News Roundup
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Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…
- The Washington Post (gift link) columnist Monica Hesse commented on Sen. Katie Boyd Britt’s State of the Union response (AP News’ transcript) and observed, “[I]t wasn’t entirely clear which [moms] she thought she was representing.”
- Them reported that a new bill in Kentucky could result in trans minors being taken away from their families if they use a school bathroom that does not match their sex assigned at birth.
- Vox explored what kids miss out on when snow days are replaced with virtual learning time.
- The Cut wondered, “What’s a nonauthoritarian parent to do when it comes time to exert their authority?”
- Parents announced its Best Family Cars Awards, which include the Honda Pilot and Subaru Crosstrek.
- TIME explained why, as childbirth became more medicalized, Black women and other women of color were erased from providing maternal health care.
- The Cut shared a harrowing story from a Black mother who was turned away from two hospitals while in labor — for supposedly not being far enough along — and ended up unexpectedly giving birth at home.
- Vanity Fair shared results of a new study by Moms First and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media that detailed how TV shows depict characters who are mothers: “still underrepresented as earners and … still largely young, white, and thin.”
- Your Laugh of the Week comes from Frazzled, with “A Rejection Letter From My Kid’s Sports Team Management App.”
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