Today…
is Global Cat Day, a high holiday in much of the womany/repro community.
in 1916, Margaret Sanger opened the country’s first birth control clinic in Brooklyn. Do with that what you will.
A+ Conservative Bullsh*t
The wrap-ups
The Atlantic | What the Rush to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett Is Really About | Ronald Brownstein
Nothing better explains the Republican rush to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court than the record crowds that thronged polling places for the first days of early voting this week in Georgia and Texas.
The Atlantic | Why Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Hearings Failed | Emma Green
CNN | Amy Coney Barrett's answers were murky but her conservative philosophy is clear | Joan Biskupic
New York Times | 18 Hours of Questions, Few Answers: What We Learned About Amy Coney Barrett | Adam Liptak
The Washington Post | Barrett’s hearings were a frustrating charade. But they were still chilling. | Ruth Marcus
Slate | Oh Good, Dianne Feinstein Concluded the Barrett Hearings by Giving a Maskless Lindsey Graham a Hug | Jeremy Stahl
The Cut | Dianne Feinstein Hugs Graham | Bridget Read
That’ll age well.
The Week Magazine | Why Republicans lie about their own terrible policies | Ryan Cooper
Probably some of the Republican Party understands that they are edging quite far out on a political limb by supporting such wretchedly unpopular policies — thus the constant lies. That's also a big reason why they are constantly trying to cheat elections by any means to hand.
Abortion
CBS News | These are the abortion cases Amy Coney Barrett might hear on the Supreme Court | Kate Smith
HuffPost | Amy Coney Barrett Steered Clear Of Roe v. Wade. But It's Obvious Where She Stands. | Alanna Vagianos
Jezebel | 'We, Too, Are America': Poet Crystal Good Testifies Before Senate About Obtaining a Judicial Bypass for an Abortion at 16 | Emily Alford
Teen Vogue | Crystal Good Just Told the Senate Why Her Abortion at 16 Matters | Brittney McNamara
ACA/Heath Care
The American Independent | Amy Coney Barrett says your right to birth control is safe. She's wrong. | Lisa Needham
POLITICO | Not just Obamacare: How Supreme Court's conservative majority could remake American health care | Susannah Luthi
LGBTQ
Queerty | Amy Coney Barrett says she can’t comment on marriage equality, but she just did | David Reddish
Scary Mommy | Amy Coney Barrett’s ‘Apology’ To LGBTQ+ Folks Was Fake Bullsh*t | Amber Leventry
Serena Joy
The Conversation | Amy Coney Barrett may be the next woman on the Supreme Court – but does a nominee's gender matter? | Susan M. Sterett
Jezebel | Amy Coney Barrett Is Not Like All the Other Girls | Ashley Reese
Jezebel | Republican Exclusion Built Amy Coney Barrett and the 'Conservative Woman' | Kelly Faircloth
Mother Jones | Conservatives say they want to “protect” women. Amy Coney Barrett is their perfect messenger. | Becca Andrews
Refinery29 | Amy Coney Barrett's Identity As A White, Christian Mother Is A Shield — & A Weapon | Britni de la Cretaz
So what happens now?
Kaiser Health News | Outnumbered on High Court Nomination, Democrats Campaign for a Different Vote | Julie Rovner
The Nation | There Is Only One Solution to the Amy Coney Barrett Debacle | Elie Mystal
2020
The 19th | How Trump and Biden’s dueling town halls addressed women's concerns | Andrea Valdez, Shefali Luthra, Abby Johnston
Daily Beast | The Biden and Trump Shows: It’s Mr. Rogers Vs. ‘Someone’s Crazy Uncle’ | Scott Bixby, Asawin Suebsaeng
Yeah, I enjoyed this.
