
Rewire News Group | Did Brett Kavanaugh Just Save the Affordable Care Act? | Jessica Mason Pieklo
If we take Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his word, millions of people won't lose health insurance when the Supreme Court decides on the fate of the ACA.
Ms. | Will Trump-Appointed Justices Strike Down the Affordable Care Act? | Maya Manian
Work & Money
Boston Globe | One way to boost job growth: with more businesses started by women | Scott Kirsner
Changing America (The Hill) | Companies with more women in management perform better, according to new Goldman Sachs study | Alexandra Kelley
Nonprofit Quarterly | Anti-Blackness Is Global and Gendered-Philanthropy’s Response Must Be, Too | Aleyamma Mathew, Nicolette Naylor
Changing America (The Hill) | UPS reverses ban on beards and codes dictating gender-specific clothing to 'celebrate diversity' | Anagha Srikanth
The new policy allows beards and mustaches "as long as they are worn in a businesslike manner and don’t create a safety concern," and explicitly allows traditionally Black natural hairstyles, including "afros, braids, curls, coils, locs, twists and knots."
theGrio | It's time to talk about the US Military’s race problem | Richard Brookshire
Though minorities account for nearly 43% of the total force, only 2 out of 41 senior ranking military officials are Black. In fact, though Black women serve at higher rates than any race or gender, none are represented in the military’s top brass.
California
CALmatters | Women workers may not be faring as well as you’d think | Laurence Du Sault
lolololol as well as who thinks??
New Jersey
New Jersey Law Journal | Justices Weigh Discrimination Claims by Pregnant Police Officer Who Asked Not to Wear Gun | Suzette Parmley
New York
Prism | Women workers sue NYC transit agencies for pregnancy discrimination | María Inés Taracena
Washington, D.C.
LexBlog | Petition For Additional Attorneys’ Fees Denied By D.C. Court In Largest Employment Discrimination Class Action Settlement In U.S. History | Gerald L. Maatman, Jennifer Riley, Alex Oxyer
More, More, More
Jezebel | Free Britney | Emily Alford
Variety | Britney Spears Loses Bid to Remove Father From Conservatorship, Refuses to Perform | Naman Ramachandran
Ms. Magazine | A New Frontier in Domestic Violence Prevention: Coercive Control Bans | Carrie Baker