Author Archives: Ann Bartow

Michael J. Higdon, “Queer Teens and Legislative Bullies: The Cruel and Invidious Discrimination Behind Heterosexist Statutory Rape Laws”

Abstract: Most states make an exception to their statutory rape laws for sexual acts involving an adolescent victim, who is below the age of consent, when the defendant is close in age to the victim (i.e., generally no older than … Continue reading

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There are seventeen different types of lawyers…

…at least according to the Legal Underground.

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“Workplace bullies and the academy”

Historiann has an interesting post with this title here. She notes that “women victimizing women” surfaces as a problem. She also trenchantly observes that academics can work around bullies easier than people in other occupational environments, writing: The only exception … Continue reading

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Another Travel Story, This One Involving a U.S. Attorney

Traveling to and from Columbia, SC by air often requires two planes. So I’ve spent a lot of “layover” time in airports. Because Fort Jackson, “the largest and most active Initial Entry Training Center in the United States” is located … Continue reading

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A Riff on Yale’s “Sex Week”

Here at the Nola Radfem Blog.

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“Feminism … does appear to afford women a more inclusive perception of who is physically attractive.”

No kidding.

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Well of course they are scissors!

Here. Via bobc.

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New major study on gender and the pay gap between faculty women and men.

Historiann has the depressing details.

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5th Annual Symposium on IP/Gender: Mapping the Connections, in DC on April 4th

On April 4, 2008, American University Washington College of Law will host its 5th Annual symposium on IP/Gender: Mapping the Connections. The symposium will take place at the WCL campus, 4801 Massachusetts Ave NW , room 528, 10am-4pm. Lunch will … Continue reading

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Toward “a more systematic exercise regimen for the professoriat…”

Check out the intellectual exercises listed in this post at The Little Professor.

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Verna L. Williams and Kristin Kalsem, “Social Justice Feminism”

Abstract: For the past three years, women leaders from national groups, grassroots organizations, academia and beyond have gathered to address dissonance in the women’s movement, particularly dissatisfaction with the movement’s emphasis on women privileged on account of their race, class, … Continue reading

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Cat v. Door

I love how after the cat gets the door open she doesn’t actually want to go OUT. See also this, this, this and this. If those critters had opposable thumbs they would definitely be running the world.

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The Cucumber Incident.

Watch this and see what you think. Just so you know what you are in for before you click the link, the title of the post is “Grandma Rapes Granddaughter’s Abuser With A Gourd”

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Rebecca Walker on “Why Feminists Stink and I Hate Them”

Okay, that isn’t the exact title, but it might just as well be. Among many other things, I wonder what she means by “this generation.” I’m younger than Barack Obama and only five years older than Walker herself, but still … Continue reading

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Difficult to read and comprehend: “Instead of scorn or silence, female students need to offer support to peers who are dealing with rape”

In this Letter to the Editor of the Daily Pennsylvanian, the anonymous author writes: … During my junior year, I found myself suddenly thrust into a relationship with a reasonably attractive and yes, popular athlete from a neighboring high school. … Continue reading

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“JK Rowling admits having had ‘suicidal thoughts'”

Props to Rowling for discussing this here. Below is an excerpt: … Rowling and her first husband, Portuguese journalist Jorge Arantes, had their daughter Jessica in 1993 but split up several months later. The author, now 42, said the end … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday E.!

We were teenagers but the drinking age in New York at the time was 18, and though none of us had yet reached that benchmark, a few had drivers’ licenses and cars, so we were able to gain access and … Continue reading

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Victor Ricciardi, “The Financial Psychology of Worry and Women”

Abstract: This paper provides a review of significant academic studies and non-academic research endeavors in the realm of negative emotions (with an emphasis on worry), gender, and decision making. The author encourages behavioral finance researchers to place greater attention into … Continue reading

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“Good Faith” – A NYT Review of Martha Nussbaum’s new book,”Liberty of Conscience” by Emily Bazelon

Read Bazelon’s review here. Learn more about the book at sites such as Amazon.com or Powell’s: In this engrossing history of the religion clauses of the First Amendment, Nussbaum (Cultivating Humanity) makes a strong, thoroughgoing case for America as a … Continue reading

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Yet Another Squicky Bacon Post

You can read about bacon walnut toffee here, where there are even photos. I’ve been a vegetarian for about 22 years now, and for me the two hardest things to give up were pepperoni and bacon. There is no palatable … Continue reading

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12th Carnival of Radical Feminists

Up at The Burning Times.

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Striking Back?

Today’s NYT has an article entitled “The Professor as Open Book” about the “Professors Strike Back” phenomenon, but only male professors are profiled. And nothing is mentioned about how or why “openness” might be different for a woman academic than … Continue reading

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“Turkey’s Political Tensions Weigh on Women’s Heads”

That’s the title of this essay by Yiga Schleifer about the headscarf issue in Turkey. Below is an excerpt: … The issue has become especially contentious among Turkish women’s organizations. Some of the most vocal protests against the lifting of … Continue reading

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Review of “Math Doesn’t Suck” by Jennifer Thurston

Here, at Women’s Enews. Here is an excerpt: … If you’re a female teen who dreads middle school math, you might just go to a bookstore and consider buying “Math Doesn’t Suck.” It’s that girly-girl math text by TV actress … Continue reading

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“An Agent, a Green Card, and a Demand for Sex”

This NYT article details the sexual blackmail that an immigration agent has been accused of.

