Author Archives: Ann Bartow

Pepsi Ads: Sexism and Suicide

Sexism discussed here. New suicide theme discussed here. And, see also. Sample below:

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A case of sexual harassment and mistaken identity in the digital age?

This “First Person” column in the Chron describes what the pseudonymous author asserts was a false charge of sexual harassment. His claim is that he was charged with sexually harassing a student who was also a university employee. The student, … Continue reading

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Post Secret Post Modernism

Post Secret is an ongoing art project, featuring post cards like this submitted by participants: “Professor What If” has a post asking: What if you’re”secretly”sexist, racist, and  homophobic? Part of the appeal of Post Secret is that you bring your … Continue reading

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26 Course Evaluation Excerpts

Hard to tell if these are real, but some are certainly funny. Below are some samples: 19.”This course kept me out of trouble from 2-4:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.” 20.”Most of us spent the 1st 3 weeks terrified of the … Continue reading

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“Makes a different and useful gift.”

Take note, Alabamans.

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Jingle Bells for Geeks

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Wishing You Peace Today And Always

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“The National Crime Victimization Survey, based on projections from a national sample survey, says that at least 248,300 individuals were raped or sexually assaulted in 2007, up from 190,600 in 2005, the last year the survey was conducted.”

That’s a quote from Human Right’s Watch. The underlying DoJ survey is accessible here. The data shows that   domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault increased more than any other violent crimes. With the exception of simple assault, which increased … Continue reading

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“The latest false woman-dividing dichotomy”

Thought provoking essay by this title here, at Screaming Into the Void. Below is a short excerpt: … Women who succeed in sticking to the good girl definitions of the earlier parts of the 1900s by repressing their sinful sexual … Continue reading

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Let’s hope nobody throws their underwear at President Bush during his last few weeks in office…

Via.

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From the Department of One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: In the 1970s, over 90 percent of the collegiate women’s teams were coached by women, but now just over 40 percent of women’s teams are headed by female coaches (and only 17.7 percent of women’s and men’s teams combined).

A post at the AAUW Dialog blog noted: …Title IX has made an enormous positive difference in women’s sports: two years before the enactment of Title IX in 1970, there were only 2.5 women’s teams per school, but as of … Continue reading

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Four Oklahoma City University law professors allege discrimination and harassment.

Details here and here. Paul Secunda has some observations here.

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Hanukkah in Santa Monica

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Christmas Cards For Geeks

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“The Not Rape Epidemic”

That is the title of this essay by Racialicious blogger LaToya Peterson describing personal experiences with coerced sex. Some of the appended comments are a bit hard to take, but most seem validating and supportive. The essay forced me to … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Losh, “Virtualpolitik: An Electronic History of Government Media-Making in a Time of War, Scandal, Disaster, Miscommunication, and Mistakes”

From the MIT Press page: Today government agencies not only have official Web sites but also sponsor moderated chats, blogs, digital video clips, online tutorials, videogames, and virtual tours of national landmarks. Sophisticated online marketing campaigns target citizens with messages … Continue reading

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Columbia, South Carolina as Microcosm of the Nation

The NYT reports: …This city in the center of South Carolina is an ideal listening post. According to a range of indicators assembled by Moody’s Economy.com : from job growth to change in household worth : this metropolitan area came … Continue reading

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Cat v. Singing Tree

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A Sermon Against Preachy People

Here, at A  Woman In Law School.

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Women and Girls As Property

The source is the Daily Mail, a newspaper of somewhat dubious reliability, and I can’t find similar accounts anywhere else, but fwiw (ETA: Guardian article here): Saudi court tells girl aged EIGHT she cannot divorce husband who is 50 years … Continue reading

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Positive Application of Sex Trafficking Laws: A Case Study

Ex-law clerk sentenced in prostitution case By Dan Herbeck NEWS STAFF REPORTER A former State Supreme Court official who used his motor home to transport an illegal alien prostitute from Hamburg to Kentucky was sentenced Tuesday by a federal judge … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays!

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Buyers’ Market for Egg Donation?

This WSJ article entitled “Ova Time: Women Line Up To Donate Eggs — for Money” notes that clinics have seen an increase in the number of women applying to “donate” their eggs or serve as surrogates, positing that the surge … Continue reading

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How much ad revenue can various for profit blogs reap off the misery and misfortunes of a desperate and depressed law student?

A lot, apparently. I’m not going to link to any of them, because whether they are being disgustingly licentious or self-aggrandizingly professing great concern, at the end of the day they are all about the links and the clicks and … Continue reading

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Except In Bed.

Via. My recent cookie based fortunes include: The person you are thinking of is also thinking of you. You have an ability to sense and know higher truth. You will become a philanthropist in your later years. You have the … Continue reading

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Homophobic Clergyman Chosen To Give Invocation At Obama’s Inauguration

People For the American Way President Kathryn Kolbert writes: Pastor Warren, while enjoying a reputation as a moderate based on his affable personality and his church’s engagement on issues like AIDS in Africa, has said that the real difference between … Continue reading

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Morningstar Veggie Bacon Strips Get Panned.

