This Week in the War on Women, 10/13-19/24

Of course the main thing on everyone’s mind is, what is VP Harris doing today? You will be happy to know that she was in Detroit earlier today with singer Lizzo. And she is in Atlanta this evening with singer Usher. thehill.com/... Many speeches! (h/t ebuxbaum)In Other NewsViolenceFrom HuffPo, Kanye West's Former Assistant Accuses Him Of Drugging, Raping Her At Diddy Event Reproductive rightsFrom AP News- Tennessee judges say doctors can’t be disciplined for providing emergency abortions From Kosak umbra This is not the Onion - 3 state AG's sue for the right to cause teen pregnanciesThe AG’s of Kansas, Missouri, and Idaho are suing the FDA on the grounds that the states have a compelling interest in having teen moms is being harmed by the FDA. The argument is that the percentage of teen pregnancies didn’t go up the amount expected after Roe vs Wade was overturned. And they need to block mifepristone, since they have a compelling interest in pregnant teens.The states want to make sure they don't lose a rep in Congress nor federal funds. It will probably not surprise you to find that Kansas did not accept Medicaid expansion. SMH. www.kff.org/... IranIranWire Iranian Actress Nominated for Asia Pacific Award [faces pressure from security forces in Iran due to her support of the 2022 nationwide protests]Iranian actress Soheila Golestani has been nominated for Best Actress at the Asia Pacific Awards for her role in The Seed of the Sacred Fig, directed by Iranian dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof... Golestani gained prominence on social media during [the 2022] protests following Mahsa Amini’s death in custody, appearing in a video alongside other artists without the mandatory hijab. Her participation in the protests has led to increased scrutiny from Iranian authorities [and her] ability to attend the award ceremony remains uncertain... Reports indicate that the entire cast and crew of The Seed of the Sacred Fig are facing pressure from Iranian security forces. Director Mohammad Rasoulof, sentenced to eight years in prison by Iranian authorities [for public statements and for making films and documentaries that, in the court’s opinion, were “examples of collusion with the intention of committing a crime against the country’s security”], fled the country earlier this year.Rasoulof’s films are celebrated alongside those of fellow countrymen Abbas Kiarostami, Asghar Farhadi, and Jafar Panahi, earning critical acclaim beyond Iran’s borders. Germany has submitted The Seed of the Sacred Fig as its entry for the 2025 Academy Awards in the Best International Feature category. From IranWire Influential Iranian women, past and present. WorkplaceMedscape New York Nurse Practitioners Sue State Over Pay Equity, Allege Gender Inequality Medscape OB/GYN describes toxic medical workplace VotingThe19thNews Are women over 50 the critical voter group no one is talking about? AARP polling shows that these women, who vote at high rates and feel misunderstood by politicians, have shifted support to Kamala Harris more than any other demographic group... Good NewsNNO.net Modern Matriarch Skate Jam Uplifts Indigenous Women and Girls with Skateboarding Medscape Healthy Mujeres program's mobile clinics bring healthcare including long-acting birth control to Texas's rural Rio Grande Valley. AJCPolitics Former President Jimmy Carter fulfills wish and votes for Kamala Harris. The former president, who turned 100 earlier this month, said he wanted to live long enough to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee. NNO.net Killers of the Flower Moon's Lily Gladstone to Receive National Archives' Record of Achievement AwardOn October 21, 2024, the National Archives Foundation will present the prestigious Records of Achievement Award to Academy Award-nominated actress Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet and Nimíipuu) for her portrayal of Molly Burke, the real-life Osage woman whose life was the center of the horror, in [the Martin Scorsese film]Killers of the Flower Moon [The film was based upon award-winning author David Grann's acclaimed [2017 nonfiction] book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, [which drew] extensively on historical documents from the National Archives. Scorsese’s direction and Gladstone’s performance in the film adaptation earned them Academy Award nominations.NOTE: *Mean Spirit is a murder mystery based on the Osage murders that took place in Osage Indian Territory in Oklahoma in the 1920s. It is the first novel by Chickasaw author Linda Hogan and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1991. Plot In 1920s Oklahoma, the discovery of oil in the Osage Indian Territory has made the native inhabitants rich. But good fortune brings tragedy as well; not only are the Osage losing touch with their culture and traditional way of life, but they have become targets of whites who marry into the tribe. More and more wealthy Osage begin dying of mysterious illnesses or accidents.The novel focuses on an Osage girl, Nola Blanket, who witnesses her mother's murder ......[re: the title] Killers of the Flower Moon -- The Old Farmer's Almanac, which first began publishing names for full moons in the 1930s, recorded the one given by American tribes to the full moon in May ...because of flowers blooming across North America, signaling abundance and the coming of spring after a cold, hard winter. The title was originated in the poem "Wi'-gi-e" by Osage poet Elise Paschen, written from the perspective of Mollie Kyle [whom Lily Gladstone portrayed in the film].. Grann eventually contacted Paschen, and she sent him the poem, an excerpt from which was published in the book.Lily Gladstone in 2024 As always, WOW is a group effort. Many thanks to mettle fatigue and SandraLLAP for items and discussion behind the scenes this week!