Author Archives: Ann Bartow

Law Against Sagging Pants Ruled Unconstitutional By Palm Beach FL Circuit Judge

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From here: A Florida judge has deemed unconstitutional a law banning baggy pants that show off the wearer’s underwear, local media reported Tuesday. A 17-year-old spent a night in jail last week after police arrested him for wearing low pants … Continue reading →

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Stealth Cat

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Starts off slowly but hilarious if you are a crazy cat lady feminist stereotype.

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Sisters are Doing It For Themselves

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Ann Bartow

You know you love it! cf: If I have to, I can do anything.

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Why Hollywood Does Not Require”Saving”From the Recordkeeping Requirements Imposed by 18 U.S.C. Section 2257

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Ann Bartow

In the latest edition of The Pocket Part Professor Ann Bartow responds to Alan Levy’s earlier piece How”Swingers”Might Save Hollywood from a Federal Pornography Statute.   Bartow argues so “eager was Levy to ‘save Hollywood’ from having to keep records … Continue reading →

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Absentee Ballot Guide

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From this site: Many states have slightly different requirements. In most cases, the application and the ballot must be sent to your individual county! The links are all here. Click on your state and follow the instructions on the web-site … Continue reading →

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“Most teen girls still experience sexual harassment and sexism, according to new study”

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From here: Nine of 10 teen girls report experiencing sexual harassment, and majorities also say they have received discouraging comments about their abilities in school and athletics, according to a new study that appears in the May/June issue of the … Continue reading →

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“Carnival Against Sexual Violence 55”

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Here, at abyss2hope.

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Cripes is Joe Biden an idiot.

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Click here and watch him importuning Missouri State Senator Chuck Graham to stand up and be recognized. Graham couldn’t do it, because Graham is confined to a wheelchair. “God love you,” says Biden, when he figures this out, about ten … Continue reading →

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Feminism and Legal Theory 25th Anniversary Conference – November 6-8th Emory University School of Law – Atlanta, GA

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Ann Bartow

In 1991, Routledge published At the Boundaries of Law, the very first anthology in feminist legal theory.   This book has proven invaluable to scholars and students alike. The volume grew out of workshops given by the Feminism and Legal … Continue reading →

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CFP: “Applied Feminism: How Feminist Legal Theory is Changing the Law”

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Ann Bartow

This call for papers seeks submissions for the University of Baltimore School of Law’s Second Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference.   The conference will be held at the University of Baltimore on Friday, March 6, 2009.   The conference will … Continue reading →

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“Score One for Disability Rights”

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Ann Bartow

That’s the title of this post at Angry for a Reason, below is a short excerpt (but you should read the whole thing): On September 11th the Senate passed S. 3406, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. This is a … Continue reading →

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A Very Sad Sign of Feminism’s Success

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Among the dead, officials confirmed, was a police officer, Spree Desha, 35. When her identity was learned, all officers on the scene formed lines, stood at attention and saluted in silence as her body, covered in a white sheet, was … Continue reading →

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Does “the right to privacy” encompass sex with a comatose spouse?

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Ann Bartow

It does according to this disturbing article. A Wisconsin appeals court says a man charged with allegedly having sex with his comatose wife in a nursing home had the right to an expectation of privacy. The District 4 Court of … Continue reading →

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The “Cleavage Caddy”

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Ann Bartow

“A Northern California woman has  invented something called the ‘Cleavage Caddy’ which is like having a purse in your bra.” If more designers would actually put capacious pockets in pants and skirts, there probably wouldn’t be a market for this. … Continue reading →

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Essays By Feminists About Sarah Palin

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Gloria Steinem’s is entitled: Palin: wrong woman, wrong message Katha Pollitt’s is entitled: Lipstick on a Wingnut, and she has a second piece entitled: Sara Palin, Wrong Woman for the Job. Dr. Violet Socks’ is entitled: Sarah Palin on feminist … Continue reading →

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Aware that the blog was down, thanks for the expressions of concern.

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Apologies for any inconvenience. –Ann Bartow

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“A Case For Obama”

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Ann Bartow

That’s the title of a guest post I wrote here, at The New Agenda blog. Learn more about The New Agenda here, at Reclusive Leftist. –Ann Bartow

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“Women Against Palin”

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Ann Bartow

A blog. Via Nancy Levit

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“Being a Lawyer and Male Makes You a Top Earner, Census Report Shows”

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Being a lawyer and female, not so much. From the ABA Journal: The highest earners in 2007 were men in legal occupations, who earned a median salary in 2007 of $105,233, according to a Census Bureau report. The online report … Continue reading →

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ACLU Action Alert re: Proposed HHS Regs

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Let the Bush Administration know precisely what you think of its proposed health care denial regulations (PDF) by September 25th. ACLU’s Action Alert

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Lipstick on a Pig

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Time recently published ‘A Brief History Of: ‘Putting Lipstick on a Pig” noting that many politicians have used it publicly, including Barack Obama, John McCain, Dick Cheney, and both John and Elizabeth Edwards. The Urban Dictionary’s definition of “lipstick on … Continue reading →

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Palin Accused of Attempts to Ban Books from Public Library

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Unlike so many things being thrown at her, this seems like an entirely appropriate basis for criticism. From here: … Shortly after taking office in 1996 as mayor of Wasilla, a city of about 7,000 people, Palin asked the city’s … Continue reading →

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Iceberg

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Why are you smirking? Does it look like something else to you?

