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Author Archives: Bridget Crawford
Conn College Joins the Free Tampon Movement
From Connecticut College’s The College Voice: On Nov. 2, students and administrators gathered in the lobby of Cro to celebrate the launch of free menstrual health products in select bathrooms on campus. The pilot program, spearheaded by Emma Horst-Martz ’18, … Continue reading
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Free Tampons and Pads Coming to NYU
Via the Washington Square News (here), the student newspaper at New York University: Senior Vice President for Student Affairs Marc Wais said that the university decided to convene a working group of students and staff to propose a pilot program … Continue reading
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Hiring Announcement: Concordia
From colleagues at Concordia: Background: Concordia University School of Law, located in Boise, Idaho, invites applications for a tenure-track position beginning in the 2017-18 academic year. Candidates for the position must clearly demonstrate the potential for excellence in research and … Continue reading
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What Happened When One NYC Pharmacy Charged Men More
Thompson Chemists in the Soho neighborhood of New York City got some attention this week when it posted signs saying “All female customers shop tax free” and “All male customers subject to a 7% man tax.” Here’s some press coverage … Continue reading
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Zurich Tampon Tax Protesters Turn Fountains Red
Earlier this week, members of Aktivistin.ch, a feminist collective in Zurich, Switzerland, ooured food dye into various public fountains in order to protest the tampon tax. Here’s an excerpt from English-language press in Switzerland: Spokeswoman Carmen Schoder said the #happytobleed … Continue reading
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Spotlight on UDC Legislation Clinic Students’ Advocacy for #TamponTax Repeal
I mentioned here that students in the Legislation Clinic at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law were among those testifying on behalf of the proposed legislation repealing D.C. tax on diapers and menstrual … Continue reading
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D.C. Considering Repeal of the Tampon Tax
The Council of the District of Columbia’s Finance and Revenue Committee held hearings earlier this week on B21-696, the “Feminine Hygiene and Diapers Sales Tax Exemption Amendment Act of 2016.” Students in the Legislation Clinic at the University of the … Continue reading
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New Book Announcement: Lifetime Disadvantage, Discrimination and the Gendered Workforce
Cambridge University Press has published a new book by Susan Bisom-Rapp (Thomas Jefferson) and Malcolm Sargeant (Middlesex University, UK), Lifetime Disadvantage, Discrimination and the Gendered Workforce. Here is the publisher’s description: Lifetime Disadvantage, Discrimination and the Gendered Workforce fills a … Continue reading
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Lawsuit Challenging Improper Sales Tax on Toilet Paper
A New Jersey couple has filed a class action lawsuit against retailer Costco for improperly charging sales tax on toilet paper, when the state law specifically exempts toilet paper from the tax. See the CNBC story here. This case is … Continue reading
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Chemerinsky on the Tampon Tax
Erwin Chemerinsky (UC Irvine) published a column in last week’s Los Angeles Daily News. Here is an excerpt: If the government were to say that only men or only women had to pay an additional tax of several hundred dollars … Continue reading
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Lipman on Anti-Poverty Relief Delivered Through the Tax Code
Francine Lipman (UNLV) blogs here at the Surly Subgroup about newly-released national and state poverty statistics. The post is a short and clear explanation of how significant anti-poverty relief is delivered through the tax code to millions of people, including … Continue reading
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CFP: Wisc. J. L, Gender & Society on “Women in the Boardroom”
The Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society has announced its 2017 symposium and this Call for Papers: Women in the Boardroom: The Social and Business Arguments that Challenge Executive Board Homogeneity The positive correlation between the increase of women … Continue reading
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Announcing the Publication of Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court
I am excited to announce that Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court has been published by Cambridge University Press. This volume, edited by Kathy Stanchi (Temple), Linda Berger (UNLV) and me includes contributions from over 50 … Continue reading
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Areheart on “The Symmetry Principle”
Brad Areheart (Tennessee) has posted to SSRN his working paper “The Symmetry Principle.” Here an abstract. Antidiscrimination principles have been studied and written about for decades. Surprisingly, the question of how some laws protect symmetrically, while others protect asymmetrically, has … Continue reading
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Speaker Needed for FIU Symposium on Race and Reproductive Rights
From colleagues at FIU, who are looking for a speaker to round out an upcoming symposium, due to a last-minute cancellation by a previously-scheduled speaker: Florida International University College of Law will be holding a symposium on reproductive rights, “New … Continue reading
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What’s Wrong With This Picture? Menstruating Woman Edition
Instagram is at it again. Remember when Instragram twice deleted the photo by Rupi Kaur of a fully clothed woman lying on a bed, because the woman’s trousers showed a period stain? (See here.) Looks like women’s periods are just … Continue reading
