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Author Archives: Ann Bartow
Former Police Officer Avoids Punishment For Stalking and Harassment by Promising to Join Military
The LA Times reports: By promising to join the military, a former Long Island police officer avoided jail time and probation Monday for hacking into his ex-girlfriend’s online dating account and setting up dates for her with men she didn’t … Continue reading
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From The Department of Rhetorical Questions: How Come Women’s Clothing Is So Much More Important Than Men’s?
Most of Oscars Best Dressed and all of Oscars Worst Dressed are women. Anyone doubt that any female nominee who tried to camouflage herself in a tuxedo like the men below would have found herself on the Worst Dressed list?
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APA: “Sexualization Of Girls Is Linked To Common Mental Health Problems In Girls And Women”
According to this Science Daily report: A report of the American Psychological Association (APA) released today found evidence that the proliferation of sexualized images of girls and young women in advertising, merchandising, and media is harmful to girls’ self-image and … Continue reading
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Evelyn Munro
From her LA Times obituary: Evelyn Smith Munro, a longtime activist who fought for sharecroppers’ rights in one of the nation’s first racially integrated labor unions, died of natural causes Feb. 16 at her Laguna Beach home. She was 92. … Continue reading
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“Camel” Now A Female Brand of Cancer Stick?
According to the NYT: The next time R. J. Reynolds Tobacco asks smokers to walk a mile for a Camel, watch how many of them are in high heels. Reynolds, eager to increase the sales of its fast-growing Camel brand … Continue reading
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Jack Balkin, “How New Genetic Technologies Will Transform Roe v. Wade”
Here is the abstract: Roe v. Wade has three holdings: (1) that the unborn are not constitutional persons, (2) that governments have legitimate and important interests in unborn life and (3) that women have a constitutional right to abortion that … Continue reading
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Major Props To A Republican Politician: Wyoming’s Dan Zwonitzer
Pam Spaulding has the story at Pandagon. Here is a short excerpt from a speech he gave in opposition to a proposed gay marriage ban: … Under a democracy the civil rights struggle continues today, where we have one segment … Continue reading
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The Scholar & Feminist Conference XXXII
The Scholar & Feminist Conference XXXII FASHIONING CITIZENSHIP: Gender & Immigration Visit the Conference Website to Register Online Friday, March 23 – Saturday, March 24 Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, we have witnessed a rampant, unapologetic trend toward the … Continue reading
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Money and Power
There is an essay up at “Yahoo Finance” entitled “When She Makes More Money Than He” that might have made my skin crawl on another day, but tonight, for reasons I can’t explain, I’m sort of impressed by the fact … Continue reading
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Trial Advocacy Competition Rape Problem
An anonymous e-mailer expressed deep concern about the fact pattern chosen by the Texas Young Lawyers Association to be the basis of the final rounds of its National Trial Advocacy Competition. An edited version of the email text is as … Continue reading
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Gender Bias In Supreme Court Outcomes?
Interesting but alarming new research: “Have We Come a Long Way Baby: Female Attorneys Before the United States Supreme Court” by John Szmer, (UNC-Charlotte), Tammy Sarver (Benedictine) and Erin Kaheny (UW-Milwaukee): Abstract: Numerous statistics indicate the presence of gender bias … Continue reading
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Ann Bartow, “Some Peer-to-Peer, Democratically and Voluntarily Produced Thoughts About ‘The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom,’ By Yochai Benkler”
As my friend Siva Vaidhyanathan did before me, I wrote a review of Benkler’s (relatively) new book, which can be downloaded here. In fact, I mention Siva’s review in my review, so feel free to offer your review of my … Continue reading
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But We Are Just Two Harmless Old Ladies!
While having them arrested may well have been excessive, the emphasis on the two women involved being defenseless elderly women here in this post at Daily Kos was a bit much for my sensibilities. Here are some excerpts from the … Continue reading
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Links To Follow!
“Anyone Else See The O Tapes?” at the Dees Diversion “This Just In: Sexism Harmful to Girls” at Arse Poetica “A Comment on Robert Scoble’s Lovemaking” at Workbench “Differences in Actual and Perceived Online Skills: The Role of Gender” by … Continue reading
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“…Computer scientist Frances E. Allen, whose work helped crack Cold War-era code and predict the weather, today will be named the first woman to receive her profession’s highest honor.”
From the LA Times: … The Assn. for Computing Machinery has granted the A.M. Turing Award for technical merit to no more than a few people each year since 1966. Winners include Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn, who helped create … Continue reading
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Mitt Romney’s Evolving Views On Reproductive Rights
In his own 2002 words – see the video here. His current views are reported here. Sigh. Bonus 1994 beliefs: see also.
