Of cabbages and queens
Today…
is Ash Wednesday, much more familiar to me than Mardi Gras. And fittingly, it’s also National Cabbage Day, in keeping with the many, many servings of haluski and sauerkraut pierogies we’d buy from the Polish ladies at St. Stan’s during Lent.
in 1870, Esther Hobart Morris became the country’s first woman in the U.S. sworn in as justice of the peace in South Pass City, Wyoming.
Abortion
Florida
Miami Herald | Abortion clinics are health care providers, Florida liability bill says | Kirby Wilson
Indiana
Newsweek | Indiana Bill Could Require Doctors to Tell Women That Abortions Can Be 'Reversed' | Oscar Quine
Montana
NPR | Republican Lawmakers In Montana Attempt To Restrict Abortion Access | Shaylee Ragar
South Carolina
AP | South Carolina abortion ban awaits final vote in House | Jefrey Collins
South Dakota
Argus Leader | 'Born alive' abortion bill awaiting South Dakota governor's signature | Danielle Ferguson
Texas
New York Times | They Say They Are Attacking Abortion. They Are Really Hurting the Poor. | Samuel L. Dickman
Rewire News Group | Texas Thinks Your Fetus Needs a Lawyer | Imani Gandy
LGBTQ
The Advocate | U.S. House to Vote on Equality Act Next Week, Majority Leader Says | Trudy Ring
Washington Blade | House to vote on the Equality Act next week | Chris Johnson
Washington Blade | Romney declares opposition to LGBTQ Equality Act | Chris Johnson
Bay Area Reporter | Report sheds light on issues facing LGBTQ accountants | Matthew S. Bajko
Changing America | More than a dozen states have proposed laws to ban transgender kids from sports | Anagha Srikanth
Deadspin | Laws requiring genital examinations for transgender youth have no place in sports or society | Donovan Dooley
I’m impressed they were able to pull off such a diplomatic headline 🠱🠱🠱 instead of, like…
Instinct Magazine | Study Shows - Homophobic People Are Stupid People. | Adam Dupuis
The Tennessean | What's behind the wave of proposed laws targeting trans youth in the South | Todd A. Price, Andrew Yawn, Maria Clark
USA Today | Pandemic lockdowns gave young people freedom to explore gender identities | Sammy Gibbons, Claire Thornton
California
them. | TERFs Don’t Have a Right to Be Transphobic on Twitter, Court Rules | Nico Lang
Florida
Florida Politics | Bill moves ahead to expand hate crime to cover gender, gender identity, disability | Scott Powers
Illinois
WGLT-FM | In Illinois, The Fight For LGBTQ+ Rights Continues | Christine Hatfield
Iowa
Des Moines Register | Senate Republicans advance bill limiting gender identity curriculum in Iowa schools | Ian Richardson
Iowa Capital Dispatch | Parents would need to consent to gender identity curriculum under Senate bill | Katie Akin
Iowa Public Radio | Bill To Limit Teaching About Gender Identity Advances In Iowa Senate | Katarina Sostaric
Montana
AP | Lawmakers revive bill targeting medical care for trans kids | Iris Samuels
Missoulian | House allows for similar bill limiting medical care for transgender minors | Holly Michels
Missoula Current | Legislation to limit gender-affirming care to trans youth may reappear | Keith Schubert
New York
Well+Good | New Laws Make Family Planning More Accessible to the LGBTQ+ Community | Kara Jillian Brown
WBNG-TV | New law expands reproductive options for LGBTQ+ couples in New York | Jack Arpey
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer | ‘It’s scary.’ Transgender Charlotteans say city has fallen behind on LGBTQ protections | Devna Bose
Texas
LGBTQ Nation | Texas lawmakers are trying to pass pro-LGBTQ proposals. Do they have a chance? | Juwan Holmes
West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail | Some of WV’s largest private schools call homosexuality a sin. An advancing bill would help fund this teaching. | Ryan Quinn
Pregnancy & Parenting
Daily Beast | Anti-Vaxxers Wage Cruel War on Pregnant Women Who Get COVID Shot | Emily Shugerman
ELLE | Jennifer Carroll Foy Almost Died After Childbirth Because-Like Many Black Women-Her Pain Was Dismissed | Laura Bassett
Reproductive Health & Justice
Changing America | 1 in 5 first-generation college students are experiencing period poverty | Anagha Srikanth
USA Today | America has a history of medically abusing Black people. No wonder many are wary of COVID-19 vaccines | Javonte Anderson
Arizona
KAWC-FM | Senate Panel Votes to Change Arizona Sex Education | Howard Fischer
California
Orange County Register | Domestic violence victims would get new protections under bills from State Sen. Dave Min | Brooke Staggs
Work & Money
Bloomberg | Bipartisan Group Renews Push for Pregnant Worker Protections | Andrew Kreighbaum
Law360 | House Reps Reintroduce Bill To Protect Pregnant Workers | Alexis Shanes
Government Executive | To Close Gender Gap, Fight Pay Secrecy | Sarah Savat
Ms. | Welcome To Washington: Nine New Feminist Women Join the U.S. House of Representatives | Nancy Cohen
New York Times | Would Americans Have More Babies if the Government Paid Them? | Claire Cain Miller
New York Times | The White House Is Taking Women’s Issues Seriously. Really. | Alisha Haridasani Gupta, Emma Goldberg
Philanthropy Women | Gender Policy Council Needs its Own Budget to Focus on All Sectors | Kimberly Pike
New York Times | Hillary Clinton Thinks a White House Gender Council Is a Crucial ‘First Step’ | Alisha Haridasani Gupta, Emma Goldberg
New York Times | The Lockdown Showed How the Economy Exploits Women. She Already Knew. | Jordan Kisner
Maryland
Capital News Service | Md. taxes may be offset by diaper, feminine hygiene donation | Madison Hunt
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune | How will Utah lawmakers help women and families recover from the COVID-19 economic downturn? | Becky Jacobs
Vermont
Burlington Free Press | Vermont is only state to never sent a woman or minority to Congress | Wilson Ring
More, More, More
ABC | Movement to enact Equal Rights Amendment in Constitution sees revival | Devin Dwyer, Jacqueline Yoo
Al Día | 'Klanswomen,' when supremacism masqueraded as feminism | Beatriz García
ELLE | When I Want To Feel Strong, I Turn To Eartha Kitt | Chloe Hall
I also cannot think of Eartha Kitt without thinking of the scene with her and Isaac Mizrahi in Unzipped. If you’ve never seen it, you must.
When he does her voice after? “‘Will you make me gowns?’ Are you kidding? Will make you gowns? I will make you nothing but gowns.” I still think of this scene regularly.
It’s only two minutes, you’re not that busy…