Author Archives: Ann Bartow

An Unexpected Flash of Something That Looks Very Much Like Feminism

Here, of all places. Below is an excerpt: … Every presidential candidate, and most other politicians, since 1980, have been bowing and scraping before this constituency. But for some reason, the hunting trips and codpieces and brush clearing and all … Continue reading

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Porn Star v. Television Anchor

Over at Bitch, Ph.D. guest blogger M. LeBlanc contemplates this horrible “quiz.” Update: Watch a supposedly liberal dood television anchor treat a colleague in a sexist manner here. Could he be confused about what her job is, for some reason?

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For The Love Of Dog

Cooler weather has finally come to South Carolina and my dog is shedding heavily, which makes her look moth-eaten. She is quite popular with the children in the neighborhood and they have been asking me what is wrong with her. … Continue reading

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Carnival Against Sexual Violence 34

Up at abyss2hope. Lots of interesting links.

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Mal Johnson

From this site: Mal Johnson, a key figure in the birth of the National Association of Black Journalists and the first female reporter at Cox Radio and Television News, died on Saturday at a hospital in Fairfax County, Va., after … Continue reading

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International Violence Against Women Act Introduced into U.S. Senate

The Daily Feminist News reports: Senators Joseph Biden (D-DE) and Richard Lugar (R-IN), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced yesterday the International Violence Against Women Act. The bill was written with the input and … Continue reading

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Vote For Best Law Blog!

Here! I’m debating between Sui Generis and Ms. JD, they are both awesome. –Ann Bartow

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Help, I’m Running Out Of Candy

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Anita Allen on Philosophy

From The Philadelphia Inquirer: Penn’s Anita Allen is at the top of her field, but she has serious concerns about its lack of openness and diversity. By Carlin Romano Anita Allen remembers an extraordinary remark made by one of her … Continue reading

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Extreme Pumpkins!

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Supposedly Liberal Bully Blogs and Political Debate: New Boss, Old Boss, Etc.

This time the topic is Social Security, spurred by Barak Obama’s decision to address Social Security (see also) in his campaign. Atrios writes: Beating back George Bush’s plan to kill social security was probably the first major victory for the … Continue reading

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Buliding A Better Profession: Ranking Law Firms On Diversity

From this site: building a better legal profession is a national grassroots movement that seeks market-based workplace reforms in large private law firms. by publicizing firms’ self-reported data on billable hours, pro bono participation, and demographic diversity, we draw attention … Continue reading

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The 46th Carnival of Feminists!

Here, at Cubically Challenged.

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Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox, “It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don’t Run for Office”

The Barnes & Noble synopsis: It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don’t Run for Office serves as the first systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition. Based on data from the Citizen Political Ambition … Continue reading

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The Market for Law Professors

From the FLP mailbox (see also): The Market for Law Professors is an empirical study of the legal academic labor market.   Professors Tracey George (Vanderbilt University) and Albert Yoon (Northwestern University) are the principal investigators.   George and Yoon … Continue reading

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“Not For Sale”

A video about prostitution by the European Women’s Lobby, via Witchy-woo.

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Susan Faludi, “The Terror Dream”

Michiko Kautani’s review of this book in the NYT starts out: “This, sadly, is the sort of tendentious, self-important, sloppily reasoned book that gives feminism a bad name.” Dang, and I thought it was the humorlessness and comfortable shoes that … Continue reading

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“More than a year has passed since a black lawyer in private practice stood at the lectern in the elegant courtroom and spoke the traditional opening line, “Mr. Chief Justice and may it please the court.””

That’s a sentence from this article, which also notes: … Several factors account for the dearth of minorities at the court: continuing problems in recruiting and retaining blacks and other minorities at the top law firms; the rise of a … Continue reading

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Haven’t Read Paul Krugman’s New Book Yet…

But I wonder why he suggests in this blog post that only male voters are interesting and consequential. Surely he is aware that women vote in higher numbers than men. As I noted previously here, this site notes: For six … Continue reading

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Presidential Campaign Staffs Dominated By Men

Post by this name at the HuffPo. Below is an excerpt: The leadership of the major presidential campaigns is dominated by men, with the Democratic campaigns slightly more balanced than Republicans. An analysis of recently released federal disclosure documents reveals … Continue reading

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Sixth Circuit Holds Record Keeping Requirements Of 18 U.S.C. 2257 Unconstitutional

Read the entire opinion here. Below is an excerpt from page 6: … The legislative history of the Act reinforces a reading which does not limit the recordkeeping requirements to those in the business of creating the regulated images. Congress’s … Continue reading

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“The Origins of the Word “Sexism””

At Finally, a Feminism 101 Blog.

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From the Department of Bad Law Student Judgment, UK Division

Via Blog of Feminist Activism.

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“Persepolis” Will Be The Basis Of A Movie

Graphic novel “Persepolis,” which I blogged about here, is being turned into a movie. –Ann Bartow

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Equality Now

From the FLP mailbox: Equality Now works to protect and promote the civil, political, economic and social rights of women and girls around the world. We partner with grassroots groups and activists from around the world to document cases of … Continue reading

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Hate Speech Debate

Steven Rose writes: There goes the Science… Oliver Kamm replies: There goes liberty Chris Bertram weighs in: The elimination of bigotry is a perfectly legitimate aim of government The primary focus is race, but there is obvious applicability to gender. … Continue reading

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“On Charity”

One Salford Feminist makes an observation that sadly holds true in the United States.

