Father-s Viral Photo Of Library Desk/Crib Calls Attention To Needed Child Care Solutions -

Josephine Baker will become the sixth woman, first Black woman and first American to be honored with enshrinement in Paris’ Pantheon.

Google Doodle celebrates biologist Anne McLaren, IVF pioneer

Finally: special Pentagon panel recommends seismic shift in how the U.S. military handles sexual assault cases, saying independent judge advocates, not commanding officers, should decide whether to pursue legal charges in such cases.

“When you look at the way men accused of sexual harassment were treated versus the way a woman alleging pregnancy discrimination was treated, it is such a despicable example of the role of misogyny and patriarchy in these tech companies.”

Inside the reckoning over gender inequity that defined this year’s March Madness; 2021 tournament highlights what is fact a long tradition of inequity and neglect, while NCAA continues to try to shift blame on others.

March Madness Could Spark a Title IX Reckoning: deeply entrenched sexism in intercollegiate sports means male athletes are treated with red-carpet fanfare while women are treated as 2nd-class citizens. And the Supreme Court says for the NCAA, that’s OK.

Must read: “Girlhood” by Melissa Febos looks at how girls learn what is acceptable behavior for themselves(and others), what they will need to ignore, when they will need to take the blame, when they will need to be vigilant - for the rest of their lives.

Where is the board? Heads should be rolling at the top after NCAA has to apologize for leaving Arizona out of Women’s Final Four promotional video. #womensfinalfour #genderequity #TitleIX.

US Navy: for first time in history four women of color command war ships: Kimberly Jones, LaDonna Simpson, Kristel O’Cañas and Kathryn Wijnaldum.

How Whitney Wolfe Herd Turned a Vision of a Better Internet Into a Billion-Dollar Brand and became the youngest woman to take a company public.

These Moms Work as Doctors and Scientists. But They’ve Also Taken On Another Job: Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation Online

Colleges cut sports to save money amid the pandemic. Title IX lawsuits that followed have exposed ways in which colleges across the country have for years gamed and even violated gender equity laws. #TitleIX

Minnesota man can’t be charged with rape because the woman chose to drink; majority of states still treat intoxication as a barrier to consent only if victims became drunk against their will.

Talk about revenues is the NCAA’s shell game; available numbers just don’t add up. “Emmert has publicly vowed to get to the bottom of the disparate treatment of the women’s tourney. But to get to the bottom of it, just go straight to the top.”

NCAA Withheld Use of Powerful ‘March Madness’ Brand From Women’s Basketball.

Former Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw speaks out after NCAA basketball disparities: “these disparities are hardly breaking news.”

Rebecca Solnit: Our narratives about murder, rape, domestic violence, harassment, unwanted pregnancy, poverty among single moms, [even women’s mass exodus from the workplace] portray these as things happening to women and women’s problem to solve.

NCAA’s message to women’s basketball players: You’re worth less

NCAA blows it in set-up for men’s and women’s tournaments. Comparison photos shows single set of weights and yoga mats for women while men have a warehouse full of equipment. Tap dance around space doesn’t cut it.