Here. Below is a salty excerpt: First impressions: when you open the packaging, you’re hit by a pretty assertive synthetic aroma, an almost-but-not-quite right recreation of the meaty, smoky bacon smell. This eerie sort of Bacon Uncanny Valley continued into … Continue reading

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Are Ads Like This Okay If The Model Was Bettie Page?

Ad copied from here. I’m not posing the question in the post title seriously, in case that needs saying. I’m just kind of surprised that some of the bloggers who (correctly) take issue with the above clothing ad haven’t challenged … Continue reading

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The Comments to the U of Chicago Law School’s Faculty Blog Post About Its New Comments Policy Were So Abusive, Comments Had To Be Closed.

I kid you not: Comments on this post have been disallowed, and previous comments removed. It has become clear that the Law School’s initial decision to err on the side of leniency, and to expect our readers to adhere not … Continue reading

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Check out the “Gender & Sexuality Law Blog”

Here! Founded by Columbia Law Profs Katherine Franke and Suzanne Goldberg, who, happily for FLP readers, will sometimes cross post here, see e.g.!

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Do the Freakonomics Guys Understand That Prostitutes Are Human?

Sure doesn’t seem like it.

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Keeping Christ in Christmas Goes Techno!

I guess this is supposed to make you think: “Jeebus! Holy ____!” And here is how they do it in Texas: –Ann Bartow

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Steal This Seal

Here’s the official University of South Carolina Seal: Here is a two color version with “sample” across the front to prevent subversive bloggers like me from making illicit millions by using it without permission: Here’s the official University information about … Continue reading

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Funniest Blawgprof Post I’ve Seen In Weeks:

Law Schools Ranked By the Number of Corrupt Public Officials They Graduated As usual, Yale and Harvard come out on top. (You might have already guessed the source.)

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Deanships and Diversity

There are currently between 10-15 active law school dean searches being conducted around the country. It’s no secret that women, people of color, and every other category of academic short of a white male are under-represented in the higher reaches … Continue reading

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“Hillary Clinton, the Halo Effect, and Women’s Catch-22”

Fantastic essay about women in politics here, at the Situationist. Below is a short excerpt: … After the final presidential debate between Obama and McCain, news anchor Katie Couric asked Hillary Clinton,”Why do you think Sarah Palin has an action … Continue reading

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Catharine MacKinnon, “The Recognition of Rape as an Act of Genocide – Prosecutor v. Akayesu”

Two related articles are accessible here. Via IntLawGrrls.

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A Bit More About Bettie Page

To follow up on the post here, a reader sent a link to this 1998 interview published at Nerve.com which of course includes the bondage photos.   Below is an excerpt: Are you flattered by any and all of the … Continue reading

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Today Is Final Day to Comment on ABA’s Proposal to Eliminate Student-Faculty Ratio Data

Paul Caron has a critique of the proposal here. The impact on student/faculty ratio was one of the arguments that finally persuaded the doubters at my law school to hire a professional, full time legal writing faculty, which has been … Continue reading

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10 Things You May Not Have Learned In Law School

“10 things I didn’t learn in law school” is here, at A Public Defender. Don’t miss the Kingsfield clip at the end! Via Law Ingenue.

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Decorating the Blog for the Holidays…

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“A video conversation with civil rights leaders”

Featuring the fabulous Veronica Arreola! Here at this site, which notes: In the aftermath of President-elect Barack Obama’s historic win, many commentators have said it will take time to understand the full significance of his ascendance to the presidency. To … Continue reading

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“A Crime Against Society” – Rape in the Congo

“A Crime Against Society” is the title of an article written by Ann Jones that appeared inthe 12/10/08 issue of The Nation. Below are the first two paragraphs: Late one afternoon seven years ago, in the village of Kamanyola in … Continue reading

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Feminists Don’t Care About The Women In Iran, And The Sexualized Mockery Of A Powerful Woman Politician Has Nothing To Do With The Stonings Of Women Who Are Deemed Too Sexual.

Or so says Kathleen Parker in the WaPo. Who needs to start here. And then go here, and here, and here, and here, and here, where a reporter notes: Currently, in Iran, there are nine women sentenced to death by … Continue reading

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The name of the game was “Ball Buster.”

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Sue Magazine

One of the feature articles in the first issue is titled: Where are the Female Litigation Blawgers? Avoiding the omnipresent Bully Boys of the Blawgosphere, probably. The Sue Magazine homepage is here. –Ann Bartow

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Bettie Page, and seeing only what you want to see.

In recent months I’ve read a number of posts at various feminist blogs discussing race and class issues with respect to wet nurses, nannies, maids, and natal surrogates.   There seems to be a rough consensus that exploiting the bodies … Continue reading

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Gold Winning Gymnast Nastia Liukin Not Dressing Properly, Apparently

And so must be taken down a few pegs by websites like this. What about Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Michael Phelps, are his clothes okay?   Who knows. Because he is male, the sleazebag celebrity following blogs are far … Continue reading

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“Letter from Women’s Historians to President Elect Obama” asking for gender equity in the proposed economic stimulus package.

Friends and colleagues, Attached is a letter to President-elect Obama making a historical case for more attention to gender equity in the proposed stimulus package. It is based on a draft circulated by Linda Gordon with input from several others. … Continue reading

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Measuring Scholarly Impact

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