Author Archives: Ann Bartow

Jason P. Nance and Dylan J. Steinberg, “The Law Review Article Selection Process: Results from a National Study”

Posted on May 27, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The abstract: The student-edited law review has been a much criticized institution. Many commentators have expressed their belief that students are unqualified to determine which articles should be published in which journals, but these discussions have been largely based on … Continue reading →

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Lovely Surprise

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From the Blog o’ Gnosis: … [T]he task I face today is a daunting one. I was surprised last week to get a post from Cosette at Pandora’s Bazaar, who has tagged my blog for a Thinking Blogger Award. This … Continue reading →

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Survey re: Women Lawyers Working Together

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The ABA Journal and UC Hastings’ Center for WorkLife Law recently posted an online survey, Women Lawyers Working Together, to find out how women attorneys treat each other. Take the survey!

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Women In Algeria

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Interesting (if somewhat confusing in places) NYT article here. Below is an excerpt: … Women make up 70 percent of Algeria’s lawyers and 60 percent of its judges. Women dominate medicine. Increasingly, women contribute more to household income than men. … Continue reading →

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Pamela Stone, “Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home”

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From the publisher’s website: Noting a phenomenon that might seem to recall a previous era, The New York Times Magazine recently portrayed women who leave their careers in order to become full-time mothers as “opting out.” But, are high-achieving professional … Continue reading →

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Courage.

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Read this, and then this.

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“Bondage Webmaster” Likely Going To Jail

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Graphic accounts of violence ahead. Here is an excerpt from the “fair and balanced” CNET News overview: … Glenn Marcus’ SlaveSpace.com relied on a novel business model: Finding sex slaves on the Internet, tying them up, whipping them and posting … Continue reading →

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Eugene Volokh Is “Seeking Input from People Who Have Actually Menstruated”

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Do I make this stuff up? No, I do not. Specifically, Eugene wants to know: … When you menstruate, do you feel that you’re part of the “in crowd”? If you chose to stop — not because of menopause, which … Continue reading →

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Remember What It Was Like To Have Roommates?

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From here, via here.

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MALALAI JOYA OUSTED BY AFGHAN PARLIAMENT

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Heart has an account at Women’s Space/The Margins. More information from Sonali Kolhatkar at WIMN’s Voices. Here is an excerpt from Kolhatkar’s piece: … In February 2006, my non-profit organization, Afghan Women’s Mission, sponsored a US tour for her. Malalai … Continue reading →

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Bitterly Satirical Video About “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace”

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Not safe for work! I thought it was funny, but your mileage may vary.

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A judge in Suffolk County Superior Court (in Boston) ruled that same-sex couples from New York who married in Massachusetts from May 2004 to July 2006 have a legally recognized marriage.

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Ann Bartow

NYT account here. Overview by GLAD here.

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Do You Have What It Takes To Become A Firefighter?

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Ann Bartow

What is the best answer to this question taken from an FDNY qualifying exam? While operating at a fire, Capt. Green, the commander of the Ladder Company 999, was sent by Chief Brown to locate the exact location of the … Continue reading →

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Satire?

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Hmmm. The related store features “crotchless pantaloons.”

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Anne Frank Photo Gallery

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Many more here.

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On Running Into Students Outside the University Confines

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Ann Bartow

My most favorite way to bump into students in real life: When they are with their families, so I can confidently reassure the people who write tuition checks that their child or partner is going to become a wonderful, talented, … Continue reading →

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“Bible drawn into sex publication controversy”

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Ann Bartow

According to this story in Yahoo News: More than 800 Hong Kong residents have called on authorities to reclassify the Bible as “indecent” due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column in a university … Continue reading →

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Ready-Set-Bumbo

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Ann Bartow

This baby get around!

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“The Hollywood Librarian”

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Ann Bartow

“The Hollywood Librarian” is a documentary about librarians. You can watch the trailer here. Via Laura Quilter at Sivacracy.net.

