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Author Archives: Ann Bartow
“Ouch.”
Know what these are? “South of the Border” “Marble Sac” with Shaft Backdoor Treatment “Crackdown” Full Moon Rising Answer here, in the left column. No, the listings in the right hand column don’t sound any more appealing or less painful, … Continue reading
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Lavender Languages & Linguistics XV (Feb. 15-17, 2008)
The Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference examines language use in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer life. Languages and linguistics are broadly defined here, to include studies of: pronunciation, vocabulary and meaning, conversational structures and styles, life stories and other … Continue reading
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ENDA
Thursday the House Education and Labor Committee is holding a special meeting to discuss the strategy proposed by some House leaders to pass an ENDA that does not protections for transgender people. More information about ENDA here. Additional information at … Continue reading
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“Public censure for judge who said lawyer had ‘nice butt'”
From the NY Daily News: When a local judge laughingly said in open court that criminal defense lawyer Ruth Boyer had “a nice butt,” she was not flattered. The sexist comment by LaGrange Town Justice Edmund Caplicki, made in July … Continue reading
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MRAs 101
Shakespeare’s Sister writes: A few days ago, one of my readers emailed me asking what an MRA is. Given that the term tends to get thrown around at Shakes without much explanation, I asked Shakes contributor Jeff Fecke — a … Continue reading
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Lolita Buckner Inniss, “A ‘Ho New World: Raced and Gendered Insult as Ersatz Carnival and the Corruption of Freedom of Expression Norms”
The abstract: Carnivalization, a concept developed by literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin and later employed in broad social and cultural contexts, is the tearing down of social norms, the elimination of boundaries and the inversion of established hierarchies. It is the … Continue reading
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Lapdancing, Fertility, Economics and Feminism
A supposedly academic study about the economics of lapdancing and fertility is discussed in this post at Pure Pedantry, wherein Kara Contreary notes: Ask anyone who’s spent any time in a strip club, and one of the things he will … Continue reading
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Many Lipsticks Contain Lead
From Yahoo News: Lipsticks tested by a U.S. consumer rights group found that more than half contained lead and some popular brands including Cover Girl, L’Oreal and Christian Dior had more lead than others, the group said on Thursday. The … Continue reading
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It’s National Coming Out Day!
The Human Rights Campaign has a topical video here.
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Dogs In Costumes
They don’t look too thrilled about it, though. Or very sexxay…
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Think Before You Pink, Redux
Women’s Voices For Change reminds everyone: As consumers ponder the pink products marking October as Breast Cancer Awareness month, Tara Parker-Pope reminds readers to “Pick Your Pink Wisely.” “Pink campaigns in stores provide significant amounts of money to breast cancer … Continue reading
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“The Essence of War”
Dr. Violet Socks reminds us that soldiers are not the main casualties of war. Innocent civilians are. In part she cites to this article, which observes: Feminist anthropologists such as Cynthia Enloe have documented how the U.S. military perpetuates the … Continue reading
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Wow, a Nobel for Doris Lessing!
NYT story here. Like so many women, The Golden Notebook made a profound impression on me when I was in college. A much more recent book, Love, Again, was terrific too. I didn’t like The Sweetest Dream so much, the … Continue reading
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“Pink guns for girls”
From Ananova: Firearms shops in the US are stocking pink rifles and shotguns to encourage girls to get into shooting. A report in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel says the Gander Mountain hunting store in Waukesha stocks several pink guns. They include … Continue reading
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What should you do if you’re being sexually harassed at work?
“Some basic steps should be followed if you’re bringing a sexual harassment complaint. Here are 10 tips from Marcia Greenberger and her National Women’s Law Center on what to do if you feel you are a victim: 1. Tell the … Continue reading
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“Women, Our Books, Our History”
A nostalgic post about women’s bookstores at “a little red hen.”
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“Girls’s Costume Warehouse”
A faux commercial satirizing mass market Halloween costumes for women, with expletives aplenty. On the same topic, see also this, this, this and this.
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“Three Tragics and a Comic”
Gallery of the Absurd on wrinkles and gender.
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Online Magazine Jezebel Asks: “Ever Had A Boss Who Made You Hate Men?”
The post and hair raising comments in reply are here.
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Feminism, Race, and Single-Sex Education In Public Schools
During K-12 years (and in college as well) girls generally outperform boys, so it is understandable that some feminists would view pubilc single sex education proposals with suspicion. Certainly the fact that a recent, widely syndicated account of single sex … Continue reading
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Wooden Logo Puzzle For Children
The distributor’s blurb: “Because it’s never too early to learn what’s important in life.” Ugh. Via Counterfeit Chic. –Ann Bartow
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Sexual Violence in Congo
This link is to a NYT article. It’s very difficult and depressing to read, and written in a way that might fairly be called racist. I’m noting the article here because I think the victimized Congolese women deserve to have … Continue reading
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“Modern Bionic Woman, Retrograde Feminism”
Annalee Newitz has a column with this title up at Alternet. Below is an excerpt: … Now ultimate women’s lib heroine Sommers is back, all spruced up for the 2000s, and the results are rather strange. Thirty years have passed, … Continue reading
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“World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery”
Info and overview at IntLawGrrls.
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“On ‘Would Be’ Lynchings: Hate Crimes, Rape, and the Military Industrial Complex”
Diary of an Anxious Black Woman ties some things together.
