The "Totality" Edition

Dear Readers,

Hope you get your eclipse glasses and have a non-retina-burning viewing party!

Happy Poetry Month!!

Gotta run!!!

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The Pic(k) of the Week:

Woman Charged With Murder After Abortion Sues Prosecutor via The Cut

POLITICS:

The Mifepristone Case Is A Trial Balloon For A Nationwide Abortion Band via Balls and Strikes

BUSINESS:

New Data Show Massive, Wider-Than-Expected Global Gender Gap via The World Bank

The Cautionary Tale Of Wirecutter and the Internet’s Favorite Wok  via Bloomberg

HEALTH & WELLNESS:

More Than One Alcoholic Drink A Day Raises Heart Disease Risk For Women via The Washington Post

The Coming Birth Control Revolution  via Atlantic

Always Knew I Was Different. I Just Didn’t Know I Was A Sociopath via The Wall Street Journal

JURISPRUDENCE:

Did Prosecutors’ Sex Shaming Help Send Brenda Andrew To Death Row? via The New York Times

THE ARTS & POP CULTURE:

’Romancing The Stone’ and Its Screenwriter’s Tragic Tale  via The New York Times

The Story Behind The Haute Couture Creation Worn By Björk on Vogue Scandinavia’s latest cover via Vogue

Boulanger Initiative To Host Festival Celebrating Female Composers via The Violin Channel

’Sign My Name To Freedom’ Celebrates The Unheard Songs Of 102 Year Old Betty Reid Soskin via The San Francisco Chronicle

The Secret Shame Of Smoking Moms via The Cut

OBITUARIES—HAPPY POETRY MONTH:

Marjorie Perloff, Leading Scholar Of Avant Garde Poetry, Dies at 92 via The New York Times

Robie Harris, Often-Banned Children’s Author, Is Banned at 83 via The New York Times

…AND WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT…?

For A New Generation of American Kids, A Woman’s Place Is On The Quarter via The 19th