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“A Pakistani minister and woman’s activist has been shot dead by an Islamic extremist for refusing to wear the veil.”
According to this Times Online report: … Zilla Huma Usman, the minister for social welfare in Punjab province and an ally of President Pervez Musharraf, was killed as she was about to deliver a speech to dozens of party activists, … Continue reading
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Porn Story: “Bangbus”
An account from the Miami New Times is here, with an excerpt below: … The Bangbus formula is simple. As the bus — really, a white rental van — drives all over the Miami area, Greg Entner, who “performs” under … Continue reading
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Federalist Society Student Symposium 2007: Law, Morality, and Hardly Any Women
Schedule of events here. Out of 25 listed speakers, looks like four are female. Not a single woman speaking or moderating on the entire first day of the conference, or on the first panel of the second day either! But … Continue reading
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Two New Posts By Riverbend at “Baghdad Burning”
The Rape of Sabrine… Here is an excerpt: … As I write this, Oprah is on Channel 4 (one of the MBC channels we get on Nilesat), showing Americans how to get out of debt. Her guest speaker is telling … Continue reading
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“Sexually harassed Florida farmworkers get justice”
From the Southern Poverty Law Center: One of Florida’s largest fruit and vegetable wholesalers has agreed to pay $215,000 to settle allegations of sexual harassment in one of the few such lawsuits ever brought on behalf of farmworker women in … Continue reading
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Porter, Katherine M. and Thorne, Deborah, “The Failure of Bankruptcy’s Fresh Start”
Here is the abstract: An untested assumption of Chapter 7 bankruptcy is that it rehabilitates debtors for a fresh start in the economy. Using original, longitudinal data, we examine this assumption against the realities of life after bankruptcy. Our findings … Continue reading
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Feminized MP3 Headphones
According to Popgadget, they come in six colors. My guess is that men are unlikely to wear them. Why do some women want a “female” version of things, and why are they so often floral and/or pink or purple? Yes, … Continue reading
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Nancy Pelosi Has a Blog!
Called “The Gavel,” it’s here. The photo of Pelosi and JFK is from the Kid’s Page. Via Froomkin.
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Axeholes
“Axe Fantasy Mousepad” From this site, which I don’t recommend either. Then there is the “Axe Fantasy” page, which features things like “Seduction Tips” (under the “Hot Stuff” tab) that are so ridiculous it’s hard to believe it isn’t satire.
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“The University of Illinois will retire its 81-year-old American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek, following the last men’s home basketball game of the season on Wednesday!”
Story here. Learn more about “Indian Mascots” here and here. Will the cheerleaders go next? (Photos from here). Not holding my breath, but still, this is very good news. –Ann Bartow Update: I stupidly failed to offer congratulations to Charlene … Continue reading
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Easy Activism: Go To Your Local Wal-Mart And Ask For Plan B
Later today I will visit several Wal-Mart pharmacies and request Plan B. Here’s why. Via IBTP. I don’t generally shop at Wal-Mart, although I recognize that the alternative big box discount department store that I frequent, Target, doesn’t give me … Continue reading
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“Comfort Women”Demand Justice
Read Heart’s post about demands for justice by the surviving women who were enslaved on orders of the Japanese government during World War II, a number estimated at 200,000. Heart also links to this article, this article, and this website. … Continue reading
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“WIMN’s Words”
From the organizers: Women In Media & News (WIMN), a national media analysis, education and advocacy group, was founded in 2001 by media critic and journalist Jennifer L. Pozner with guidance from a diverse team of directors and advisors including … Continue reading
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Sherri Williams v. Attorney General of Alabama: 11th Circuit Upholds Alabama’s Vibrator Ban
According to the opinion, there “is no fundamantal right to use sexual devices.” The previous S.J. in favor of the plaintiff was reversed. Spirited dissent by J. Barkett begins at page 43 (scroll down). I’d like to invite everyone in … Continue reading
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Oh, Great
David Lat is now running a “Law Librarian Legal Hotties” contest at Above the Law. How do I know this? The Law Librarian Blog. Oh yuck. Or rhyming words to that effect. Will this generate the same tasteful commentaries (see … Continue reading
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If You Blog and Practice Law In New York
I had dinner with a friend who is under the impression that lawyers who are members of the NY Bar must now blog with extreme care, due to these new rules. Public Citizen’s objections are as follows: New rules governing … Continue reading
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Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Resigns After Being Asked To Do One “Woman Story” Too Many