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Elizabeth M. Glazer, “When Obscenity Discriminates”

The abstract: When public indecency statutes outlaw gender nonconformity, obscenity discriminates; when movie ratings censor representations of sexual minorities, obscenity discriminates, and discriminates on the basis of their status as sexual minorities. This Article addresses obscenity doctrine’s infliction of first … Continue reading

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O Canada!

So I’m in Canada, wearing a jacket my pocket debris suggests I haven’t warn in four years, since the last time I was here. It was 85 degrees Fahrenheit when I left South Carolina, so I packed the coat in … Continue reading

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Don’t You Have Something More Important To Do?

I just thought I’d get that tired derailment query out there, since it is inevitably raised when you ask a question that makes someone uncomfortable. No, for the next three or four minutes, I don’t. Regarding the expression “law porn,” … Continue reading

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Guess I’m not going to get a serious answer…

Dan Solove posted about “A Law Porn Blog” here at Concurring Opinions. I raised this query: “I’m curious, why is the analogy/metaphor law PORN?” And I’d really like to know why “porn” is the descriptor of choice for fancy brochures … Continue reading

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Can’t Handle The Truth, Naval Style

FLP friend Jenn Frederick asks: “Anyone notice the headline for the AP article about the Navy shooting in Bahrain? The headline states “2 US Sailors Shot to Death in Bahrain” — kind of sounds like maybe they were killed by … Continue reading

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“Intellectual Subway 101”

Feminist and litigator Nicole L. Black has a post at Sui Generis discussing the strange news about a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, and his decision to show a video clip from a film called”Really, Really … Continue reading

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“Are Women Really More Talkative Than Men?”

According to this study by Matthias R. Mehl, Simine Vazire, Nairán Ramírez-Esparza, Richard B. Slatcher, and James W. Pennebaker: Women are generally assumed to be more talkative than men. Data were analyzed from 396 participants who wore a voice recorder … Continue reading

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Odd Mixture of Messages Here

Via Josie Brown

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The University of Victoria invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the Faculty of Law for an appointment to take effect July 1, 2008.

More information about the law school here. To learn more about the position, or to apply for it, contact: Janet Wright & Associates Inc. 174 Bedford Road, Suite 200 Toronto, Ontario M5R 2K9 Fax: (416) 923-8311 E-mail: uviclawdean@jwasearch.com

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“Taking off your bra for national security”

That’s the title of this story at Broadsheet (NB: You may have to watch an ad and then click “enter Salon” to read it). Below is an excerpt: … According to the Associated Press, [Lori] Plato set off security alarms … Continue reading

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Great Blog About Reproductive Health: RH Reality Check

Blog homepage here.   To highlight just one useful offering by this blog: A podcast of Amanda Marcotte interviewing kickass feminist Jenn Frederick of the American Domestic Violence Crisis Line on the myths and realities of domestic violence and barriers … Continue reading

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Itty Bitty Titty Committee – Theatrical Release Trailer

Here. Movie production company website here.

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“Arse Elektronika” 2007

Sample entrant: “Moaning Lisa” Annalee Newitz writes: Her name is Moaning Lisa, and I fondled her at Arse Elektronika, a conference in San Francisco last week devoted to pornography and technological innovation. Her creator, Matt Ganucheau, is a local artist … Continue reading

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IntLawGrrls Drop The Pseudonymity

Details here.

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“Consent and Coercion: Examining Unwanted Sex Among Married Young Women in India”

This study, by K.G. Santhya, Nicole Haberland, F. Ram, R.K. Sinha and S.K. Mohanty, reports: A growing body of research explores the nonconsensual sexual experiences of young people in developing countries. A recent review of evidence suggests that significant minorities … Continue reading

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Prostitution In Atlanta, As Described By the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

I encountered this 43 page opinion in U.S. v. CHARLES FLOYD PIPKINS, a.k.a. Sir Charles, ANDREW MOORE, JR., a.k.a. Batman during the course of some research, and I found it depressing how, even filtered through two layers of judges, the … Continue reading

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I Think She Answered It Really Well…

See if you concur… –Ann Bartow

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More Dumb Things

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From the Department of Things That Are Dumb

I guess if you have one of these: You need one of these…

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Two Links About Crones

Evolution Depends on Crones The Grandmother Hypothesis: Part 1

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“The human papillomavirus (HPV) screening test for cervical cancer is far more accurate than the traditional Pap test, according to a Canadian study published Wednesday in the United States.”

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Tucker Carlson Is A Sexist Jerkish American

Here is an excerpt from a transcript of his show: CARLSON:   That was Hillary Clinton talking to women, the women who host ABC‘s”The View”and the millions of American women presumably who watch that show.   According to polls, Mrs. … Continue reading

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Two Porn Spammers Are Going To Jail

Via Information Week: Two men convicted of sending pornographic spam under the Can-Spam Act have been sentenced to serve more than five years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday.Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the criminal … Continue reading

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