Good enough for me!
Today…
is National Cookie Day! It’s National Cookie Day, people. We made some chocolate candy cane fudge last night, and I’m certainly not complaining, but we don’t have a single cookie in the kitchen. Plans will be made forthwith.
is Bartender Appreciation Day. I tried that once, but you know I take things way too far, and now he owes more than $100,000 in back child support.
Abortion
Common Dreams | Facing Opposition From Progressives, Gina Raimondo Withdraws From Consideration as Biden's HHS Chief | Kenny Stancil
RI Gov. Gina Raimondo, a Democrat who had emerged as the frontrunner to be Biden's health secretary announced that she has removed herself from contention for the job, much to the delight of progressives who had strongly opposed her candidacy and potential nomination.
NPR | A Biden Promise About Overseas Abortion Funding Could Prove Difficult To Implement | Nurith Aizenman
Among the promises that President elect-Biden is expected to fulfill immediately upon taking office: lifting a ban that President Trump imposed on U.S. foreign aid dollars related to abortion.
Alabama
The American Independent | Alabama keeps trying to ban abortion but refuses to help new moms | Lisa Needham
Massachusetts
The Boston Globe | Lawmakers reach $46 billion budget deal that would expand abortion access in Mass. | Matt Stout
Ohio
Cleveland.com | Ohio House passes bill requiring burial or cremation of fetuses after abortions | Laura Hancock
The Ohio House passed along party lines Thursday afternoon a bill that would require burial or cremation of fetal remains from surgical abortions.
Columbus Dispatch | Ohio could soon require fetal remains from abortions to be buried or cremated | Anna Staver
Ohio Capital Journal | House passes abortion burial bill, now moves to governor for signature | Susan Tebben
Texas
The Texas Observer | After Sarah Davis' Election Defeat, Texas Reproductive Health Advocates Worry About Losing a Powerful Republican Ally | Sophie Novack
Democrats hoped to turn the Texas House blue. Instead they flipped just one seat: the most moderate Republican and only one to support abortion rights.
LGBTQ
The Advocate Magazine | LGBTQ+ Rights Advance in Cities Throughout U.S. | Trudy Ring
LGBTQ+ rights have continued to advance in cities, with a record 94 municipalities earning perfect scores in HRC’s 2020 Municipal Equality Index.
USA Today | Cities are doing more than states, federal government to protect LGBTQ rights, HRC report finds | Joshua Bote
IndieWire | Elliot Page Coming Out Is a Historic Moment for Trans Masculine Visibility | Jude Dry
Page's announcement is as historic as Caitlyn Jenner's, made all the more remarkable by his queer politics and centering of trans issues.
JD Supra| Elliot Page Shines a Further Light on Transgender Rights in the Workplace | David Kim
The Lily | After Elliot Page’s coming out, here’s how to support someone transgender: Don’t deadname and other tips | Lena K. Felton
Metro Weekly | President-elect Biden could reverse transgender military ban in 30 days, advocates claim | John Riley
Biden has promised to reverse Trump’s ban on certain transgender individuals from from serving in the military, and recent analysis suggested that it could be accomplished in as little as 30 days.
POPSUGAR | Folx is a Brand New Healthcare Provider Created By and For the LGBTQ+ Community | Jenny Sugar
Digital health company Folx launches Dec. 3 to offer quality healthcare services and products to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community, directly from their team of queer and trans-centric clinicians.
Mashable | Folx is a new healthcare provider by and for the queer community | Anna Rose Iovine
them. | FOLX Is a Digital LGBTQ+ Doctor’s Office Trying to Shake Up Queer Healthcare | Samantha Allen
Well+Good | New Telemedicine Startup Folx Hopes To Revolutionize Health Care for the LGBTQ+ Community | Emily Laurence
Georgia
The Advocate Magazine | Georgia Senator, Trump Lackey Kelly Loeffler Funded Anti-LGBTQ+ Groups | Trudy Ring
Loeffler, the richest person in either house of Congress, has given $3,800 over the past two financial quarters to a Georgia-based agency that refuses to place children with LGBTQ+ people.
The American Independent | Sen. Loeffler backs a rabidly anti-LGBTQ adoption agency - with a big check | Casey Quinlan
LGBTQ Nation | Georgia’s Kelly Loeffler has been donating her Senate salary to an anti-LGBTQ group | Bil Browning
Newsweek | Fact Check: Did Kelly Loeffler Donate a Portion of Her Senate Salary to an Anti-LGBTQ Organization? | Emily Mae Czachor
Michigan
HR Dive | Parties settle landmark transgender bias suit following SCOTUS decision | Katie Clarey
Detroit News | Aimee Stephens: Waged landmark legal fight for transgender employees | Melissa Nann Burke
North Carolina
LGBTQ Nation | North Carolina’s ban on LGBTQ rights ordinances has expired & cities are ready to pass new ones | Bil Browning
Pregnancy & Parenting
Modern Healthcare | HHS calls for 'holistic' care approach to maternal health | Steven Ross Johnson
HHS unveiled a new action plan that outlined strategies for addressing maternal risk factors with an aim of reducing the country's maternal mortality rate by 50% by 2025.
