Joke's on you
Today…
is the birthday of Susanna Salter (1860-1961) the first woman elected mayor of a U.S. city. Look at this nonsense:
“Her election was a surprise because her name had been placed on a slate of candidates as a prank by a group of men against women in politics hoping to secure a loss that would humiliate women and discourage them from running.” And then she won, assholes.in 1993, Florida lawmakers approved the country’s first state law protecting the right to breastfeed in public.
at 10am, the Supreme Court hears arguments in another case challenging the Voting Right Act, and hot take, I am displeased.
is National Banana Cream Pie Day, which, as woman of a certain age, makes me think far less of food and far more of bakers tumbling down stairs.
Abortion
Colorado Times Recorder | Boebert Outrageously Claims That Nearly a Quarter of COVID Relief Bill Could Fund Abortion | Madeleine Schmidt
Jezebel | The Doctor Who Wrote the Powerful, Manipulative Playbook for the Anti-Abortion Movement | Molly Osberg
Kaiser Health News | States Aim to Chip Away at Abortion Rights With Supreme Court in Mind | Justin Franz
The Times-Picayune | Archdiocese calls Johnson & Johnson vaccine 'morally compromised' due to abortion ties | Jessica Williams
Washington Post | New Orleans Archdiocese says Johnson & Johnson vaccine is 'morally compromised' for using stem cells | Jaclyn Peiser
Indiana
The Statehouse File | Despite criticism, bills about women’s reproductive rights advance in second half of session | Carolina Mendoza
Kansas
AP | Kansas ponders open churches, abortion limits in pandemics | John Hanna
Montana
Missoulian | Montana 'Born-Alive' bill to replace referendum advances in Senate | Holly Michels
Yellowstone Public Radio | Montana Senate Advances 4 Anti-Abortion Bills | Shaylee Ragar
Rhode Island
Uprise RI | RI Democratic Women's Caucus calls for abortion bill to be transferred from Senate Judicial Committee to HHS | Steve Ahlquist
Wyoming
KGAB-AM | Bill To Prohibit Discriminatory Abortions Filed In Wyoming | Doug Randall
LGBTQ
The Advocate | Conservative Judge Allows Miss USA Pageant to Ban Trans Contestants | Neal Broverman
The Advocate | Among CPAC Lies, Trump Says Women's Sports Threatened by Trans People | Trudy Ring
The American Independent | The GOP's obsession with attacking trans people was on full display at CPAC | Casey Quinlan
Metro Weekly | U.S. House Democrats introduce bill ensuring religious freedom laws can't be used to discriminate | John Riley
NBC | Exclusive: Rep. Ritchie Torres to introduce bill to collect LGBTQ small-business loan data | Jo Yurcaba
LGBTQ Nation | Ritchie Torres is proposing legislation that will include LGBTQ businesses in credit regulations | Juwan Holmes
New York Daily News | Methodist Church conservative arm takes another step toward breaking away over LGBTQ rights | Theresa Braine
New York Times | Bethany Christian Services Will Now Help LGBTQ Parents Adopt Children | Ruth Graham
The Advocate | Nation's Biggest Evangelical Child Welfare Group OK's LGBTQ+ Parents | Trudy Ring
The Hill | Largest Protestant adoption agency in US opens to LGBTQ parents | Justine Coleman
Arizona
East Valley Tribune | Mesa anti-discrimination ordinance hotly debated | Tom Scanlon
Illinois
Tri States Public Radio | In Illinois, The Fight For LGBTQ+ Rights Continues | Christine Hatfield
Iowa
Iowa Capital Dispatch | Lawmakers look at restrictions on the teaching of 'divisive concepts' in schools | Kathie Obradovich
Kansas
Kansas Reflector | Transgender woman appalled by sports bill asks legislators: 'I'm tired of burying trans kids. Why aren't you?' | Tim Carpenter
Michigan
MLive | Michigan lawmakers reintroduce bill to add LGBT protections to civil rights act | Lauren Gibbons
Minnesota
Metro Weekly | Minnesota bill would impose criminal penalties on transgender athletes | John Riley
them. | 2021’s Worst Anti-Trans Bill Would Penalize Trans Girls For Playing Sports, Using Locker Room | Nico Lang
Missouri
Missourian | Should the state constitution regulate transgender athletes? House hearing seeks input | Judy Lucas, Jane Mather Glass
Tennessee
AP | Tennessee Senate OKs anti-trans athlete bill | Kimberlee Kruesi
The Tennessean | Tennessee Senate passes bill preventing transgender athletes from playing in sports under their gender identity | Yue Stella Yu
The Tennessean | Lawmakers should make transgender teens lives easier, not harder | Tracy Jepson
Utah
Utah Statesman | Opinion: New Utah bill puts transgender youth at risk | Katelyn Allred
Vermont
VTDigger.org | Concerns raised over anti-transgender Burlington City Council candidate | Grace Elletson
Pregnancy & Parenting
Deseret News | America can’t recover from COVID-19 without helping moms | Holly Richardson
National Geographic | We know the pandemic is affecting working moms-but how is that affecting kids? | Claire Trageser
Washington Post | Behind the growing movement to include doulas under Medicaid | Ashley Nguyen
Reproductive Health & Justice
Idaho
Idaho Press | Senate kills 12-month birth control prescription bill for 3rd straight | Betsy Russell
Boise State Public Radio | What Do Tampons Have To Do With The Tax Code? | Maggie Mullen
Maryland
Star Democrat | Maryland bill would combat menstrual inequities | Madison Hunt
New Hampshire
Concord Monitor | Republicans seek to roll back free menstrual products in public schools law | Ethan DeWitt
Work & Money
Agenda | Women’s rights must be central to the global recovery. Here’s why | Tea Trumbic, Norman Loayza
Fast Company | Amazon slapped with federal lawsuit for alleged discrimination and sexual harassment | Lydia Dishman
Forbes | How To Stop The Mass Exodus Of Women Leaving The Workforce Due To Covid-19 | Roberta Matuson
The Mary Sue | Elizabeth Warren Finally Got To Introduce Her Long-Awaited Tax on Billionaires | Vivian Kane
Business Insider | Democrats unveil an ultra-millionaire tax on the top 0.05% of American households | Ayelet Sheffey
Ms. | Other Countries Have Safety Nets-The U.S. Has Mothers | Rickey Gard Diamond
Reuters | Pandemic 'shecession' reverses women's workplace gains | Anuradha Nagaraj
Alaska
Anchorage Daily News | To combat sexism, Alaska has to stop looking the other way | Laura Norton-Cruz, Stephen Courtwright, Justin Williams, Samuel Ohana
Connecticut
New Haven Independent | Single Moms Get Their Own Discount Cards | Madison Hahamy
North Dakota
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead | More women are paving the way as construction managers in North Dakota | Tammy Swift
More, More, More
The 19th | The 19th Explains: What is the Equal Rights Amendment and will it become part of the Constitution? | Barbara Rodriguez