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Not Sure What To Make Of This E-mail

All it contained was a link to a seven year old newspaper article. Marginally more palatable than the photo of the dismembered penis I received yesterday, but still odd. –Ann Bartow

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Best Post Title Seen Today: “Women Are Highly Underrepresented In Corporate America. Corporate America Is A Laughingstock. Coincidence?”

The accompanying blog entry is here, at Jezebel.

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Ruminations on Tenure

By the brilliant Historiann, here. She writes in part: … Although feminist intellectuals who have sophisticated understandings about how power works, we still feel shame about our own experiences. We still see them–to one degree or another–as personal failures, rather … Continue reading

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Doctors and Cosmetic Surgery

At Concurring Opinions, Frank Pasquale explains why top medical students would rather treat wrinkles than diabetes.

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AutoAdmit Suit Update

From the WSJ.com Law Blog: Things are beginning to heat up in the case brought by two female Yale Law students against anonymous writers for defamation, infliction of emotional distress and other wrongdoings they allegedly committed while posting comments about … Continue reading

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“What You Should Know About Clinical Trials”

Interesting, link filled post at Our Bodies, Our Blog.

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Another Reason Not To “Go Wild”

This. Joe Francis will reap a windfall he didn’t earn and doesn’t deserve.

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June Carbone, “From Partners to Parents Revisited: How Will Ideas of Partnership Influence the Emerging Definition of California Parenthood?”

Abstract: This article considers the role of the partners’ relationship to each other in the context of the new California parentage cases. These rulings, which expand recognition of functional parents without marriage, domestic partnership registration, biology or adoption, attempt to … Continue reading

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Meant for Autos, But Might There Be a Teaching Application?

You are looking at a novelty pop up middle finger, ideal to stick on passenger window, finger is operated by squeezing a pump.

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Samantha Bee on Goobernatorial Malfeasance

Here. Via Echidne.

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Bacon Blogs, I Really Can’t Explain Why

Bacon Unwrapped Theories of Bacon Blog The Bacon Show From here. I’m a vegetarian and this is making me a bit queasy, to be honest. –Ann Bartow

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“Some Thoughts on Competitive Cheer”

Go read them at the excellent Title IX Blog.

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Another Post About Bacon, Apparently A Continuing Series

This time it’s about bacon flavored rolling papers. Yet another reason not to smoke or do drugs. Other posts about bacon here, and here. And who could forget: For sale here. Oh yeah, and then there is this.

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“I Blame The Patriarchy” is Active Again

And not a moment too soon!

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“Eve, a.d. 2,000!” as predicted in the 1930s

Oh, swish!

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Guest Post: Wal-Mart Watch

I’m a blogger over at Wal-Mart Watch. I’m writing to pass along a video we’ve put together from footage of a 1995 Wal-Mart managers meeting. As you’ll see in the video, someone decided it would be a great idea to … Continue reading

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Ashley Herzog asks: “How long before feminists try to censor this?”

Ashley Herzog is a staff writer at   The (University of Ohio) Post who authored a 3/13/2008 article headlined “The Other Side: Despite feminist denial, sexes are wired differently,” in which she asserts thst “feminists” will “try to censor” a … Continue reading

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South Carolina No. 4 in New Study of”Most Dangerous”Places to Live

Rankings data here. This is in part because the Palmetto State has the highest level of violence of any state in the nation. See also (“…South Carolina has ranked first in the nation, per capita, for violent crime in all … Continue reading

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On “Torture Porn”

Rachel Corbett writes at Women’s Enews: When the movie “Hostel” raked in $19 million on its debut weekend and gripped the No. 1 spot for a week in 2005, some critics heralded the comeback of horror, which had been in … Continue reading

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CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ANNOUNCES NEW FELLOWSHIP WITH COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL

The Center for Reproductive Rights today announces a new fellowship with Columbia Law School for graduates pursuing legal academic careers in reproductive health and human rights. The Center-Columbia Fellow will be affiliated with both Columbia Law School and the Center, … Continue reading

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Samsung applies for patent on cell phone that monitors a woman’s menstruation cycle by measuring basal body temperature (BBT).

Patent application here. The abstract: A basal body temperature (BBT) measurement method includes: measuring each distance to at least one ear canal area by emitting a pulse to a user’s ear canal; measuring a body temperature in the at least … Continue reading

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His What?

“Besides, Chris Matthews was Tip O’Neill’s buttboy, not Tim O’Neil’s.”

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Kate Zernike, “Postfeminism and Other Fairy Tales”

In the NYT. Below is an excerpt: … It’s hardly that all women are on the same side : there were plenty of women making the points men were about prostitution after Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York resigned following … Continue reading

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New York Magazine incorrectly argues that what Spitzer did was worse than Clinton

The article blithely ignores that prostitution in many ways involves more consent on the part of the prostitute than even a “consensual” relationship between an employer and an employee. Regardless of whether Monica desired Bill Clinton, she couldn’t have refused … Continue reading

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Forget What Misogyny Toward Feminist Law Profs Looks Like?

Timely reminders in the comments here if for some reason you are feeling inadequately hated on today. –Ann Bartow Update: Althouse is live blogging so there is plenty of fresh misogyny in her comments, and no doubt will be more … Continue reading

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