Monthly Archives: March 2009

Old-Timey Sexism

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

-Tony Varona

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The Choice Quandary – A Response to Bridget Crawford

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Imputing a lack of agency to sentient beings of whatever type makes for a difficult row to hoe.   In the animal community there are many who feel strongly that domesticating animals is ethically wrong since it involves involuntary servitude. … Continue reading →

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False Consciousness Theory in Feminism and Anti-Speciesism

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

In recent weeks, I have had a series of engaging conversations with my colleague, friend and Feminist Law Prof  David Cassuto, an animal law theorist.  I admit to knowing little about animal law.  I nevertheless am fascinated by what I … Continue reading →

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Criminal Charges for an Accused Cyberbully

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Raphael Golb has been charged with one felony count of second-degree identity theft, plus four misdemeanor charges related to his online sock-puppeting and bullying activities. The Chron reports: The son of a prominent Dead Sea Scrolls scholar was arrested on … Continue reading →

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“Corrective Rape” of Lesbians in South Africa

Posted on March 13, 2009 by David S. Cohen

The Guardian had a chilling story yesterday about what is horribly being called “corrective rape” in South Africa.   The details are very tough to read, but the story is important to know about: The partially clothed body of Eudy … Continue reading →

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New Female Condom Approved by FDA

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Earlier this week, the FDA approved a “second-generation” female condom.  Health Day News reported on it  here: The Female Health Co.‘s FC2 Female Condom has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company said Wednesday. The product … Continue reading →

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Anthropornography

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

The design firm  Süperfad  has created an unusual ad for  Durex condoms, a brand of  SSL International plc.   The video – one of the”virals”on You Tube – shows pastel-colored condom balloon animals simulating all sorts of human-like sexual activity. … Continue reading →

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Buy Smaller Sized Eggs?

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Ann Bartow

“Buying large eggs is cruel, shoppers told”: It might make a larger omelette but a bigger egg isn’t necessarily a better one : and it certainly doesn’t make the hen that laid it very happy. That is the view of … Continue reading →

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“The Powder and the Glory”

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Ann Bartow

PBS will soon air a documentary about the cosmetics industry: The Powder & the Glory tells the story of two of the first highly successful women entrepreneurs in America, Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein. One hundred years ago these women … Continue reading →

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South Carolina House considering “sovereignty” legislation that its author says “walks right up to the door of secession.”

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The text of the bill, reprinted below in italics, is available here. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO AFFIRM THE RIGHTS OF ALL STATES INCLUDING SOUTH CAROLINA BASED ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE NINTH AND TENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. … Continue reading →

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Water Bottle Fountain

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Photo taken at   the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. by Joan Perry.

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“A record number of workers filed federal job discrimination complaints last year, with claims of unfair treatment by older employees seeing the largest increase.”

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From Yahoo News: … The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday it received more than 95,000 discrimination claims during the 2008 fiscal year, a 15 percent increase over the previous year. Charges of age discrimination jumped by 28.7 percent : … Continue reading →

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“Cable, Satellite Providers to Push Pay-per-View Porn”

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Ann Bartow

So reports Advertising Age in an article with the subtitle “Huge Profit Potential in Down Economy Prompts Promotional Efforts.” It suggests that “professional” pornography will soon become cheaper and easier to access, and even more ubiquitous generally. –Ann Bartow

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CFP: Being a Mother Academic

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

From the FLP mailbox, this call for contributions to an edited volume:   Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited anthology, edited by Andrea  O’Reilly and Lynn O’Brien Hallstein, to be published in 2011. The idea for the  collection … Continue reading →

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Freeman’s Masculinist Claim

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Charles Freeman, Obama’s choice to lead the National Intelligence Council, gave an interview to NPR today.  Asked whether he was surprised at the opposition to his (potential) leadership, Freeman replied, “Public service isn’t for sissies.”   Separate and apart from … Continue reading →

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CFP: “Feminism, Law, and Masculinity,” September 11 – 12, 2009 Emory U. School of Law

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The Feminism and Legal Theory Project is preparing for a conference on Feminism, Law, and Masculinity. This workshop will explore the relevance of masculinities studies to feminist legal theory and activism. We have long struggled, both within and without the … Continue reading →

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Paralysis and Child Pornography?

