Not everyone
Today…
is National Corned Beef & Cabbage Day, as one would expect. I could crush a bowl, but sadly, neither of these two eat cabbage and the 13yo’s a vegetarian, so.
is the birthday of Florence Rosenfeld (1929–2020), author, scholar, considered the “Mother of Women's Studies” as an academic discipline.
is marked by Italian-Americans in my hometown by wearing red. Perhaps this is true where you live, too, because we’re obnoxious AF the whole world ‘round, aren’t we. If it weren’t for the food, I’m not sure how anyone would tolerate us.
Abortion
Ms. | New Resource Brings a Human Rights Approach to Abortion Care in Crisis Settings | Katie Fleischer
Rewire News Group | PETA Does Not Want You to Eat (Human) Babies | Brooke Knisley
Slate | Will This Vaccine Debacle Help Us Realize Why Abortion Access Is Such a Big Deal? | Dahlia Lithwick
Washington Post | The anti-‘Roe v. Wade’ movement is increasingly disconnected from facts | David Von Drehle
Arkansas
Arkansas Times | When they says it's not about sex: Arkansas legislature at work | Max Brantley
Maryland
Maryland Matters | Senators Press State Insurance Chief About Her Views on Abortion, LGBTQ Rights | Josh Kurtz
Texas
Texas Tribune | Slate of Texas legislation limiting abortion, including so-called “heartbeat bill,” heads to Senate | Shannon Najmabadi
LGBTQ
The American Independent | Meet the right-wing hate group behind anti-trans bills sweeping the country | Oliver Willis
Inside Higher Ed | Biden Likely to Change Policies on Transgender Athletes | Kery Murakami
The Nation | Chase Strangio on Countering Attacks on Trans Athletes | Dave Zirin
The New Republic | The Right’s Fight Against LGBTQ Rights Is More Than a Culture War | Melissa Gira Grant
Newsweek | LGBT People Decry Vatican's Same-Sex Unions Ruling: 'The Pope Isn't Your County Clerk' | Darragh Roche
Washington Post| Equality Act is creating a historic face-off between religious exemptions and LGBTQ rights | Michelle Boorstein, Samantha Schmidt
Washington Post | Transgender girl Chloe Clark struggles to find her voice as conservatives attack her right to exist | Samantha Schmidt
Alabama
Montgomery Advertiser | Bill that bans transgender youth treatments heads to House floor | Krista Johnson
AL.com | Transgender Alabama woman to lawmakers considering treatment ban: ‘Talk to one of these kids’ | Mike Cason
More from AL.com, AP, Trussville Tribune
Florida
Tampa Bay Times | Transgender issues rattle Florida schools | Jeffrey Solochek
Kansas
Kansas Reflector | Kansas Senate panel approves bill banning transgender girls from sports | Sherman Smith
AP | Kansas advances plan to bar trans athletes from girls' teams | John Hanna
Missouri
VICE | This Dad’s Emotional Defense of His Trans Daughter's Rights Is Going Viral | Carter Sherman
More from LGBTQ Nation, Motherly, NBC, Newsweek, Romper
New York
The Hill | Queens DA requests dismissal of nearly 700 cases related to sex work | Marina Pitofsky
More from ABC, New York Daily News, Queens Daily Eagle, QNS.com
North Carolina
Winston-Salem Journal | Winston-Salem fast-tracks non-discrimination ordinance for Monday action, with provisions covering sexual orientation and gender expression | Wesley Young
North Dakota
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead | Legislative committee hears testimony for and against bill restricting transgender athlete participation in North Dakota | Robin Huebner
South Carolina
AP | Sexual orientation back in South Carolina hate crime bill | Jeffrey Collins
More from Post and Courier, RawStory, The State, WCSC-TV
The State | SC lawmakers toss out bill that would ban trans athletes from women’s sports | Emily Bohatch
Post and Courier | S.C. House panel shelves bill to ban transgender athletes from girls' sports | Adam Benson
South Dakota
Argus Leader | Which education-related bills received a passing grade from lawmakers this session? | Morgan Matzen
South Dakota Public Broadcasting | Doctor Says Sports Are Life Saving For Trans Athletes | Lee Strubinger
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune | Exclusive: How the Utah Jazz got involved in the debate over the transgender sports bill | Bryan Schott
West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail | WV latest state to advance ban on transgender students in sports | Ryan Quinn
Wisconsin
WisPolitics | Legislature taking steps to uphold objections to rules regulating PFAS, banning gay conversion therapy | JR Ross
More from La Crosse Tribune, WORT-FM
Pregnancy & Parenting
AP | Anxiety, confusion, terror, relief: Giving birth in pandemic | Leanne Italie
ELLE | I Thought I Won My Divorce. Then I Realized the Standard Custody Arrangement is Court-Sanctioned Sexism. | Emma Johnson
KQED | How The Pandemic Baby Bust Is Dragging Down U.S. Birth Rates | Mina Kim
The New York Times | The Costly, Painful, Lonely Burden of Care | Mara Altman
Rewire News Group | We Need to Normalize Black Moms Breastfeeding | Shanicia Boswell
Vox | Poll: 79 percent of parents with school-age children support a return to in-person schooling | Jerusalem Demsas
Indiana
Kokomo Tribune | Bills on maternal mortality, training for sex assault cases advance | Alexa Shrake
Ohio
Sidney Daily News | Keeping Ohio moms healthy | Sen. Sherrod Brown
Rachel trivia: my first-year college roommate was from Sidney.
Texas
Texas Public Radio | How Can Texas Increase Access To Care, Improve Outcomes For New And Expecting Moms?
Reproductive Health & Justice
Mashable | Fighting violence against women, we need men to be part of the conversation | Rachel Thompson
The 19th | Violence Against Women Act reauthorization set to pass House | Amanda Becker
CBS | House set to vote to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act | Grace Segers
USA Today | Thousands of Latinos were sterilized in the 20th century. Amid COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, they remember. | Nada Hassanein
Arkansas
KUAR-FM | Senate Committee Passes Bill Allowing Arkansas Pharmacists To Provide Birth Control To Patients | Sarah Kellogg
New Jersey
Courier-Post | Biden's COVID stimulus package boosts health coverage for over 100,000 in New Jersey | Lindy Washburn
Work & Money
Axios | The case for going back to the office | Erica Pandey
The Lily | Black women were hailed after the 2020 election. They still make up less than 5 percent of all state legislators. | Anne Branigin
Ms. | Women's Political Representation: A Dish Best Served with Reform | Kaycie Goral
Newsweek | Struggling Families Want Cash Benefits, Not Child Care Subsidies | Serena Sigillito
The 19th | At the Women’s Bureau, a renewed focus on passing paid leave and LGBTQ+ inclusivity | Chabeli Carrazana
Technical.ly | What the pandemic can teach us about narrowing the gender gap in tech | Paige Gross
Arkansas
KTHV-TV | Arkansas sergeant conducts research showing benefit of Black women officers | Jade Jackson
Colorado
Public News Service | Women's Wage Gap Linked to Retirement Insecurity | Eric Galatas
Maine
The Portland Press Herald | Crisis far from over for Maine women suffering prolonged unemployment | Peter McGuire
Minnesota
MinnPost | Minnesota is getting $550 million in stimulus money for child care. Now comes the hard part: deciding how to spend it. | Walker Orenstein, Ashley Hackett
Nevada
Los Angeles Times| In Nevada, women take charge. You can tell the difference | Mark Barabak
More, More, More
AP | US VP Harris: `status of women is the status of democracy’ | Edith M. Lederer
CNN | House to vote in March on joint resolution to remove ERA deadline | Veronica Stracqualursi