Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion

In a 4-3 ruling, the Commonwealth Court found that abortion access is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution.

Chris Rabb in the Democratic primary for Pa. 3rd Congressional District | Endorsement At a moment when the nation’s fundamental values are under attack in Washington, the pugnacious Rabb is the kind of leader voters in the 3rd District need.

Cool as hell to see the Inky endorse Rabb! share.inquirer.com/2akosr

Watching Cats (2019) w/accompanying RiffTrax and am befuddled every single second by the perspective. The Jellicles are too big and too small at same time

Ok, the Pitt, but that’s not what “kinship fostering” is

Never underestimate linen

Our nearly two-year-old cat has yet to learn that she cannot reach the birds outside our front window by throwing herself at it multiple times per day

Living, Together: Reimagining Community in the Age of Disconnection Reimagining Community in the Age of Disconnection

My anthology, LIVING, TOGETHER: REIMAGINING COMMUNITY IN THE AGE IF DISCONNECTION is coming out in 3 months (7/14)! Topics include: loneliness, illness, friendship, aging, parenting, climate change, financial hardship, housing, queerness, etc! bookshop.org/a/120570/978...

Screenshot of Bill Summary for HB 301 in Legislative Information System (LIS) 2026 Regular Session HB301 Status: Approved Adult adoptees; access to vital records. Patrons| All Patrons V Introduced by: Katrina Callsen (Chief Patron) Summary As Passed | All Summaries V Adult adoptees; access to vital records. Requires the State Registrar to provide adult adoptees access to their birth certificate upon request, provided that the requester submits an application, proof of identification, and payment and that the original birth certificate is not the certificate of birth in use, subject to amendment, or used by an individual for legal purposes. The bill directs the State Registrar to make a contact preference form available to birth parents that allows them to indicate their preference for contact by the adopted person, to be stored with the adopted person's birth certificate and provided upon the adopted person's request for the birth certificate. This bill incorporates HB 664. 4/13/2026 Governor Approved by Governor-Chapter 587 (effective 7/1/2026) 3/14/2026 Governor Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 3/14/2026 House l Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 Enrolled PDF Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB301)] へ 3/12/2026 House Signed by Speaker 3/11/2026 Senate l Signed by President

🚨🚨 BEST NEWS: HB 301 was just signed into law by Gov. Spanberger, giving VA-born adopted people age 18+ the right to access their original birth certificate!!!!

The law will take effect on July 1, 2026 and you can contact the VA Dept of Health - Office of Vital Records for more details.

Glad to hear the youth are keeping it alive!

You know what you don’t hear about anymore? The Bermuda Triangle

More than 2 million low-income Americans, overwhelmingly women, access birth control and STD screening through Title X programs.

They called my aunt Joan to confirm that she's a "questionable driver"

I was talking to my aunt about her trip to Sicily and also how my redbud tree is blooming and she goes: “you know what I heard about redbuds from our tour guide in Agrigento? Judas hung himself from one”

What I'm Reading Links, links, links!

A collection of must-read reporting on family policing/reproductive justice/adoption: americanorphan.substack.com/p/what-im-re...

Wrote about the conversion therapy Supreme Court decision and being a survivor for @newyorker.com

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What I'm Reading Links, links, links!

A collection of must-read reporting on family policing/reproductive justice/adoption: americanorphan.substack.com/p/what-im-re...

It's especially galling because he's also a novelist!

Scrutiny aside, as a critic why would you do this??? What is the point of being a writer if you don't want to write???

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When we were in Ireland in the fall, we went to a sheepdog demonstration. I’m still following the place and they have lamb babies now, truly toying with my heart mind and soul

OK I have seen two different deals this week for books in which teen adoptee or foster kid girls develop selective mutism. Simply, what thee fuck

I’m Obsessed With This Novel About a Gay Romance Wayne Koestenbaum’s My Lover, the Rabbi is a hilarious depiction of an intense infatuation.

Thrilled to write about @waynekoestenbaum.bsky.social and his new novel, an immersion in gay sex, erotic yearning and religious self-knowledge unlike any I've ever read. Glad @nymag.com and @vulture.com let me wax rhapsodic on this one.

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The Life-Changing Power of a Book Review Before Algorithms

"readers don’t want the same thing all over again. The pleasures of a good book review are less in being a leader than a follower — to have smarter minds tell you things you didn’t know about things you weren’t necessarily thinking about."

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Wow love an old episode of SVU that features a rainbow party x measles outbreak plot

He must have been BATHING in it! (Mine was also from lime juice. The derm asked me if I had been doing tequila shots outside!)

It’s been weeks and I’m still thinking about that absurd case of phytophotodermatitis on the Pitt. I got it once on my hands when I was in my early twenties and it was like, tiny spots of discoloration. (The derm I saw was at a teaching hospital and he called in residents and students to see it!)

We don’t need a time travel machine. Just take a day and hit up some random grocery stores in your state. Found an Acme that had an aisle labeled “Snapple”

Been thinking a lot lately how I got a Snapple every day in junior high

Finally ripped off the bandaid and started a Scrivener binder for my next book proposal 🫠

She ran A Practical Wedding. I used her book in planning my wedding and then watched her go off the deep end 👀

(There are certainly better perspectives out there on this memoir)