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Futuristic Food Design

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The “Hands Free” Lollipop The “Ricewine Bottle Performance,” a bottle of sake with edible cork (snack) and towel label. The “Post-it Chip,” a potato chip that you can stick anywhere and remove when you want to eat it. These and … Continue reading →

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Katha Pollitt, “‘Democracy’ Is Hell”

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Here is an excerpt from Katha Pollitt’s new essay at The Nation: … Women’s status was never as high under Saddam as opponents of the war sometimes asserted, and it was already declining throughout the 1990s, as Saddam embraced Islam … Continue reading →

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“Harvard Isn’t Enough”

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Caryn McTighe Musil reports in Ms. Magazine: … [B]etween 1986 and 2006, the percentage of women [University] presidents has risen from 10 percent to 23 percent. Yet women continue to advance more slowly up faculty ranks and earn less salary … Continue reading →

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The Onion’s Satirical Take On Child Labor

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Gap Clothing – For Kids By Kids It sends up network news pretty well, anyway…

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Belle Lettre on “Opting-Out, Opting Back In, and What is Wrong with the NYT”

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Read her post here. The topic of what is wrong with the NYT alone could, of course, fill a multi-volume set. She also has an update here. See also: Christine Hurt’s post entitled “Can Professional Women Really “Opt-In” to the … Continue reading →

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Sex and Women’s Sports

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Ann Bartow

I was suprised to see this story in Sports Illustrated, home of the “swimsuit edition”: Sex sells? Not so fast: Women’s sports need substance, not pretty pictures. Here is an excerpt: Sex doesn’t sell. Jan Stevenson got naked in a … Continue reading →

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Justice Ginsburg Has a Mortarboard Alternative

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Ann Bartow

And I admit, this made me laugh. See also.

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“…[T]he national average sentence for men who kill their female partners is two to six years in prison. Criminal justice systems and juries do not, on average, treat the murder of women by their husbands terribly seriously. In contrast, women who kill their male partners are sentenced to an average of 15 years, three times as much as male defendants, despite the fact that many of these women killed in self-defense.”

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Ann Bartow

That’s a short excert from an essay by law prof Tania Tetlow that is available in full text here. Via the Dees Diversion.

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Rape and Second Life

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Here is an overview of the situation: Last month, two Belgian publications reported that the Brussels police have begun an investigation into a citizen’s allegations of rape — in Second Life. I am half convinced that the tantalizingly brief story, … Continue reading →

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Garance Franke-Ruta, “Porn Again: How the new pornographers are exploiting young women, and why liberals should care.”

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Read her new essay here.

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Raw Deal?

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The documentary “Raw Deal: A Question of Consent” is reportedly about an alleged rape of a stripper at a University of Florida fraternity house in 1999. From this website: Raw Deal is one of the most exposing and controversial documentaries … Continue reading →

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Available For Free Download – “Against Pornography: The Evidence of Harm” By Diana Russell.

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

You can download Diana Russell’s book here at a site hosted by NoPornNorthHampton. Via Sinister Girl.

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Rinsing Out The Sexism

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

This “collectible figurine” is on sale here: I wouldn’t buy this alternative universe version either, but it makes the point pretty well, I think. Read Amanda’s post about all this at Pandagon.

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That Warm and Fuzzy Culture Of Life

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Eric Rudolph taunts his victims still: Victims of Eric Rudolph, the anti-abortion extremist who pulled off a series of bombings across the South, say he is taunting them from deep within the nation’s most secure federal prison, and authorities say … Continue reading →

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“Larry Flynt: The Right To Be Left Alone”

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Text of this post from this protest site: …This latest documentary on Flynt has just been released as the “center frame” film at the Full Frame Documentary Festival, sponsored by Duke University, The New York Times and HBO. There were … Continue reading →

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Adam P. Romero, “Methodological Descriptions: “Feminist” and “Queer” Legal Theories”

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Here is the abstract: This essay reviews Janet Halley’s new book Split Decisions: How and Why to Take a Break from Feminism. While emphasizing Halley’s important insights, the essay argues Halley’s apparent queer break from feminism suffers from several fatal … Continue reading →

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Carnival of Radical Feminists

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The very first Carnival of Radical Feminists is up at Women’s Space/The Margins. I’ve agreed to host the second one, both here and at Sivacracy.net. If you read or write something you’d like to see included in the Carnival, the … Continue reading →

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Website Accessibility for People With Disabilities

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The audio of the New York City Bar Association’s May 3 program on “Website Accessibility for People with Disabilities” is now available for listening and/or download here. This program followed a recent New York City Bar report demonstrating that accessibility … Continue reading →

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Belle Lettre, “The Female Body, Dissected”

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Belle Lettre has an interesting post called “The Female Body, Dissected” at her excellent blog that you can read here.