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Doug Berman at the Sentencing Law and Policy blog has two posts about cases in which defendants in child pornography cases received lesser sentences because they were paralyzed, here and here. Dan Filler has some related comments here at The … Continue reading →

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Title IX Blog Twofer

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Ann Bartow

This post talks about how after one university eliminated football for financial reasons, it cut women’s sports as well to achieve “equality” of opportunity. This post – well, here’s an excerpt: … In the early 80s [in Philadelphia], a girls’ … Continue reading →

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Ariel Levy Update

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Here, at Historiann.

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Case and Nussbaum v. Posner

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Listen to a podcast of critiques of Posnerian jurisprudence by U. of Chicago law professors Mary Ann Case and Martha Nussbaum right here, with a response by Posner. Neither Case nor Nussbaum drops the f-bomb, but the prospect must have … Continue reading →

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Some air travel stories.

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Most of the planes flying in and out of Columbia, South Carolina, are very small. When you take them you have to “gate check” bags that would be carry ons on most commercial airplanes, because the overhead compartments can’t accommodate … Continue reading →

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“It took 36 years of extracurricular competition, including annual world championships at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, but this March kicks off New York City’s first-ever season of competitive double dutch in its public high schools.”

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Post title taken from a story here at Women’s Enews entitled “Urban Girls Jump Into the Title IX Gap”. But if you want to see THE BEST Double Dutch action, y’all should head down here to Columbia, South Carolina.

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“Note: This post has been corrected to note that Barack Obama won Florida in the general election, not South Carolina.”

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

That is the final sentence of this NYT article. Sort of startling that an article would actually be published at the NYT site which made such an incredibly obvious mistake, but then again, most of the writers and editors at … Continue reading →

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Bella Abzug Research Resources

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

From the National Council for Research on Women, a “learning and organizing guide” to accompany Suzanne Braun Levine and Mary Thom’s edited volume,  Bella Abzug: How One Tough Broad from the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed Off … Continue reading →

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CFP: LatCrit XIV, “Outsiders Inside”

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

From the FLP mailbox, this call for participation in the 2009 LatCrit Conference: Please join us at LatCrit XIV, the Fourteenth Annual LatCrit (Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory, Inc.) Conference, which will take place in Washington, D.C.,   from … Continue reading →

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Exemption from Service – Mothers in the Military and Fathers at Home

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Katherine Franke

The New York Times reports today about Lisa Pagan, a member of the U.S. Army Individual Ready Reserves, who brought her two small children (ages 3 and 4) with her when she had been reactivated for service and reported for … Continue reading →

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March 8 is International Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

What do China, Armenia,  Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam have in common?  International Women’s Day is a national holiday in each. -Bridget Crawford

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Obama’s Cultural Diplomacy

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Ann Bartow

In Thursday’s Washington Post, E.J. Dionne Jr. had a fascinating piece,”Obama’s Cultural Diplomacy.” Dionne talks about how Obama is trying to”ease the nation’s divisions around religion and moral questions”by, among other things,”a promise to reduce the number of abortions.”   … Continue reading →

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Burkstrand-Reid on “The Invisible Woman”

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Feminist Law Prof Beth Burkstrand-Reid (Illinois) has posted to SSRN her working paper  “The Invisible Woman: Availability and Culpability in Reproductive Health Jurisprudence.”  Here’s the abstract: Women’s health is widely assumed to be a central consideration in reproductive rights cases. … Continue reading →

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Nose blowing humor.

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Here. Booger free, too.

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Parenting Tip

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Ann Bartow
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Doctors Without Borders Releases Sexual Violence Report

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Ann Bartow

SHATTERED LIVES Immediate medical care vital for sexual violence victims Médecins Sans Frontières is an international humanitarian organisation that brings emergency medical care to populations in over 60 countries. Through this report, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) shares its experience in … Continue reading →

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“Deconstructing the First Year: How Law School Experiences Lead to Misunderstandings of What Lawyers Do”

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Great post you should read by this title at Clinicians With Not Enough To Do.