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Higdon on “Divorce and the Serial Monogamist: The Ex Ante Consequences of Legalized Polygamy”
Michael Higdon (Tennessee) has posted to SSRN his paper, Divorce and the Serial Monogamist: The Ex Ante Consequences of Legalized Polygamy. Here is the abstract: The question of whether the fundamental right to marry might also include the right to … Continue reading
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CFP: Applied Feminism and Intersectionality
From colleagues at the University of Baltimore: CALL FOR PAPERS APPLIED FEMINISM AND INTERSECTIONALITY: EXAMINING LAW THROUGH THE LENS OF MULTIPLE IDENTITIES The Center on Applied Feminism at the University of Baltimore School of Law seeks paper proposals for the … Continue reading
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“Cocks Not Glocks” Protest at University of Texas
Jon Herskovitz writes for Yahoo, “Texas Students Use Sex Toys to Protest New Gun Laws On Campus“: To protest a new state law that makes the carrying of concealed handguns legal in college classrooms, students at the University of Texas … Continue reading
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California’s Tampon Tax May Soon End
From the Huffington Post (here): The same bill unanimously passed in the Assembly in early June. It now heads back to the Assembly for final approval, and then to Gov. Jerry Brown (D), whose office declined to say if he … Continue reading
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CFP: Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network at Law & Society 2017
Call for Papers – Friday September 16th Deadline The Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network Seeks submissions for the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting Mexico City, Mexico, at the Sheraton Maria Isabel, June 20 – 23, 2017 Dear friends … Continue reading
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CFP: “Intersectional Inquiries and Collaborative Action: Gender and Race,” Notre Dame, Mar 2-4, 2017
From the FLP mailbox: Intersectional Inquiries and Collaborative Action: Gender and Race University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana USA March 2-4, 2017 Deadline for submissions: Saturday, October 1, 2016 Questions of race and gender continue to undergird broad sections … Continue reading
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Alison Piepmeier, “Thank You for My Beautiful Life”
Alison Piepmeier, currently receiving hospice care for brain cancer, has written a beautiful column for the Charleston City Paper. Here is an excerpt: What does it mean when the rest of your life may be measured in weeks? My brain … Continue reading
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When Applying for College Yields Feminine Hygiene Product Samples
In the annals of weird product placement, consider this story out of the UK about the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service sending female college applicants samples of tampons and sanitary napkins “so you can stay your fresh and confident self … Continue reading
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Interview with Zoe Salzman, New York Attorney Challenging the “Tampon Tax”
Bridget J. Crawford recently spoke with Zoe Salzman, Esq. of Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP in New York. Ms. Salzman is representing the plaintiffs in a class action that challenges the New York “tampon tax,” the state sales tax … Continue reading
Interview with Dana Brooks Cooper, Florida Attorney Challenging the “Tampon Tax”
Bridget J. Crawford recently spoke with Dana Brooks Cooper, Esq. of Barret, Fasig & Brooks in Tallahassee, Florida. Ms. Brooks is representing the plaintiff in a class action that challenges the Florida “tampon tax,” the state sales tax imposed on … Continue reading
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Making Women’s Periods Commercial-Chic (Who Benefits?)
Is there nothing that escapes commercialization? A U.K. company called Pink Parcel is hawking “Period Subscription Boxes” to deliver to your home each month tampons, pads, tea, chocolate, beauty products (like tweezers! hand cream!). Goodies come in recyclable and biodegradable … Continue reading
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NYS Repeals Tampon Tax
In May, the New York State legislature passed a bill eliminating the sales tax on feminine hygiene products. As expected, that bill was signed into law yesterday by Governor Andrew Cuomo. In the press release (here) issued by the Governor’s … Continue reading
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Free Tampons in the 212: NYC Passes New Law
Last month the New York City Council passed laws requiring the City to provide free menstrual hygiene products in schools, homeless shelters and jails. Here’s an excerpt from the press release: Feminine hygiene products are essential for the health and … Continue reading
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Syracuse L Rev CFP: “Constitutionality of Laws Surrounding Reproductive Health”
From the FLP mailbox: Call for Papers: Analysis and Comment on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt and the Constitutionality of Laws Surrounding Reproductive Health The Syracuse Law Review seeks manuscripts that address the constitutionality of laws surrounding reproductive health and … Continue reading
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“A Papa Murphy’s take-and-bake pizza is not essential in the same way as feminine hygiene products are to menstruating women”
This week the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District, has served up some very quotable dicta. The court affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action against Papa Murphy’s International, a pizza franchisor, and a local franchisee, located in Edwardsville, … Continue reading
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Where There is Hatred, Let Us Sow Love
