The best day of the year!
Today…
is Treat Yo Self Day for real, though, because the episode first aired on October 13, 2011. This thumbnail is the worst, but I cannot get enough of her face as she runs down the list. “Clothes… fragrances… massages… mimosas… fine. leather. goods…”
Abortion
The Atlantic | Plan C and the Secret Option for Mail-Order Abortion | Olga Khazan
Ms. | The Pro-Choice Religious Community Could Be a Force to Be Reckoned With | Frederick Clarkson
Rewire News Group | These 5 Cases Could Finish Off Abortion Rights for Good After ‘Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health’ | Caroline Reilly
Slate | The Mississippi Abortion Case Threatens the Right to Use Birth Control, Marry, and Even Make Choices About Sex | David H. Gans
Washington Post | An ancient mistranslation is now helping to threaten abortion rights | Danya Ruttenberg
Arkansas
Arkansas Times | Sanity reported in Craighead County in votes on abortion, library | Max Brantley
Delaware
Bay to Bay News | Seaford debates how best to dispose of fetal remains: Vote today could necessitate ‘dignified’ process after abortions | Glenn Rolfe
Kentucky
SCOTUSblog | Justices appear inclined to allow Kentucky attorney general to intervene in abortion dispute | Amy Howe
The American Independent | The abortion case at the Supreme Court that no one is talking about | Lisa Needham
Ohio
WLWT-TV | Mason joins heated debate about abortion access | John London
Texas
Washington Post | Biden administration: Texas abortion ban, in place despite constitutional questions, offers road map for other states | Ann E. Marimow
CNN | Where things stand in the legal battle over Texas' six-week abortion ban | Tierney Sneed
New Civil Rights Movement | Abbott Caught on Camera Saying 'Maybe' He Would Outlaw Birth Control After Bragging 'We’ve Outlawed Abortion in Texas' | David Badash
LGBTQ
The Verge | Trans employees of Netflix plan walkout even as one activist is reinstated following suspension | Zoe Schiffer
GQ | Dave Chappelle's Trans Comments in 'The Closer' Are Causing Ripple Effects Through Netflix | Grant Rindner
More from Chicago Tribune, Time, UPROXX, Washington Post
Colorado
The Colorado Sun | Colorado will be first in the U.S. to require comprehensive health coverage for gender-affirming services | Mike Littwin, John Ingold
More from AP, Colorado Politics, Denver Post, The Hill, Washington Blade, Washington Post
Kansas
Wichita Eagle | Proposed Wichita amendment would give religious groups latitude to fire LGBTQ+ workers | Dion Lefler
Wichita Eagle | Wichita City Council approve anti-discrimination ordinance | Chance Swaim
North Carolina
Washington Post | North Carolina’s GOP lieutenant governor rejects Democratic calls to resign after he called LGBTQ community “filth” | Eugene Scott
NC Policy Watch | Mark Robinson’s enablers and the actual filth that he and they ignore | Rob Schofield
News & Observer | Lt Gov Robinson calls news conference, as LGBTQ leaders say he ‘lit a match of hatred’ | Will Doran, Danielle Battaglia
More from News & Observer, WJZY-TV, WRAL-TV
The Herald-Sun | ‘Long overdue.’ Raleigh to vote on joining Wake County’s non-discrimination rule | Laura Brache
Virginia
WRIC-TV | Hanover Schools over month behind on compliance with state law on treatment of transgender, nonbinary students | Olivia Jaquith
Texas
The Texan | Abbott Primary Opponent's Pressure Led Texas Agency to Remove LGBT Resource Page, Emails Show | Isaiah Mitchell, Daniel Friend
Pregnancy & Parenting
MedPage Today | Protecting New Moms From Mental Health Crises
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio | Wisconsin Democrats unveil proposals to address racial disparities in infant, maternal mortality | Laurel White
More from Cap Times, Urban Milwaukee
Reproductive Health & Justice
McClatchy | Biden council to push agencies to put gender front and center | Francesca Chambers
Work & Money
CNBC | Drop in U.S. birth rates amid Covid-19 could have lasting economic impact | Lorie Konish
CNN | Lego pledges to 'remove gender bias' from its products | Megan C. Hills
Ms. | Rise in Pandemic Divorce Sounds Alarm to Address Gender Inequities at Home | Jessica Winegar
USA Today | Every workplace has a Jon Gruden. There should be a higher standard in corporate America. | Suzette Hackney
More from Chicago Sun-Times, New York Times, Outsports, Slate, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Vanity Fair
Alaska
State of Reform | Alaska’s health sector gender wage gap | Emily Boerger
California
The Mary Sue | California Schools Now Required To Provide Period Products To Students for Free | Vivian Kane
More from Daily Kos, Los Angeles Daily News