Author Archives: Ann Bartow

Feminist Playlist?

Over here (I moved it so it wouldn’t play automatically) are just the first six songs in mine. Yours may differ! Feel free to give me suggestions in the comments, or make you own here. NB: I’m promoting this because … Continue reading

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You might have missed the Rev. Gene Bishop’s invocation yesterday.

Because it was excluded from the televised broadcast, possibly at the request of Obama’s Presidential Inauguration Committee, which if true, is infuriating. You can watch and listen to Bishop give the invocation via YouTube here: Via.

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”Good Hair”

Read about Chris Rock’s new documentary by this name here, at the NYT. Below is an excerpt: While loaded with the 43-year-old actor-comedian’s wisecracking humor, ”Good Hair” also raises serious questions about identity and equality among black women who feel … Continue reading

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http://reproductiverights.org/

New website!

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The Women of San Francisco

How about a shout out to the great women of San Francisco who led President-Elect Barack Obama into history today! Senator Dianne Feinstein and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, (not to mention Senator Barbara Boxer who featured in this post earlier this … Continue reading

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FUNDAMENTALIST PRESSURE IN NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN, HAS LED TO ALARMING VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GIRLS AND WOMEN

From Equality Now: In late December 2008 the Taliban ordered a ban on girls’ education in the district of Swat in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.   The announcement made by an extremist cleric, Maulana Fazlullah through an … Continue reading

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“We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus : and non-believers.”

I’ll leave others to unpack President Obama’s entire inaugural address. I just wanted to note with appreciation that he acknowledged “non-believers.” –Ann Bartow

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Spirit Airlines Tries To Charge Cancellation Fees On Passengers It Put On Flight 1549 (yes, the one that landed in the Hudson River).

From here: Rob and Jeff Kolodjay were scheduled to fly on Spirit Airlines to a golf vacation with four other friends on Thursday out of LaGuardia in New York City. Their flight got cancelled, and they rebooked their flight to … Continue reading

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That “Report on Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies”

A production of the Berkman Institute for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, it’s available here.   Below is an excerpt from the Executive Summary: At the outset, the Task Force recognized that we could not determine how technologies … Continue reading

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Seven States Sue To Block ‘Conscience Rule’

Illinois, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Oregon joined Connecticut’s lawsuit: … to block an impending federal rule that critics say will allow health care providers to deny care, including emergency contraception to rape victims, with no recourse for … Continue reading

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Joe Biden is still an idiot.

Reason #8,765 or so. –Ann Bartow

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Guatamalan girl testifies in federal court about being duped into coming to the U.S., forced to sell herself and kept captive.

It would be nice if human rights violations like this got more media attention. From the LA Times: When Sandra agreed to make the perilous trek from her native Guatemala to the United States in 2006, she said, she was … Continue reading

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“The Meaning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday” by Coretta Scott King

From The King Center web site: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday celebrates the life and legacy of a man who brought hope and healing to America. We commemorate as well the timeless values he taught us through his example … Continue reading

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Blaw Review at “On Being A Black Lawyer”

Here, and it’s full of great links.

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Fat Kills.

Read more here.

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Transcript of the Senate confirmation hearing nominating Senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State

Read it in full here, at the NYT. Below is an excerpt. The bolding was added by me. I think Obama made a great choice for Secretary of State. She may not have made the cover of Ms. but she … Continue reading

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Feminist Playlist!

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“Janie Goree, who broke barriers by becoming the first black woman to be elected mayor of a municipality in South Carolina, has died.”

From The State, which also reports: Goree, the former mayor of Carlisle, died on Tuesday evening at age 87 at the Agape Senior center in West Columbia. The family was at Leevy’s Funeral Home in Columbia Thursday, finalizing funeral arrangements. … Continue reading

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What Tami Said!