From The Chicago Reader: Debra Pickett resigned from the Sun-Times Monday afternoon, minutes after being asked to do a story she thought was preposterous.”I laughed,”says Pickett, recalling her response when features editor Christine Ledbetter called with the assignment to breast-feed … Continue reading
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The University of St. Thomas Law Journal is requesting submissions for its forthcoming issue: “Workplace Restructuring to Accommodate Family Life”
From the CFP: Selected articles will be published along side those written by symposium participants including Joan C. Williams, author of Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What to Do About It, and Sister Prudence Allen, R.S.M., Ph.D., … Continue reading
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Duke Sexual Assault Allegations Astroturf
Based on the comments elicited by this post and some conversations with other bloggers, it appears that an orchestrated “opinion shaping” astroturfing campaign is underway on behalf of the defendants in the “Duke Lacrosse Players” sexual assault case. The norms … Continue reading
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NYC Condoms
From the NYT: With the government’s imprimatur and a wrapper inspired by the subways, New York City’s first municipally sanctioned condom arrived yesterday, and it was hard to miss, given that city workers and volunteers handed out more than 150,000 … Continue reading
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Nick J. Sciullo, “‘This Women’s Work’ in a ‘Man’s World’: A Feminist Analysis of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002”
This article appears in 28.3 Whittier L. Rev. 709 (2006). It does not appear to be freely available online, but can be accessed via Lexis or Westlaw. Here is an overview from the introduction: This paper will discuss the background … Continue reading
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“An eye for an eye, and soon the whole world is blind.”
“An eye for an eye, and soon the whole world is blind.” That’s a phrase that was powerfully invoked by Mahatma Gandhi, a man who helped change the direction and structure of a large and important nation. Another man who … Continue reading
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“No Rest for a Feminist Fighting Radical Islam”
So says the NYT, in a book review that starts as follows: Ayaan Hirsi Ali came to the attention of the wider world in an extraordinary way. In 2004 a Muslim fanatic, after shooting the filmmaker Theo van Gogh dead … Continue reading
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“Woolfiana”
Links about Virgina Woolf. Via Sally Greene, who has more links!
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Surgery to Make Female Private Parts Look More Like Barbie’s
Not talking about breasts this time. May not be safe for your workplace, but Twisty explains the situation. One purported physician claims: “LABIAPLASTY will not only recreate more youthful and aesthetically pleasing external genital structures, but will also restore self-image … Continue reading
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Cripes I Hate Wonderbra
Via Adrants. That small type reads: “Linda Foster, CEO, Aged 29.” The yellow box in the bottom right says “Wonderbra,” the product that is being advertised. Apparently in Linda Foster’s case, wearing a Wonderbra causes so much discomfort she cannot … Continue reading
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In Which Steve Horner, Opposer of “Ladies Nights” at Bars, Compares Himself To Rosa Parks
From The Daily Show, so not entirely work-safe.
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Gender & Law Conference: The Power of Women’s Stories: Examining Women’s Role in Law and the Legal System
From the Conference organizers: The Power of Women’s Stories: Examining Women’s Role in Law and the Legal System Friday, April 20, 2007 at Santa Clara University: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bannan 142 Women continue to feel the impact of … Continue reading
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It’s Not April 1st, and This Didn’t Appear In “The Onion”
Play’s Controversial Title Leads To Complaints, Change ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — A modified marquee in Atlantic Beach has been drawing some attention. “Hoohaa” replaced a word in the title of a play after a driver complained about finding the previous … Continue reading
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Sex Selection
Glenn Cohen has a thoughtful and provocative post up at Prawfsblawg entitled “Sperm Sorting, Divergence, and Intimate Discrimination” that deserves reading, and perhaps a few comments if you are so inclined.
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Some Law Students Need Advice
A student who sits immediately in front of them in various classes with assigned seats persists in watching pornography on his large screened laptop during course lectures. What, if anything, should they do about this? I have suggested leaning … Continue reading
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With Drew Gilpin Faust’s appointment as President of Harvard, half of the eight Ivy League schools will have a woman as president.
Harvard’s announcement here. NYT story here. Update: Mary Dudziak had this on Friday, with some interesting links.
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That Tricky First Amendment
From Romenesko: The article in the Central Connecticut State University Recorder describes rape as a “magical experience” that has been a blessing to “ugly women.” “If it weren’t for rape, how would they ever know the joy of intercourse with … Continue reading
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