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Author Archives: Ann Bartow
Four of Five Finalists for the Deanship at the University of Maryland School of Law are women.
Brian Leiter has the names here. All five are terrific candidates.
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Paul Secunda, “Blogging While (Publicly) Employed: Some First Amendment Implications”
Abstract: While private-sector employees do not have First Amendment free speech protection for their blogging activities relating to the workplace, public employees may enjoy some measure of protection depending on the nature of their blogging activity. The essential difference between … Continue reading
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It was great to see President Obama sign the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) into law.
But dang, it would have been nice to see more women in that photo. –Ann Bartow
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The University of Baltimore School of Law will hold its Second Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference on Friday, March 6, 2009
The University of Baltimore School of Law will hold its Second Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference on Friday, March 6, 2009. The conference will bring together law students, legal academics, practitioners and activists to explore the concrete ways in which … Continue reading
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An English professor (Michael Berube) takes the GRE and questions its value
He describes the episode in his essay entitled “Testing the Test,” which was published in the Chron, and it’s a very funny and interesting read. Below is a short excerpt: Very little of the test, as far as I could … Continue reading
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Why do Community College Students Shun the Major Formerly Known As”Secretarial Sciences”?
Dean Dad ponders that question here, and so do some of his readers.
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Trans Fat: A Review by Zak Kramer and Elizabeth Glazer of “Fat Rights: Dilemmas of Difference and Personhood” by Anna Kirkland
Abstract: In her book, Fat Rights: Dilemmas of Difference and Personhood, Professor Anna Kirkland uses fat discrimination as a case study to examine the ways in which we talk about difference in antidiscrimination law. She argues that the proper way … Continue reading
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Mindbugs: The Psychology of Ordinary Prejudice February 13, 2009 – Boston, MA (ABA Midyear Meeting)
Mindbugs: The Psychology of Ordinary Prejudice Speaker: Professor Mahzarin Banaji, Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Department of Psychology, Harvard University Prejudiced? Of course, we all are. Though we may believe that our own views are not affected by … Continue reading
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Hillary Clinton gets sworn in.
Her related remarks are hilarious. Via TGW.
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Let’s follow Ledbetter with the Paycheck Fairness Act!
Overview and call to action here at The New Agenda.
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Europe’s modern slave trade
Law prof Suzanne Goldberg has a short article here explaining: A case recently filed in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), M. v the United Kingdom, shows just how vigorous and heinous the slave trade continues to be. But … Continue reading
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“Opt Out” or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession? – A Conference at Yale Law School on March 27-28, 2009.
March 27-28, 2009 Yale Law School Sponsored by Yale Law Women “Opt Out”or Pushed Out will address the controversial phenomenon described by some as”opting out,” the supposed trend of professional women leaving the workplace to devote their energies to family … Continue reading
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John M. Kang, “Taking Safety Seriously: Using Liberalism to Fight Pornography”
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2008 Abstract: In the law review literature on pornography, there is sometimes the depressing story that either liberalism is limply unhelpful to combat pornography or, in its role as philosophical … Continue reading
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“Confronting Domestic Violence: The Role of Power in Domestic Relationships” Feb. 27th 2009 at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer and Keynote Speaker Cheryl Hanna Professor, Vermont Law School Co-author, Domestic Violence and the law: Policy and Practice “Behind the Castle Walls: Is the Right to Privacy Creating a Safe Harbor for Abusers?” This conference is … Continue reading
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Why were there so few women at the World Economic Forum?
Morice Mendoza asks: Where Are the Women? Via Jill at Writes Like She Talks.
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“Debate: Should Feminists Endorse Basic Income?”
Basic Income Studies, an international journal of basic income research, Vol. 3, Issue 3, (2008) Debate: Should Feminists Endorse Basic Income? Guest editor: Ingrid Robeyns, Erasmus University Rotterdam Research Notes “Introduction: Revisiting the Feminism and Basic Income Debate” Ingrid Robeyns, … Continue reading
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“Despite Odds, Women’s Movement Persists In Iran”
NPR story you can read and/or listen to here.