What Tami Said blog author Tamara Winfrey Harris has an interesting and provocative column here. Below is a short excerpt: Americans tout our egalitarian democracy to the world: anyone can be president, we say. But some of us know this … Continue reading

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Feminist Priorities

Okay, so I got bashed here at Slate’s XX Factor for having my “knickers in a twist” over the current Ms. magazine cover (see this, this and this). Choice quote: “Feminism lies like a beached octopus, tentacles thrashing in all … Continue reading

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Again with the lies and mischaracterizations regarding the Ms. cover…

In response to this ridiculous crap, (see also) I posted the comment below, which may or may not make it through moderation over there: ****** I am not a PUMA. I agree with the PUMA goal of calling out sexism … Continue reading

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“Women in poor nations are 300 times more likely to die in childbirth or from pregnancy complications than those in the developed world, UNICEF warns.”

Read more at the BBC News, which notes: “In its report, UNICEF said: “The divide between industrialised countries and developing regions – particularly the least developed countries – is perhaps greater on maternal mortality than on almost any other issue.”” … Continue reading

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Cyber Sexual Harassment

Podcast of a radio show featuring fantastic feminist law prof Danielle Citron, plus Latoya Peterson of Racialicious and Jill Filipovic of Feminste, is available here. Danielle’s referenced law review article, Cyber Civil Rights, can be downloaded here. Below is the … Continue reading

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Did ANYONE who criticized the Ms. Magazine cover say that men couldn’t be feminists?

Or even that Obama couldn’t be a feminist? I know I didn’t. Nor would I, in a million years. Nor did anyone else, that I am aware of. What the hell are these women talking about? Ms. Magazine decided it … Continue reading

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Wow.

Story here. I fly between Charlotte NC and NYC on US Air several times a year, which makes this seem especially immediate.   I hope it is true that everybody who was on the plane is safe. That makes it … Continue reading

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“Supporters of the ballot measure that banned gay marriage in California have filed a lawsuit seeking to block their campaign finance records from public view, saying the reports have led to the harassment of donors.”

Interesting how some people are First Amendment absolutists up until the time that they are the ones getting hated on, and then suddenly harassment is seen as a problem that should have special remedies for themselves only. The quote heading … Continue reading

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The Kitchen Table: A Blog About “Race, Politics, Religion, Popular Culture”

It’s pretty engaging! Informative and geeky, as you might expect from two academics, but also very amusing at times. Some posts are quite provocative, so if the prospect of reading opinions you strongly disagree with is alarming,   it’s not … Continue reading

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Carnival Against Sexual Violence 63

Here, at abyss2hope. Marcella Chester deserves so much credit for the attention she brings to this issue.

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Watch out for “Fake College Facebook Groups”

Danielle Citron explains here at Concurring Opinions.

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Naomi R. Cahn, “Test Tube Families Why the Fertility Market Needs Legal Regulation”

Fabulous feminist law prof Naomi Cahn, one of the best feminist legal theorists around, has a new book out: Synopsis of publisher NYU Press: The birth of the first test tube baby in 1978 focused attention on the sweeping advances … Continue reading

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“Condemned men are buried in sand up to their waists, and women up to their necks, and are pelted with stones until they die or manage to escape. Under the law, a condemned person’s life is spared if he can free himself.”

That’s a sentence from this WaPo article about stonings in Iran. Men have a lot better odds of escaping, obviously, though it’s still horrifying. The article also reports: In his weekly news conference, the judicial spokesman also said that Esha … Continue reading

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How much jail time should a child porn offender serve?

That question is dividing jurists and observers, see e.g. the Sentencing Law & Policy blog.

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The Tulane Journal of Law & Sexuality will be hosting a symposium on Friday, February 13 at Tulane Law School in New Orleans: Beyond Marriage: The Broader Implications and Unforeseen Consequences of State Defense of Marriage Acts.