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Grandparents of Law Students More Likely to Die Than Any Other Segment of Population

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

My very funny colleague and Feminist Law Prof Michael Mushlin asked this question today: Have you ever noticed that at about this time in the semester, law students’ grandparents, with whom they are “very close,” seem to die at a … Continue reading →

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Debunking Abortion Talking Points

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Earlier this week, I read an article stating that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was poised to sign a bill requiring parental notification when minors receive abortions.   It did not seem particularly newsworthy to me at the time – the … Continue reading →

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Prop. 8 Oral Argument

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Tony Infanti

The oral argument for the Prop. 8 lawsuit before the California Supreme Court is set for tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. (Pacific Time). For those interested in watching the arguments, they will be webcast live here. They are apparently expecting … Continue reading →

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The Blog Looks Best With A Firefox or Safari Browser

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Looks kinda freakish with IE, and you can’t see the blogroll. We’ll try to fix this but meanwhile, here’s another reason to give up IE!

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Is Kaiser trying to encourage Spanish speaking women to get tubal ligations more assertively than English speakers?

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Ann Bartow

It sure looks that way. Read this.

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“S.C. suffering lack of female lawmakers”

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Op-Ed re-posted from here by ANNIE BOITER-JOLLEY and LAURA R. WOLIVER In November, women made advances in representation in state legislatures across the country. Out of 2,332 female candidates nationwide, 1,465 won their bids for state legislative seats : 1,351 … Continue reading →

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LGBT Nondiscrimination Bill Introduced in Pennsylvania

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Tony Infanti

Today, House Bill 300 was introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature. It would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. I have reproduced below the press release from the Value All Families Coalition about the bill: … Continue reading →

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Campaign for Peace and Democracy: Letter to Defend Shirin Ebadi

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Ann Bartow

IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER SHIRIN EBADI IN DANGER PEACE ACTIVISTS CALL ON TEHERAN TO ENSURE HER SAFETY To: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Ayatollah Shahrudi, Head of the Judiciary Mohammad Khazaee, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United … Continue reading →

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We, The Jury: Why Aren’t There Jury Impeachment Appeals Alleging Juror Sexism?

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Colin Miller

Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b)  precludes jurors from impeaching their verdicts after trial through testimony concerning anything internal to the jury deliberation process.  Accordingly, jurors can’t invalidate their verdicts by testifying after trial that jurors (a) misunderstood jury instructions (even … Continue reading →

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Bad Balloon Art

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Via.

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Book Review: “Feminist Mothering” edited by Andrea O’Reilly

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Check out Veronica’s informative review at Viva La Feminista.

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“The Feminist Food Studies Bookshelf”

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From this blog: Only in the past 10 years has there emerged a critical look at the centrality of women’s relationship to food practices and the meanings embedded in them. Here’s a few of those works. I’m developing a more … Continue reading →

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Challenging the Constitutionality of DOMA

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Tony Infanti

Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) filed a lawsuit today challenging the constitutionality of a portion of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The suit challenges only the provision in DOMA that denies recognition to same-sex marriages for … Continue reading →

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Guest Post by Liz Funk, a freelance writer, author, and college senior

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Ann Bartow

I was on the Today Show on Tuesday, March 10th to discuss my new book”Supergirls Speak Out: Inside the Secret Crisis of Overachieving Girls,”and I had the pleasure of chatting a little bit with Meredith Viera before the cameras started … Continue reading →

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When the number of bodies hit double digits, finally the police begin seriously investigating cases of missing prostitutes.

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Ann Bartow

If anybody has forgotten how dangerous prostitution is, or how little law enforcement officials generally care about making it safer, there is this horrifying report: In the desert outside Albuquerque, hikers have sometimes stumbled upon human remains partially buried under … Continue reading →

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I’m thinking she should have said “no.”

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Yeesh.

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Lolita Buckner Inniss, “On Being a Black Woman Lawyer (Or, The Sound of Silence)”

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Read her essay by this title here. It begins: There are right now two lawsuits being prosecuted by black women lawyers that are quietly making their way around the Internet. A little too quietly for my taste. …

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