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Patently Evil?

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Discourse.net points out a Guardian article that reports: Internet giant Google has drawn up plans to compile psychological profiles of millions of web users by covertly monitoring the way they play online games. The company thinks it can glean information … Continue reading →

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About Tenure

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Ann Bartow

At Balkinization, Brian Tamanaha posted “Straight Talk About Tenure” in which he criticizes the tenure system for giving powerful protection to lazy, under performing law professors. Every faculty has a few bad apples, but I think Tamanaha might underestimate the … Continue reading →

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“Debt Collector v. Widow”

Posted on May 13, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Read this important post by John Pottow at Credit Slips: I wanted to draw Credit Slips readers’ attention to a wonderful (front-page) feature a couple weekends ago (Sat. Apr. 28) by Ellen E. Schultz in the   Wall Street Journal … Continue reading →

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“Alexandra Hai is the first woman with the right to operate a gondola in Venice, but only for one hotel’s guests.”

Posted on May 13, 2007 by Ann Bartow

That’s the caption to a photo accompanying this article. Here are the first few sentences: For more than a thousand years, Venice has had gondolas but never a female gondolier. But now there is Alexandra Hai. After a decade of … Continue reading →

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Paula Rothenberg, “Feminism Then and Now”

Posted on May 12, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Accessible in full text here. Below is an excerpt: … The Women’s Liberation Movement that began in the 60s was originally a radical movement seeking deep and fundamental change. It identified the ways in which male and other forms of … Continue reading →

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The First Carnival of Radical Feminists…

Posted on May 12, 2007 by Ann Bartow

…is up, at Women’s Space/The Margins. “Radical Feminism” gets defined different ways, at different times, by different people.   If I had to come up with something short and snappy, I guess I’d say, “radical feminists are the ones who … Continue reading →

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Mother’s day complaint claims United States courts violate children’s and mothers’ human rights.

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From the FLP mailbox: a StopFamilyViolence.org PRESS RELEASE On May 11, just before Mother’s Day weekend, ten mothers, one victimized child, now an adult, and leading national and state organizations filed a complaint against the United States with the Inter … Continue reading →

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A Reminder That High Heels Mess Up Your Body

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Ann Bartow

WaPo graphic here. Below is an excerpt from a related article entitled On Your Feet: … Among women’s shoes, fashion has truly trumped function. As the summer months approach, colorful sandals, flip-flops, wedges, high heels and ballet flats dot the … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Conference – Sex Work: Culture, Policy, and Benefits: Exploring the Lives of Sex Workers and their Diverse Realities

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Some of the dishonest rhetoric used to criticize the recent Wheelock College Pornography conference was the demonstrably false claim that conferences featuring alternative views of sex work are never convened. Of course they are, and with plenty of porn industry … Continue reading →

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Sweet Jesus Rosa Brooks Loves Bill O’Reilly!

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Well, her recent column was titled: “Sweet Jesus I love Bill O’Reilly!” anyway! Below is an excerpt: … Three University of Indiana scholars just released a “content analysis” of O’Reilly’s trademark “Talking Points Memo,” the brief commentary with which he … Continue reading →

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Could You Pass 8th Grade Geography?

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Ann Bartow

I did pass it somehow, but this quiz is really difficult!

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CFP – Setting the Agenda: Examining the Critical Legal Issues Facing African-Americans and Minority Communities in the 2008 Election

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From the FLP mailbox:   The Berkeley Journal of African-American Law and Policy‘s 2007 Symposium is entitled “Setting the Agenda: Examining the Critical Legal Issues Facing African-Americans and Minority Communities in the 2008 Election.” As the 2008 election draws near, … Continue reading →

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