Beyond Marriage: Broader Implications and Unforeseen Consequences of State Defense of Marriage Acts A Symposium to be held Feb. 13, 2009 Tulane Law School, 6329 Freret St., New Orleans, LA Download Brochure for Full Information Continuing Legal Education: 6 units, … Continue reading

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“If you ever start to feel too good about yourself, they have this thing called the Internet …”

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No Girls Allowed

Larger version here. Via.

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On the Importance of Proofing E-mails

Here.

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Proposed New Law in Ethiopia Threatens to Shut Down Non-Governmental Organizations

From Equality Now: A proposed new law in Ethiopia to regulate charities and societies threatens to halt the work of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), particularly those working in the field of human rights and justice and law enforcement services. The Charities … Continue reading

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The Murders of Mexican Lawyers Linked to Murders of Women?

According to this blog: Two unidentified gunmen executed Mario Escobedo Salazar and his son Edgar Escobedo Anaya, also a lawyer, in their Juarez office on Tuesday, January 6. The double homicide comes nearly seven years after Chihuahua State Judicial Police … Continue reading

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Sonia K. Katyal, “Civil Rights Must Be for All”

Awesome feminist law prof Sonia Katyal recently wrote in the National Law Journal: Ten years ago, I sat in a constitutional law class taught by Barack Obama at the University of Chicago Law School. My mother proudly recalls that I … Continue reading

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Watch Christina Hoff Sommers Give Her Lecture Live

A few days ago Christina Hoff Sommers guest posted a lecture here, and referred to “a productive and civil debate with a feminist law professor at Penn State.” The live debate was sponsored by the Federalist Society, and you can … Continue reading

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What Happened to the Woman in “Iran’s Hottest Porn Video”?

The Daily Beast has a post up entitled “Iran’s Hottest Porn Video.” It is written by a male university student who is “pseudonymous for his own safety.” In it he crows about how great it is that the hypocrisy of … Continue reading

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South Korea accused of using women as prostitutes to prop up the country’s ecomony and keep U.S. soldiers “entertained.”

The NYT reports: … Scholars on the issue say that the South Korean government was motivated in part by fears that the American military would leave, and that it wanted to do whatever it could to prevent that. But the … Continue reading

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Not Really Super

ETA: Slate XX Factor readers, go here. The latest issue of Ms. Magazine has Barack Obama in a Superman pose, wearing a tee shirt that says “THIS IS WHAT A FEMINIST LOOKS LIKE,” as follows: Obama can greatly advance the … Continue reading

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Mad Law Prof Patricia J. Wiliams asks: “If the nation’s first female Solicitor General breaks a 139-year-old tradition and doesn’t wear a morning coat, can she still do her job with style?”

She writes: Of the details one misses with no television coverage of the Supreme Court, surely the quaintest is that the Solicitor General of the United States must wear tails:more formally known as a morning coat:when arguing the government’s cases. … Continue reading

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“Fashion Advice for Lawyers”

Rebecca Bratspies has some here! Many women thought the normative right to wear pants to work had been thoroughly embedded in the culture well over thirty years ago. This might be a situation in which collective action by all women … Continue reading

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Siddharth Kara, “Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery”

From the publisher’s website: Every year, millions of women and children are abducted, deceived, seduced, or sold into forced prostitution, made to service hundreds if not thousands of men before being discarded. Generating huge profits for their exploiters, sex slaves … Continue reading

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Scene From A Long Drive During The Holidays

The characters are a teenaged boy and his mother. The mom is driving, while the boy is calling out clues from a crossword puzzle that they are completing together to make the time pass. Teen Boy: “Three Down: River to … Continue reading

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Dr. Who’s Christmas Special

What does that have to do with feminsm, you ask? Go find out at WOC PhD.

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“Milk and the Movement”

Mary Dudziak discusses the movie Milk here, at the Legal History blog.

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Another Case for the Tee Shirt Law Course

Per Yahoo News: An airline passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script has been awarded 240,000 dollars in compensation, campaigners said Monday. Raed Jarrar received the pay out on Friday from two US Transportation Security Authority … Continue reading

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