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Sue Johanson on Sex

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Here, via NPR. The shorter version: sex education is good; anal sex is risky.

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When will this election be over?

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From here: South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a running mate “whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.” Palin is an opponent of abortion rights … Continue reading →

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Salon Is Currently Featuring An Article About Sarah Palin Entitled “The Dominatrix”

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Here. The subtitle is: “Sarah Palin is trying to seduce independent voters. But she comes across like a whip-wielding mistress who wants to discipline a naughty America.” And it is illustrated with this graphic: Here is an excerpt: Right now, … Continue reading →

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“Academic Bullies”

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Chron story here. Via Historiann.

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One post-modern neo-feminist lesbian libertarian’s “Gay & Lesbian Election Guide”

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Here.

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Assvertising

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Via Copyranter (keep scrolling down, there are lots of related posts). And, new entrant here.

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“Cyber Stalking: Anything But a Modern Love Story”

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Danielle Citron has a post by this title at Concurring Opinions.

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This is pretty creepy.

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Story here, at Jezebel. Putting something in somebody else’s drink without their knowledge and consent sounds like a crime to me. –Ann Bartow

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Pole Dance Instruction and the First Amendment

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From the ACS blog: When Stephanie Babines sought a permit to open a dance studio in a Pennsylvania town she was rebuffed by officials who claimed her studio was actually an adult business. Now with the help of the American … Continue reading →

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A Feminist Overview of the Republican Party Platform

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From here: Globally, the platform (see PDF) rejects adopting the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). It supports withholding funds from international organizations involved in abortion and upholding the “Mexico City Policy,” … Continue reading →

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“The measure that would have preserved affirmative action programs in Colorado will not be on the November ballot.”

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From the Feminist Daily News: The measure, Initiative 82, would have preserved affirmative action programs that are threatened by Amendment 46, which has been cleared for the ballot. The disqualified initiative fell about 8,000 signatures short of the number required. … Continue reading →

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In which Sarah Palin gets called white trash and a redneck by Erica Jong

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Here. That Op-Ed makes me so angry I can barely see, so I’m ending this post here. –Ann Bartow

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Target Women: Sarah Palin

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Ribald and funny.

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Five of my favorite non-legal blogs: The meme.

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Ann Bartow

T’was tagged by the wonderful Nicole Black, and I’m going to cast a wide and weird net, so: Historiann: “History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present” 3 Quarks Daily: Like a blog of chocolates, you never know what you … Continue reading →

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A shock to one’s conscious

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Ann Bartow

The WaPo reports: As the country rapidly diversifies, Republicans are presenting a convention that is almost entirely white. Only 36 of the 2,380 delegates seated on the convention floor are black, the lowest number since the Joint Center for Political … Continue reading →

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“A new report by the Poppy Project has found that there are over 921 brothels in London being advertised in newspapers with a “large and growing” number of young women who are trafficked as sex slaves.”

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Ann Bartow

BBC story here. Via Jezebel. If you want to help trafficked people in this country, support passage of this. And fight the Bush funded, women hating disinformation campaign. –Ann Bartow

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When I hear a woman described as “uppity” I think, “I should meet her, we’ll probably become friends.”

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Today I donated money to the Obama campaign. –Ann Bartow

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June Carbone and Naomi Cahn, “Pregnancy often puts success out of reach for teens”

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Ann Bartow

This is an Op-Ed by two fantastic Feminist Law Profs, and it is accessible here. Below is an excerpt: The news that Sarah Palin’s unwed teenage daughter is pregnant highlights a surprising reality in today’s America: The ultra-conservative morality many … Continue reading →

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Weirdest Line of the Day, So Far

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Ann Bartow

NPR’s “All Things Considered” (9/2/08) Former Senator Rick Santorum: “… [Sarah Palin] doesn’t need to know that right now. She will learn and she will, she will learn at uh you know, with uh, with a, with a firehose attached … Continue reading →

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Interesting Links

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Ann Bartow

“Why Strong Female Characters Are Bad For Women” at  Overthinking It “Missing From the Palin Debate . . .” at The Faculty Lounge “News in Brief: NC Appellate Court Rejects Lesbian Mother  Claim” at Related Topics “English is Hard” at … Continue reading →

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Best Line of the Day, So Far

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From Echidne: … Then Palin went on attack, telling us how very much better John McCain was than Barack Obama, because he was a POW and was tortured. Lots of people in Guantanamo Bay will be surprised to hear that … Continue reading →

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Another Reason To Stay Out Politics

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Profiteers will turn you and your family into paper dolls.

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Why this blog has a category entitled: “Jerks Who Make SC Look Bad”

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Ann Bartow

This guy.

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NAPW Law Student Writing Competition 2008-2009 Academic School Year – $1,000 first prize

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Ann Bartow

The first contest asks for a critical analysis of the absence of birthing rights issues from gender discrimination and feminist jurisprudence textbooks and curricula (in fact, none of the top three casebooks used in law school courses dedicated to gender … Continue reading →

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“List of 500+ Women Political Bloggers”

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From many varied perspectives, here.

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H.R. 3887: William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Ann Bartow

“To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.” Information here.

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“Arizona Affirmative Action Ban will not be on November Ballot”

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From the Feminist Daily News: An anti-affirmative action ballot measure in Arizona will not be on the November ballot. The measure was decertified based on the signatures collected, but its decertification was challenged last week. A lawsuit to restore the … Continue reading →

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