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Plush Uterus safety recall!
NOTICE In an effort to ensure our plush products exceed federal and international safety standards, we learned the 2008 Plush Uterus has failed a pull test. The ovaries may detach when pulled, becoming a potential small part choking hazard for … Continue reading
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We Can’t Blog Effectively Without Cuss Words, So We’ve Migrated The Blog Outside South Carolina
Ah, the heady allure of free speech and academic freedom! Visit us at our new location: https://www.feministlawprofessors.com There may be a few bugs as we sort this all out, apologies in advance for this. –Ann Bartow
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Democratic Congress, Democratic President, so what’s the deal…
With this? Historiann asks: Are women citizens of this republic? ETA: See also.
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South Carolina State Senator Robert Ford is trying to outlaw lewd language and profanity.
Story here. It notes: We spoke to Debra Gammons with the Charleston School of Law about freedom of speech. She reminds that the First Amendment is not absolute. You cannot say whatever you want whenever you want to. Courts will … Continue reading
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Iceland to Name First Lesbian Prime Minister
From Yahoo News: Iceland’s next leader will be an openly gay former flight attendant who parlayed her experience as a union organizer into a decades-long political career. Both parties forming Iceland’s new coalition government support the appointment of Johanna Sigurdardottir, … Continue reading
Great Takedown of Yet Another Stupid, Sexist PETA Ad
Here, at Jezebel. Props to post author “Intern Katy.” Via Jen.
Posted in Feminism and Culture, Sexism in the Media
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43 Alaskan Native Americans File Suit Against Jesuits for Rape, Sexual Assault
Heart has the story here.
“Gender, history and biography”
Cool post from an even cooler blogger: Historiann! Oh and while you are over there, also check out A Tale of Two Senators.
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Concerns about the draft American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Irasema Garza, President of Legal Momentum, writes: Today the House Democrats unveiled the near-final version of the economic stimulus package known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, with a vote expected as early as tomorrow. While it contains some … Continue reading
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Inauguration Memories
I am back from DC (yes, there is still snow in Chicago) and I have to tell you the inauguration was indescribable. Yes, I made it inside. Security was tight and the zoo at security in the colored zones (blue, … Continue reading
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Yasmeen Hassan, “A War on Pakistan’s Schoolgirls”
From the WaPo: I have such fond childhood memories of summer holidays in the Swat Valley in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province, a place well known among Pakistanis for its breathtaking views, cool summer climate and lush fruit orchards. But today … Continue reading
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EQUALITY NOW CALLS ON THE UNITED STATES TO CONDITION AID TO PAKISTAN ON MEASURES TAKEN BY THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT GIRLS AND ENSURE THEIR RIGHT TO EDUCATION
From Equality Now: On 20 January 2009 Equality Now issued a News Alert calling on the Government of Pakistan to protect girls and ensure their right to education following growing fundamentalist pressure in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and … Continue reading
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What if you plan on e-mailing your professor?
Professor What If has some advice and observations here. Below is an excerpt: Every time a semester is about to start or has just started, my email box is inundated with”URGENT”pleas from students. Many of the things they are writing … Continue reading
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Yolanda Young, “What Eric Holder’s Tenure at Covington & Burling Says About Blacks and BigLaw”
Op-Ed here at the HuffPo.
Posted in Feminism and Law, Feminism and the Workplace, Legal Profession, Race and Racism
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Interview with Lilly Ledbetter
Via Womenstake.
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Anna Quindlen, “The End of Swagger”
Here are the first two paragraphs of Quindlen’s recent Newsweek column: As Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton begin to use their uncommon authority and intelligence to implement a new American international agenda, it might behoove them to read a … Continue reading
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The Obameter: Tracking Obama’s Campaign Promises
From Politifact: PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter. We rate their status as No Action, In the Works or Stalled. Once we find action is … Continue reading
Star Trek Barbie
Via. In response some dood named Harry Knowles writes: Star Trek Barbies? That’s how to make future babes geeks!!! Hey folks, Harry here… with a brilliant concept. TREK BARBIES!!! Yes, every little girl in the world needs Star Trek Barbies, … Continue reading
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The Iranian government has commuted the execution of Kobra Najjar, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery – a judgment based on the prostitution her abusive husband forced upon her in order to sustain his heroin addiction – but the stoning sentence has been converted into 100 lashes.