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BMI Categories, Illustrated
By Kate Harding.
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Bulgaria Decides Not To Legalize Prostitution
NYT story here. Below is an excerpt: … Bulgaria is only the latest European country to shift its approach to prostitution. Finland last year made it illegal to buy sex from women brought in by traffickers, and Norway is on … Continue reading
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“Not your Erotic Not your Exotic”
“Not your Erotic Not your Exotic” discusses the sexual exploitation of women of color fairly graphically. The post title comes from this video.
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“White Chicks and Gang Signs”
The “White Chicks and Gang Signs” music video can be viewed here. It was posted at Racialicious, where there is a provocative comments thread with some very divergent opinions. It’s hard to understand without any context what is being signaled, … Continue reading
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“The Gender Happiness Gap”
Echidne of the Snakes has a thoughtful post on this issue. Below is an excerpt: … On one level the statement is obviously true: nobody can “have it all” by being both a master tenor, the leader of a country, … Continue reading
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Dove Using Feminism To Sell Soap…
…with this commerial. Ann at Feministing notes: …as with all of these “body-positive” Dove ads, this message is coming from a company selling beauty products. A company that wants you to believe your thighs need firming and your underarms need … Continue reading
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Ken Burns’ “The War – An Intimate History” Overlooks Women
Read Heart’s post here. Read Dr. Violet Socks’ post here. And while you are at it, read Are Women Human?, about which this reviewer notes: … A recurring theme of MacKinnon’s book is that it is extremely difficult to get … Continue reading
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CFP Reminder: October 15th Submissions Deadline for the University of Baltimore School of Law’s upcoming Feminist Legal Theory and Feminisms Conference.
Details here!
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“The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge to Alabama’s ban on the sale of sex toys, ending a nine-year legal battle and sending a warning to store owners to clean off their shelves.”
Full story here. See also. Text of dumbass Eleventh Circuit opinion that will not be reviewed here. Text of completely stupid Alabama law here. Video of Molly Ivins weighing in on similarly ridiculous Texas law here. Online source of vibrating … Continue reading
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Historical Feminist Videography
A wonderful collection of clips, via Open Vault (a project of WGBH Public Television) via Dr. Bitch.
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“Abortion Controversy In Context: Protest & Policy” at the U of Buffalo’s Baldy Center on October 11 and 12, 2007
Speakers include some Feminist Law Profs and my awesome South Carolina Women’s Studies colleague Laura Woliver. Details here: Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy and Law School Conference Center, 509 O’Brian Hall, University at Buffalo Law School Panelists will … Continue reading
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The Confluence of Online Dating, Copyright Law and Child Pornography
All brought together in the RIAA’s legal campaign against unauthorized music downloading. From Wired.com: Is 30-year-old Jammie Thomas of Minnesota also a Kazaa user named Tereastarr, who allegedly downloaded and shared copyrighted music? The Recording Industry Association of America says … Continue reading
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Some Silly/Funny Videos
The Mom Song Bumbo II – The Return Wedding Horror Trailer My Muffins Do It Yourself Lava Lamp The Norman Rockwell Code Trailer
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High court won’t review N.Y. law mandating birth-control coverage
Read Kathleen Bergin’s post here.
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“Attack of the 50ft Mikhaela”
Mikhaela Reid’s new book is reviewed here, at the f-word.
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Eye Witness Testimony
So last summer I was the victim of a crime. The police had some strong ideas about who might have done it, so I had opportunities to try to identify the perpetrator twice. Both line ups were really well done, … Continue reading
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And It’s Another Round Of “Let’s Mock A Woman’s Looks If We Disagree With Her Politics”
Brought to you by Sexist Supposedly Liberal Doods (the link goes here, the comments both places are typically disgusting.)
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A Cartoon About Gender and the Internet
Here. Via Dr. Socks.
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“The Wrong Kind of Privacy”
Julie Shugarman writes: I recently received news that my friend Kelly was found dead in her single room occupancy [1] hotel in Vancouver, several days after she had died. [2] I knew Kelly as a great force working to improve … Continue reading
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Katharine Q. Seelye of the NYT Writes: “I’m writing a small column item for Monday’s Caucus blog about why more men seemed to be involved in politics online than women. I wondered if you 1) agreed with that and 2) why or why not.”
Read the responses here. Below are a couple of excerpts: Good questions. I am a woman. Personally I post comments under fake male names to some blogs (not this one), where postings under a female name are routinely attacked in … Continue reading
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The Sixth Carnival of Radical Feminists
Up at Laurelin in the Rain!
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Strange is in the Eye of the Beholder
A friend went me this link because he thought it was surprising to see someone vomit on television. I thought it was far more remarkable to see the vomiter openly discuss menstrual pain on camera. Okay, you’ve been warned; click … Continue reading
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Announcing the Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory
From this website: The Women and Politics and Foundations of Political Theory sections of the American Political Science Association and the Women’s Caucus for Political Science announce the Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory. The award commemorates the scholarly, mentoring, … Continue reading
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Halloween Costume Sure To Scare Vegetarians
Trademark lawyers will be relieved to learn that it is “officially licensed.” But will that lead to more trick or treat candy, or less? –Ann Bartow
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Still More Humorless Feminism
In gummi form.
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