I get too hungry for dinner at eight
Today…
…is National Sardine Day. Don’t make that face. They are good, they are an excellent source of calcium, iron and heart-healthy fats, and they are good. Don’t make me get Frank after you.
…befitting my grumpy mood, marks the day D.B. Cooper noped out of a Boeing 727 somewhere between Seattle and Portland.
Tempting, isn’t it? Though let’s be honest, we all know I’d turn up at that farmhouse in Virginia. Two weeks later, tops, tweeting about soup or something.
I have never understood why preferring to eat by 7:00 makes me a tramp, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. And you know what can help get dinner on the table earlier? Sardines.
Abortion
AP | Court: Texas, Louisiana can end Planned Parenthood funding | Kevin McGill
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Texas and Louisiana can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics.
Texas Public Radio | Federal Appeals Court Allows Texas To Kick Planned Parenthood Out Of Its Medicaid Program | Ashley Lopez
Tennessee
HuffPost | Court Rules Tennessee Can Enforce Abortion Ban Based On Down Syndrome Diagnosis | Melissa Jeltsen
Mic | Tennessee's new law is abortion restriction disguised as disability rights | Ray Levy-Uyeda
LGBTQ
Allure | I Got an Abortion. Here’s Why I Didn’t Tell My Doctor I’m a Trans Man | Kam Burns
Three trans men and nonbinary people talk to writer Kam Burns about their abortion experiences and the importance of inclusive health care.
The American Independent | Study shows just how much damage Trump's bigoted ban has done to the military | Casey Quinlan
New research about the effects of Donald Trump's transgender military ban shows the importance of Joe Biden's promise to reverse the damaging policy.
The Root | Report by Former Military Physicians Says Trump’s Transgender Ban Hurt the Military. Who Would’ve Guessed? | Joe Jurado
Metro Weekly | Black trans Southerners more likely to experience negative health interactions | John Riley
A new report claims that Black transgender Southerners are more likely to experience negative health interactions, and are more likely to experience depression, self-harming behaviors, and suicidal ideation than others within the LGBTQ community.
Out Magazine | No, Trump Did Not Win Record LGBTQ+ Support in Election | Donald Padgett
A new poll of voters from the November general election shows that, Donald Trump did not receive record support from the LGBTQ+ community. In fact, it tied his record low.
Metro Weekly | Only 14% of LGBTQ voters supported Trump, post-election poll finds | John Riley
Georgia
them. | Black Trans Woman Who Sued For Hormone Therapy in Prison Faces Abuse After Reincarceration | Nico Lang
New York
LGBTQ Nation | Out Democrat Mondaire Jones wins “most influential role available to a freshman member of Congress” | Bil Browning
Vermont
LGBTQ Nation | Vermont’s state senate will be led by a woman for the first time & she’s an out lesbian | Alex Bollinger
Pregnancy & Parenting
The Atlantic | COVID-19 Will Likely Lead to Fewer Births | Sarah Zhang, Joe Pinsker
The U.S. could have hundreds of thousands of fewer births next year than it would have in the absence of a pandemic.
Grow | 'I didn’t go to school to be a stay-at-home mom': How the pandemic forced working mothers to scale back | Euny Hong, Kiersten Schmidt
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 865,000 women dropped out of the labor force in September.
HuffPost | Suicide 'Near Misses' Are On The Rise Among New Moms, Data Shows | Catherine Pearson
An alarming new study shows that suicidality cuts across race, ethnicity, class, educational attainment and geography.
POPSUGAR | The Pandemic Has Magnified the Mental Load on Mothers, and We're Drowning | Katy Anderson
As a mom, I don't think I have ever been this mentally spent. The mental load of motherhood has intensified dramatically, as women in general have been carrying an oversize burden throughout the pandemic.
The Everymom | Understanding the Mental Load Moms Deal With Over the Holidays | Laura Adom
The Lily | Women are saddled with emotional labor over the holidays. Here’s how to use this year to reset. | Laura Todd Carns
Reproductive Health & Justice
The American Independent | 3 things Biden can do to fix women's health care on Day One | Lisa Needham
On Day One of his presidency, there's a lot Biden can do to improve the reproductive health landscape. Just as Trump used executive orders to undermine reproductive freedom, Biden can do the same to restore it.