From Equality Now: Kobra has already served eight years in prison as an accomplice to the murder of her husband who was killed by a sympathetic client, plus a further three years awaiting execution. Kobra has recently suffered from a … Continue reading
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A conference entitled “The Politics of Reproduction: New Technologies of Life” will be hosted by the Barnard Center for Research on Women in New York City on February 28, 2009
“The Politics of Reproduction” will focus on the global social, economic and political repercussions of new forms of reproduction, including assisted reproductive technology (ART) and transnational adoption. These new technologies have created a “baby business” that is largely unregulated and … Continue reading
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Touro Law Center’s Journal of Race, Gender and Ethnicity presents “Transgender Law: Challenging the Boundaries of Law and Gender” Friday, February 20, 2009 8:30 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION HERE! Co-Sponsored by LeGaL (the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Law Association of Greater New York) and the Long Island GLBT Community Center. 8:30 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.: Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:10 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.: Welcome … Continue reading
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Evangelical Anti-Feminism
Alternet account of “The Patriarchy Movement” here.
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On the reclamation of sexist slurs.
Lauredhel has an extensive post here about language reclamation issues at Hoyden About Town. Below is a short excerpt, but you should read the whole thing! … As with just about any topic in feminism, when stripped to the bone, … Continue reading
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Well done, Gov. David A. Paterson
From the NYT: Gov. David A. Paterson has selected Representative Kirsten Gillibrand, a 42-year-old congresswoman from upstate who is known for bold political moves and centrist policy positions, to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, … Continue reading
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Thanks to the ABA Law Journal for featuring FLP as its “Blawg of the Week”
Check it out!
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Women, Foreclsoures and Sub Prime Loans
Philadelphia has a unique approach to helping homeowners avoid further predatory lending practices and foreclosure auctions, and Women’s Enews has the story.
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Don’t Most of Us Wish…
This CNN article asserts that law professors (Number 14 on the list of “Jobs with under 40-hour work weeks”) work an average of 35.2 hours per week and 1664 hours each year, and earn $158,353. To which I reply: … Continue reading
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Pamela Foohey, “Child Support and (In)Ability to Pay: The Case for the Cost Shares Model”
Forthcoming in the Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2009 The Abstract: Currently enacted child support guidelines primarily focus on maintaining children’s economic well-being when a single household is split into two. This article argues that … Continue reading
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“He Is (Or, We Are)”
Professor Lolita Buckner Inniss on the inauguration of President Obama.
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GENDER, PARENTING, AND THE LAW: A Symposium Saturday, February 7, 2009 at Stanford Law School
Parenting, Gender, and the Law is a symposium sponsored by the Stanford Journal for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, with support from the Clayman Institute, Stanford University Feminist Studies Department, Graduate Student Council at Stanford University, and Stanford Law School. … Continue reading
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On this 2009 anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the Center for Reproductive Rights calls on President Barack Obama to strike the Hyde Amendment which bans funding for medically necessary abortion from his proposed budget and support Congressional repeal of these funding restrictions.
During his presidential campaign, Mr. Obama came out against Hyde, saying that the federal government should not use its dollars to intrude upon a poor woman’s decision whether or not to carry her pregnancy to term or to selectively withhold … Continue reading
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“Report Describes Concerns Over Treatment of Detained Women Immigrants”
Head on over to Our Bodies, Our Blog to read the post with this title. It highlights a report concerning the treatment of women held in immigration detention centers in Arizona.
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Warning to Rebellious Women
Taken at Obama’s inauguration yesterday by Gerry Canavan. Via.
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