Author Archives: Ann Bartow

“Family-Leave Values”

Last Sunday’s NYT had this article about family leave. Here are a couple of excerpts: … Until recently, lawsuits claiming workplace discrimination because of family care-giving obligations were rare : in part because, however harsh it may seem to lose … Continue reading

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Christine Lagarde: First Female Finance and Economy Minister of a G7 Country

The Financial Times reports: Christine Lagarde has become the first female finance and economy minister of a G7 country following a ministerial reshuffle on Tuesday by Nicolas Sarkozy, French president. Ms Lagarde, 51, a former agriculture and trade minister who … Continue reading

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SCHIP Amendment Fails By One Vote

Last night, an amendment to a children’s bill failed on the US Senate floor by one vote: 49-50. The proposed amendment, offered by anti-choice Senate Wayne Allard, would have allowed states to make an embryo or fetus eligible for the … Continue reading

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Eight Random Things About Marcia McCormick

1. My grandmother, born in a tiny town in Iowa (pop. less than 200), spoke Irish as a child, and I wish that total assimilation had not been the model of the day. 2. When I grow up, I want … Continue reading

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“Male Sportswriter Returns To Work As a Woman”

Alternet article about Christine Daniels here.

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Canada Grants Asylum To Woman Trying To Protect Her Daughter From FGM

Women’s Enews account here. The article notes in pertinent part: A growing number of women are requesting asylum in Western countries to escape gender-based persecution. As a signatory of the 1951 United Nations’ Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of … Continue reading

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No surprises that satisfaction lower among female and minority faculty…

Inside Higher Ed reports on a study by  the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) based at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Speaking of the study, which examined  recruitment and retention of next generation professors, Inside … Continue reading

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Panels Sought on Masculinity and Manliness Topic

I am seeking two academics to serve on a panel with me at the Association for the Study of Law, Culture and Humanities in 2008 in May.   The topic is the relationship between masculinity and/or manliness and the American … Continue reading

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Eight Random Facts About Sharon Sandeen

In response to Ann’s tag, here are eight random facts about me. I am still trying to think of who I want to tag. (I was never good at that game.) 1. My first career ambition was to be a … Continue reading

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Eight Random Facts Meme

Got tagged by Dr. Violet Socks so here goes: 1. When I first started law school I wanted to be a union-side labor lawyer, but in my second year I discovered Copyright Law. 2. I didn’t apply for judicial clerkships … Continue reading

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South Carolina Cocks

Janet Halley should move here! This Outsports writer observed: … South Carolina may be the only place in the nation, where a stadium full of 80,000 rabid, gun-lovin’ fans will yell”Go Cocks!” without any hint of irony or shame. In … Continue reading

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Evidence that Hillary Is Not A Humorless Feminist!

Via Feministing.

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Law Schools Need To Stop Lying!

Seriously, lying to improve Useless News & World Distort rankings is despicable, and yet there is good evidence that it is happening here. –Ann Bartow

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If I’d Had Black Paint And A Vandalistic Impulse…

I’d have altered this enormous billboard on Unter den Linden in Berlin to edit out the letter “C” … –Ann Bartow, with props to Bridget for laughing appreciatively when I suggested this in person!

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Man of Popsicle

Watch (e.g.) Channel 1 at this Popsicle webpage where the Man of Popsicle addresses “beaver trouble” whose “behavior bites.” Here is what a textbox at this associative webpage says: “Your taste buds are sure to blast off with Firecracker Exploding … Continue reading

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Some Recent Writings About Rape

At The Debate Link, describing his fear of being falsely accused of a crime, David Schraub writes (in part): … First, and obviously, there are some false accusations out there; ideally, having theory and practice available to handle such situations … Continue reading

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4th Carnival of Radical Feminists!

Up at AROOO.

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More About Law Prof Blogging…

Recent scholarship on this topic includes: Nancy Levit, Scholarship Advice for New Law Professors in the Electronic Age J. Robert Brown, Blogs, Law School Rankings, and the Race to the Bottom Jan Ryan Novak and Leslie A. Pardo, The Evolving … Continue reading

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Amsterdam’s Homomonument

Read more about it here and here. Amsterdam was a place that had a lot of danger, but also a lot of appeal. –Ann Bartow

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Ruth Marcus, Person of Cleavage

That is how she describes herself in this WaPo column, entitled Pretty Formidable in Pink. Below is an excerpt: … Clinton has a three-decades-long record of working on issues related to women and families, and she’s seeking the presidency at … Continue reading

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Fear And Loathing In the Judicial Clerkship Hiring Process: Avery, Jolls, Posner and Roth, “The New Market for Federal Juicial Law Clerks”

Article with survey data about misbehaving judges here, with an overview of same at the WSJ Law Blog. Here is the abstract: In the past, judges have often hired applicants for judicial clerkships as early as the beginning of the … Continue reading

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I’m Not Taking A Break From Feminism

But it was still interesting and enjoyable to debate Janet Halley’s book, Split Decisions: How and Why To Take a Break From Feminism on an Author Meets Reader panel here at the Law and Society Annual Meeting. The other participants … Continue reading

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Front Page News In South Carolina: “Girl Violence On The Rise In Schools”

Here is an excerpt from a story by Devon Marrow published on 2006-10-16, Page A1, in The State newspaper (Columbia, SC): Girls today, according to national crime statistics, are more violent than girls of two or three decades ago. The … Continue reading

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“Turn Down The Heat On Clinic Protests”

Gloria Feldt discusses abortion clinic protests here.