What’s-His-Face
VICE | Trump Just Clarified His Position on Masks, QAnon, Abortion, His Taxes and White Supremacy: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | Greg Walters
The Daily Dot | Trump Refuses to Denounce QAnon During Town Hall Event | Mikael Thalen
NPR | Feminists Weigh Their Wins And Losses After Nearly Four Years Of Trump | Danielle Kurtzleben
SELF | 5 Ways Trump Winning Again Would Affect Your Health | Colleen De Bellefonds
Washington Post | GOP Sen. Sasse says Trump mistreats women, flirts with white supremacy and secretly mocks evangelicals | Colby Itkowitz
Kamala’s Running Mate
AlterNet | Biden warns that Amy Coney Barrett is a threat to LGBTQ rights | David Badash
CBS News | Biden tells mother of transgender daughter there should be "zero discrimination" | Caitlin O'Kane
Ed Week | Biden on Transgender Children's Rights: 'There Should Be Zero Discrimination' | Evie Blad
Out Magazine | Joe Biden: LGBTQ+ Community Has 'Great Reason to Be Concerned' | Mikelle Street
Down Ballot
Slate | Joni Ernst Hopes Some Performative Feminism Might Save Her Senate Seat | Christina Cauterucci
Abortion
🠲 New York Times | What Happens if Roe v. Wade Is Overturned? | Quoctrung Bui, Claire Cain Miller, Margot Sanger-Katz
Abortion access would decline in large regions of the country, a new data analysis shows.
🠲 Nieman Reports | Covering Abortion as a Personal Health Care Issue, and Not Just a Political One | Melissa Jeltsen
BuzzFeed | Stevie Nicks Opened Up About Her Abortion And Said "There Would Have Been No Fleetwood Mac" Without It | Stephen LaConte
The Courier-Journal | My family needed me. I had to survive, so I had an abortion | Elaine Orr
The Nation | Roe v. Wade is Non-Negotiable | Katha Pollitt
Newsweek | What Garrison Keillor Said About—No. NO. Keep scrolling.
California
Viking News | Abortion access should be provided by California community colleges | Tess Kazenoff
Colorado
Colorado Times Recorder | Boebert Doesn't Want Gov't Involvement in Health Care, But She's for a Gov't Ban on Abortion After 22 Weeks | Madeleine Schmidt
Florida
Louisiana
The Daily Advertiser | Louisiana abortion amendment, sports betting on ballot: Here's what they mean | Greg Hilburn
LGBTQ
InsideHook | This Is the (Very Important) Difference Between "Sexual Orientation" and "Sexual Preference" | Kayla Kibbe
USA Today | Merriam-Webster dictionary updates 'sexual preference' entry after Amy Coney Barrett hearing | Ryan Miller
LGBTQ Nation | Rediscovering the queer history of the American South | Matthew S. Bajko
USA Today | New research reveals ‘shocking’ rates of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination | Kate Sosin
Texas
Metro Weekly | Republicans claim Texas Democrat will "divert military money for transgender re-assignment surgeries" | John Riley
Pregnancy & Parenting
Motherly | The pandemic is forcing 74% of moms to consider quitting their jobs | Heather Marcoux
Every day. Buying that farm, putting in some fruit trees and bee hives, and calling it a day.
Time | Women Are Deciding Not to Have Babies Because of the Pandemic. That’s Bad for All of Us | Eliana Dockterman
U.S. News & World Report | U.S. Teen Birth Rates: Are Record Lows Low Enough? | Joseph Williams
Colorado
Colorado Newsline | Let doulas into the birth room now | Kayla Q Frawley
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight | Experts fear pandemic's impact on maternal mortality rates | Leah Mishkin
Reproductive Health & Justice
The 19th | ‘Belly of the Beast’ spotlights forced sterilizations in California prisons | Ko Bragg
Work & Money
Above the Law | Maternal Gatekeeping And The Law-Mom | Jamie Szal
DiversityInc | The Importance of Reproductive Benefits in the Workplace | Olivia Riggio
🠲 New York Times | Can a Bill Have a Gender? Feminine Wording Exposes a Rift | Christopher Schuetze
Nonprofit Quarterly | #MeToo & the Culture of Fundraising | Priscilla Hung
Missouri
Columbia Daily Tribune | Now is the time to unite and advance women in Missouri
More, More, More
HuffPost | The Next Chapter For 'Me Too' Is Here. Tarana Burke Says 'We All Can Play A Part.' | Alanna Vagianos
WAMC | When Women Are The Storytellers, The Human Story Changes | Joe Donahue
Washington Post | Women’s March will bring thousands of marchers to D.C. and cities nationwide this weekend | Samantha Schmidt