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Jamie Abrams on “Women’s Acts of Violence”
Jamie Abrams (Louisville) has posted to SSRN her article The Feminist Case for Acknowledging Women’s Acts of Violence, Yale J. Law & Feminism 101 (2016). Here is the abstract: This Article makes a feminist case for acknowledging women’s acts of … Continue reading
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Feminist Legal Theory Panels at Law and Society
The annual meeting of the Law and Society Association kicks off tomorrow in New Orleans. There are some super panels being organized by the Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network. A full list is here. A few panels that caught … Continue reading
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SULC Hiring Director of Law Library
From colleagues at the Southern University Law Center: SULC hiring for a Director of Library Services (at Assistant/Associate Professor rank) The Director of the Law Library Reports to the Chancellor of the Southern University Law Center Responsible for all aspects of library operations … Continue reading
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CFP: The Unruly Nature of the Law of Trusts and Estates
Call for Papers Trusts & Estates Section 2017 AALS Annual Meeting January 4-7, 2017 – San Francisco, CA The Section on Trusts and Estates is pleased to announce a Call for Papers … Sex, Death, and Taxes: The Unruly … Continue reading
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Exclusive Review Opportunity at Penn State Law Review
From the students at the Penn State Law Review: The Penn State Law Review is conducting a direct article review to fill positions in Volume 121: Issue 1 and 2. Any article submitted to this review between now and May 9th will … Continue reading
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Feminist Law Prof Michelle Anderson Named Dean of Brooklyn College
Michelle Anderson, feminist law prof and outgoing dean at CUNY Law School, has been named President of Brooklyn College. Here is a portion of CUNY’s press release: The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York today appointed … Continue reading
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How to Ask for a Raise, Via a Deodorant Commercial
Andrea Schneider blogs here at Indisputably about Secret’s new ad. She writes: “I love that wage gap is now part of the commercial lexicon and that asking for it is portrayed so wonderfully.” Read the full post here.
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Why Put an Orange on the Seder Plate?
Via Anita Silvert at JUF News: It started with Dr. Susannah Heschel. The story you may have heard goes something like this: After a lecture given in Miami Beach, a man (usually Orthodox) stood up and angrily denounced feminism, saying … Continue reading
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Free ABA Telecast – “The Tax Code and Income Inequality: Limitations and Political Opportunities”
The ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice is hosting this free teleconference, co-sponsored with the ABA Section on Taxation. Feminist Law Prof Francine Lipman (UNLV) is one of the featured speakers. FREE TELECONFERENCE* The Tax Code and Income … Continue reading
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Mansplaining Event at PayPal
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CFP: Women’s Learning Partnership Case Studies — PAID
From the FLP mailbox: Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP) has undertaken a three-year research/advocacy project leading to a global campaign on reform of discriminatory laws against women in the family. The project will focus on the relationship between articles of the … Continue reading
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Two of Four Dean Search Finalists Announced at CUNY Law
CUNY Law School has announced two of the four finalists in its dean search. One of the finalists is Feminist Law Prof Lolita Buckner Inniss. The other is the Honorable Fern Fisher. (The two others have not yet been announced.) … Continue reading
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CFP: Class Crits – The New Corporatocracy and Election 2016
From the FLP mailbox: ClassCrits IX The New Corporatocracy and Election 2016 Sponsored by Loyola University Chicago School of Law and The Loyola University Chicago Business Law Center Chicago IL * October 21-22, 2016 Call For Papers and Participation We … Continue reading
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Signatories Sought for Faculty Against Rape’s Response to the AAUP Draft Report on Title IX
Kathryn Pogin has drafted a response to the AAUP’s report on Title IX to be submitted on behalf of Faculty Against Rape. The group is seeking additional signatories to its letter, here, excerpted below. You can add your signature here. … Continue reading
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The Geography of Campus Rape and the Vulnerability of First-Year College Students
Over at The Conversation, Andrea Curcio (Georgia State) writes about What Schools Don’t Tell You About Campus Sexual Assault. Here is an excerpt: Throughout the summer before my daughter left for college, I repeatedly warned her: never put a glass … Continue reading
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Gap Between Ideas of Susan Sontag and Adrienne Rich
Interesting essay by journalist Michelle Dean in the New Republic, here. An excerpt: I learned as I suspected that the gap between Rich and Sontag was not so very wide as it looked. In Sontag’s archive at the University of … Continue reading
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Because We Want to Think Gamete Providers are Being Generous, Not Making Money
Over at Role Reboot, there is a sweet essay by writer Allison Barrett Carter, “To the Donor Who Made Me an Aunt.” The essay is written in the form of a letter to the man who provided the sperm necessary … Continue reading
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