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“Much ado about Pratibha Patil”

Ammu Joseph discusses media coverage of the election of India’s first female President here.

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Blogging From Amsterdam

From the Bibliotheek, where the Internet is free! As opposed to my hotel, where it costs $22 euro (about $30, ouch) a  day, and I am far  too cheap for that. The  museums (especially this one) and the architecture and … Continue reading

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NYT Incoherently Headlines Article: “Women Supportive but Skeptical of Clinton, Poll Says”

Here is an excerpt from the NYT article: Women view Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton more favorably than men do, but she still faces skepticism among some women, especially those who are older and those who are married, according to the … Continue reading

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EPIC Privacy Videos

Access them here; Colbert Report entry here.

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Another Update on the Derrida Papers/Kujundzic Sexual Harassment Controversy

From The Chron. Previous related posts here (noting comments flurry), here, here and here. Supposedly, the text of the letter Derrida sent to the UCI Chancellor is here, though its authenticity cannot be confirmed. It reads in pertinent part: … … Continue reading

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Traveling Again

I spent a great couple of days in London hanging out with Feminist Law Prof Sharon Sandeen and her partner S., and even got to have a really fun dinner with Laurelin in the Rain (with Laurelin in a Restaurant!). … Continue reading

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Predominantly White Male Liberal Media Site Comments On Robert Novak’s Sexism and Racism

Media Matters for America observed: During a panel discussion of the 2008 presidential election on the July 15 edition of NBC’s Meet the Press, syndicated columnist Robert Novak asserted: “Republicans are very pessimistic about 2008. When you talk to them … Continue reading

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“That Pew Survey on Mothers And Work”

Echidne of the Snakes does a terrific job unpacking the rhetoric around the new Pew Center findings.

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Exploring Key Concepts in Feminist Legal Theory: The Family

September 7-8, 2007 – Emory University School of Law To view the original call for papers, click here. This is the final workshop in a five part series co-sponsored by the Centre for Law, Ethics and Society (Keele University) and … Continue reading

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Federalist Society Underwear

Boys sizes only. Other “Illegal Briefs” punditwear here. Something about the “Dick Posner” option gave me the giggles. –Ann Bartow

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Forced Electroshock as a Feminist Issue

Read Dr. Violet Socks’   account at Reclusive Leftist.

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“Knee replacements just for women”

The f-word has the rather confusing story here.

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Women/Wal-Mart Avoiders Less Concerned About Professorial Bias

So Zogby did a poll on public support for tenure and beliefs about political bias, and the results are not surprising:   many people don’t think tenure is a good thing and believe professors to be biased.   See Inside … Continue reading

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The Nazis Ran Prison Brothels

Not really a surprise but not something that received much attention in the past. From Yahoo News: For decades no one wanted to remember the concentration camp “special blocks” where the Nazis forced female inmates to entertain their male peers. … Continue reading

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How did Larry Flynt’s detective get a “different set of phone records” than ABC News had?

From the WaPo: How David Vitter Got Nabbed in Madam Scandal In a Wednesday afternoon news conference, Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt gloated over taking credit for catching socially conservative Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) on the phone list of the … Continue reading

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“Porn 2.0: What Happens When Free Porn Meets Social Networking”

Via Alternet, an article about “amateur pornography” that discusses privacy concerns but not copyright issues.

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I wish I was rich and could buy a pair of these for everybody in the blogroll!

See e.g. this. I’d get Bridget Crawford the matching tiara as well! –Ann Bartow

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Oh for the love of…

Exactly what possessed Eugene Volokh to look into the sexual orientation of female law profs whose scholarship gets cited a lot? See his “update” at end of this post and try to avoid banging your head on the computer monitor.

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People In Oregon Town Look At Traffic Posts, See Penises and Get the Vapors?

“Residents of Oregon town say shape of traffic posts is offensive” Not sure I’m buying this story but if it does reflect more than sweeps week snark on a slow news day, town residents probably ought to stay away from … Continue reading

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New Carnival of Feminists, With A Book Theme!

Here at The Hidden Side of a Leaf.

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SiCKO

Michael Moore did a fairly contentious interview on CNN about his new movie that can be viewed here.

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Eric Muller On Why The Federalist Society Is Indeed “Particularly Unusual” On Matters Of Race And Gender Diversity

Here. Below is an excerpt: What distinguishes the Federalist Society, I suggest, is that it, alone among legal scholars’ groups, is not uncomfortable with the patterns of gender disparity that Eugene has identified, and is therefore not interested in working … Continue reading

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More On Federalist Society Gender Imbalances

Last year’s Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention featured few women. Out of 110 people listed on the program, looks like only 10 women participated, and 3 of them were “moderators” rather than speakers. One of the all-male panels convened around … Continue reading

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The Guerrilla Girls at the Feminist Future Symposium, MoMA

Watch it here.

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Still Relevant – Frontline’s “American Porn”

Watch it here. Below is an excerpt from a review: … the real success of the program lies in its ability to provide tangible examples of the increasingly closer connection between pornography and community-sanctioned corporations. While not as visually enticing, … Continue reading

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“A former Fresno State volleyball coach was awarded $5.85 million Monday by a jury that ruled the school discriminated against her for speaking up on behalf of female athletes.”

Story here.

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