Harper's Bazaar | The Racial Reckoning Happening Inside Planned Parenthood | Dani McClain
This past summer, the nation’s leading provider of sexual and reproductive health care publicly confronted its founder’s ties to the eugenics movement. But the move was just the latest result of years-long work being done by activists of color to reshape the organization’s approach to providing care.
The Hill | Study: People over 45 at higher risk of contracting STIs 'than ever before' | Justine Coleman
A recent study determined that people over 45 years old are at greater risk “than ever before” of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) due to stigma surrounding middle-aged and older individuals having sex.
Prism | Q&A: The women behind ‘Belly of the Beast’ talk reproductive injustice and incarceration | Tina Vasquez, Tamar Sarai Davis
The documentary tells the story of countless women who were forcibly sterilized.
Work & Money
The Hill | It's time for COVID-19 disaster relief ... for mothers | Kerri M. Raissian, Jennifer Dineen
As public schools from New York City to Denver to Los Angeles shift to remote learning, mothers are bracing for disaster. Without necessary disaster relief, this is going to get increasingly and needlessly ugly.
Forbes | Mothers Share What Happens To Working Parents When The Schools Are Shut Down | Jack Kelly
MLive | Pandemic taking disproportionate toll on moms | Riley Murdock
InStyle | The Fight for Paternity Leave Is a Feminist One | Kylie Gilbert
There is a battle raging over how we define manhood – and the stakes are higher than ever for women.
HR Magazine | Here's How Managers Can Help Women Stay in the Workforce | Lisa Rabasca Roepe
One in 4 women are contemplating downshifting their career or leaving the workforce, according to this year's McKinsey and LeanIn.org annual Women in the Workplace study.
Employee Benefit Adviser | Evolving your child care benefits for working parents during COVID-19 | Karsten Vagner
HR Executive | HR tips to support caregivers during COVID | Nicole Nicksic
Marketplace | Employers roll out unique benefits aimed at pandemic parenting | Meghan McCarty Carino
With many kids home at least part of the time in remote school and daycare more difficult to find, the pandemic has created a crisis for working parents. While some employers are stepping up with new benefits to help, many workers don’t have access to even the most basic support.
Ms. | Here's What Women Workers Won This Election (Aside From a Glass-Ceiling Smashing Veep!) | Heather Grossmann
The new administration’s policy positions augur well for workplace gender equality, experts say, but it needs to take decisive action.
TecHR | Working Weekends a Reality for Nearly 7 in 10 Remote Professionals
A new study shows employees are working around the clock while at home. Nearly 7 in 10 professionals who transitioned to a remote setup as a result of the pandemic said they work on the weekend. In addition, 45% of remote employees reported regularly putting in more than 8 hours a day.
Illinois
Chicago Tribune | Jeanne Gang on Vista Tower, gender equality in architecture and the future of downtown Chicago | Blair Kamin
New Jersey
NJ.com | An astonishing number of Black women are running their own small businesses | Shikhana Muhammad
More, More, More
Devex | Will these 3 gender data trends outlast the pandemic? | Catherine Cheney
As some in-person data collection resumes — with masked researchers at a safe distance — organizations are beginning to evaluate which of the gender data collection methods they adopted in crisis should remain part of their strategy.
The Intercept | Congress Has the Power to Override Supreme Court Rulings. | Rachel Cohen, Marcia Brown
From salvaging the Voting Rights Act gutted by Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 to protecting workers’ free speech rights on the job or safeguarding reproductive rights, the list of cases awaiting a creative Congress runs long.
New York Times | ‘Muslim Women Are Everything’ Turns the Page on Stereotypes | Francesca Donner
Dr. Seema Yasmin’s book, born from her frustration with narrow, one-sided narratives about Muslim women, breaks apart tired old tropes.