Medscape | HHS, Surgeon General Urge Action on Maternal Health | Alicia Ault
USA Today | US Health and Human Services unveils action plan to address 'maternal morbidity,' reduce racial disparities | Nada Hassanein
Pandemic Parenting
Fast Company | Why “flexibility” may be the least helpful thing companies can offer working parents right now | Ainsley O'Connell Harris
Companies have piled on the perks for parents who are working from home during the pandemic. They should have been focused on systemic change.
CNBC | 9.8 million working mothers in the U.S. are suffering from burnout | Megan Leonhardt
Los Angeles Times | Too many women are leaving the workforce during the pandemic. It's time for men to lean in and help | David Smith, W. Brad Johnson
Ms. | Don’t Reopen the Economy Until It Is Safe To Reopen Schools | Emily Yates-Doerr , Cari Maes
Working Mother | Working Moms Are Nearly Twice As Likely As Dads to Have Quit, Considered Quitting or Scaled Back | Chaunie Brusie
Reproductive Health & Justice
theGrio | Planned Parenthood CEO talks Black sexual health, plans for Biden era | Biba Adams
The new executive says Black maternal health is one of the organizations biggest concerns
Law360 | Female Judge Should Hear IUD Cases, JPML Told | Emily Field
An attorney representing a woman claiming that she was harmed by the ParaGard IUD told the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that cases over the birth control device should be sent to a federal judge in Atlanta in part because the judge is a woman and the litigation concerns women's products.
New York Times | A New Way to Ease the Worry That You May Be Pregnant | Patrick Adams
Marketed as “missed-period pills,” abortion drugs administered as early as 28 days after a woman’s last period can offer comfort in uncertainty to those who want it.
Rewire News Group | Health Care Has a Language Problem—and It's Erasing People Like Me - Rewire News Group | Jo Yurcaba
Language reflects who receives resources, and, conversely, it also reinforces discrimination in health care.
Spectrum News Charlotte | Women's Access to Contraceptives a Concern Under Conservative SCOTUS | Amy Elliott
The topic of women’s reproductive rights is always a hot button issue. But one doctor thinks too much attention is paid to the subject of abortion, rather than women’s contraceptives.
Texas
Fort Worth Star-Telegram | ‘Period poverty’ is an issue in America – and this Texas woman is raising the alarm | TJ Macias
Changing America | This calculator can tell you how much your period will cost you | Anagha Srikanth
Work & Money
Boston Globe | In the pandemic, ‘women’s work’ is critical care | Renée Loth
Although COVID-19 is not necessarily more contagious or deadly for women than for men, it is women who have borne the greater economic burden.
Business Insider | Del Taco will pay more than $1 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. It's just the tip of the iceberg. | Kate Taylor
Del Taco is paying $1.25 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. But fast-food workers are facing problems that are much bigger than a single chain.
Changing America | Sexual violence survivors of color are struggling more than white survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic | Anagha Srikanth
A new report found that because nonwhite COVID-19 survivors are more likely to be financially insecure than white survivors, they are at higher risk for returning to or remaining in unsafe situations.
Sporting News | 'A new U.S. Soccer’? Progress being made in USWNT dispute but plenty of work left to be done | Seth Vertelney
For the first time in a long time, there is optimism that the long-damaged relationship between U.S. Soccer and its most successful employees can begin to heal. But there is still a long way to go.
National Law Review | FIFA Take Decisive Action in Strengthening Women’s Employment Rights | Simon Grossobel
The Undefeated | ‘It’s different’: The overseas experience for Black WNBA players | Sean Hurd
For Black WNBA players, life overseas comes with unique challenges beyond language barriers and time-zone adjustments.
Alabama
Business Alabama | Women’s Fund Releases Extensive Report about Women in Alabama | Alec Harvey
Missouri
Insurance Journal | Missouri Nursing Home to Pay $40K to Settle Gender Pay Discrimination Claims | Stephanie Jones
New Mexico
NM Political Report | An anti-discrimination bill to protect Black hair and hairstyles will be prefiled in January | Susan Dunlap
More, More, More
CNN | What 'Queen's Gambit,' 'The Crown' and 'Mrs. America' are whispering to us | Nicole Hemmer
Set in a not-too-distant past, these shows feel both relevant and safe: centering ambitious women in an era where the sexism is both obvious and easy to condemn.
CNN | Talk to your kids about Kamala Harris and other elected women | Elissa Strauss
Undoing gender stereotypes is hard, and it requires conversation.
The Wrap | Women of Color the Most Underrepresented Group on TV | Reid Nakamura
A new report looking at diversity and inclusion on television found that women of color tend to be the most underrepresented groups across all platforms, with cable coming up particularly short.
USA Today | Women 'still underrepresented' on screen, Nielsen diversity on TV study shows | David Oliver
Variety | Women and BIPOC Continue to Trail in TV Representation, According to Nielsen Study | Will Thorne