This indecision's bugging me
Today…
is the birthday of journalist, activist, writer, researcher, founding member of the NAACP (and on and on and on) Ida B. Wells (1862-1931).
is National Fresh Spinach Day. I’m into it.
You guys. I’m being faced again with how utterly tapped out I am when it comes to decision-making. As a solo parent, I make all the decisions – which, listen, has its benefits – but between Alla This, school, work, summer, tweens, Mama tired. I started Hello Fresh* earlier this year just so I’d have one less thing to decide. I understand now the appeal of the Steve Jobs’ approach to clothing.
All this to say, I’m coming up on a big decision – it’s fine, nothing bad, I’ll tell you later – and I’m approaching it with my usual calm, measured certainty.
*P.S. I just got $100 promo coupons from Hello Fresh, if you want one!
Abortion
Ms. | Democrats Abroad Mobilize to Protect Abortion Rights as U.S. Falls Further Behind Most European Nations | Carrie Baker
Ms. | A World Without Roe: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom | Jerry Stouck
Reuters | Fact Check-PepsiCo drinks do not contain ‘aborted fetal cells’
Iowa
Des Moines Register | Iowa abortions climbed 14% in 2020, after jumping 25% the previous year, new state data show | Tony Leys
Ohio
Ohio Capital Journal | Ohio lawmakers reintroduce medically unproven 'abortion reversal' bill | Susan Tebben
AP | 'Abortion reversal' bill introduced in GOP-led Ohio House | Julie Carr Smyth
Statehouse News Bureau | Controversial Abortion Bill Is Reintroduced In Ohio Legislature | Jo Ingles
Texas
KUT-FM | Texas Senate Committee Approves More Abortion Restrictions | Ashley Lopez
The Intercept | Providers Sue to Block Law That Would Eliminate Nearly All Abortions in Texas | Jordan Smith
LGBTQ
Axios | This year's Olympics will feature a historic number of LGBTQ athletes | Jeff Tracy
Ed Week | The Pandemic and Politics Made Life Especially Rough for LGBTQ Youth, Survey Finds | Arianna Prothero
INSIDER | More Young People Than Ever Identify As LGBT, and 1 in 4 Are Nonbinary | Canela Lopez
LGBTQ Nation | 17 GOP states ask federal court for right to deny transgender kids medical care | Alex Bollinger
Time | Promotion of an ‘Anti-Trans’ Paperback Stirs Criticism of Amazon, American Booksellers Association | Madeleine Carlisle
AP | Booksellers association apologizes for anti-trans mailing | Hillel Italie
USA Today | 'A label, but... not a constraint': The US has 1.2M nonbinary LGBTQ adults. What does that mean? | Edward Segarra, Elinor Aspegren
GLAAD Report
Deadline Hollywood | GLAAD Film Report: No Transgender Characters In Major Studio Releases Again Last Year, But More Diversity & Screen Time For LGBTQ Roles | David Robb
AP | Study finds more racial diversity in LGBTQ film characters | Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press
NBC | In a first, major studio films include more queer women than men, report finds | Dan Avery
More from The Advocate, Forbes, HuffPost, New York Daily News, Out, The Wrap
Kentucky
AP | Kentucky contracts with Baptist-affiliated children's agency | Bruce Schreiner
Minnesota
NPR | Minnesota Executive Order Aims To Bar Access To "Conversion Therapy" For Minors | Becky Sullivan
Nebraska (Go Huskers)
Omaha Daily Record | Censure Sought for Judge Who Nixed Same-Sex Adoption | Derek Noehren
Rhode Island
Boston Globe | ACLU, LGBTQ groups warn about ‘vague’ R.I. law banning ‘child erotica’ | Edward Fitzpatrick
Pregnancy & Parenting
Georgia Public Broadcasting | Health Leaders Call America ‘Most Dangerous Developed Nation In Which To Give Birth' | Ellen Eldridge
Motherly | Dear mama, you should not be an afterthought after giving birth | Jessica D'Argenio Waller
Speaking of parenting, do you remember the Washington Post article from last summer that found parents working from home with the kids during the pandemic got, on average, 3 minutes and 24 seconds of uninterrupted work time? I do.
And oh, by the way, did you know there’s an online fantasy name generator that has options for Clown and Evil Clown?
Reproductive Health & Justice
Ms. | ICE to Stop Detaining Pregnant and Postpartum People Under New Biden Directive | Marty Garbarini, Corinne Long
Vox | What we’ve learned about Britney Spears’s conservatorship case changes everything | Constance Grady
Work & Money
CNBC | 35.2 million families just got the first monthly child tax credit payment | Carmen Reinicke
The Conversation | The Tokyo Olympics are supposed to be a 'landmark in gender equality' — are the Games really a win for women? | Michelle O'Shea, Sarah Duffy
Eater | McDonald’s Considers the Radical Concept of Emergency Childcare to Entice New Workers | Terrence Doyle
Ms. | Protect Mothers and They Will Stimulate the Economy: A Case for Federal Paid Family Leave | Kimberly Hernandez
The Nation | How Capitalism Invented the Care Economy | Premilla Nadasen
USA Today | America’s food retail executives at Coke, Costco, Pepsi and Starbucks still mostly white and male | Craig Harris
Delaware
The News Journal | This state agency has been accused – again – of paying women unfairly | Natalia Alamdari