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Author Archives: Bridget Crawford
Senate Hearings on CEDAW
Earlier this week, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law held a “Hearing on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.” The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, … Continue reading
Do Female Veterans Suffer Differently?
That’s a question that an associate professor of psychiatry at Yale will be trying to answer with an empirical study of female military combat veterans. The study will be funded by a $2.2 million grant from the United States Department … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Medicine, Women's Health
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Five College Women’s Studies Research Center Associateships
From FLP mailbox, this information about Research Associateships at the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center, a collaborative project of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst: The Center invites applications for its RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIPS … Continue reading
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New Issue of “Feminist Collections”
The most recent issue of Feminist Periodicals is available here, courtesy of the excellent Phyllis Holman Weisbard, University of Wisconsin System Women’s Studies Librarian, and her staff. The table of contents appears after the jump. -Bridget Crawford
Posted in Academia, Feminist Legal Scholarship
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CFP: “Uniform Probate Code: Remaking American Succession Law”
From the FLP mailbox: Call for Papers The Uniform Probate Code: Remaking of American Succession Law October 21, 2011 The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel’s Legal Education Committee is organizing the fourth in a series of academic symposia … Continue reading
Mumford on “Tax Policy, Women and the Law”
Ann Mumford (Queen Mary, University of London) has published Tax Policy, Women and the Law with Cambridge University Press. Here is the publisher’s abstract: Tax policy frequently targets the choices that women face in many aspects of their lives. Decisions regarding working … Continue reading
Heminway on “Martha Stewart and the Forbidden Fruit”
Joan MacLeod Heminway (Tennessee) has posted to SSRN her 2009 article, Martha Stewart and the Forbidden Fruit: A New Story of Eve, 2009 Mich. State Law Rev. 1017. Here is the abstract: This paper narrates a biblical story – Eve’s ingestion … Continue reading
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CFP: “Precarious Spaces: (Dis-) Locating Gender,” U Rochester March 24, 2011
From the FLP mailbox, this call for papers: Precarious Spaces: (Dis-) Locating Gender The 18th Annual Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference at the University of Rochester March 24th & 25th, 2011 Keynote Speaker: *Laura … Continue reading
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CFP: Gender and Climate Change, Prato, Italy, September 2011
From the FLP mailbox, this Call for Abstracts for an international conference on “Gender and Climate Change”: Call For Abstracts: Gender and Climate Change – Prato, Tuscany September 2011 Gender and Climate Change is an international conference that will seek … Continue reading
From the “After Gender” Symposium at Pace Law School
L to R: Teemu Ruskola, Suzanne Goldberg, Adrienne Davis, Bob Chang, Tom McDonnell
Siobhan Brooks, Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry
In this morning’s panel at the “After Gender” Symposium, Adrienne Davis (Wash. U. St. Louis) mentioned an interesting new book — Siobhan Brooks, Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry (SUNY Press 2010). Here is the description … Continue reading
Posted in Race and Racism, Recommended Books, Women and Economics
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Live Blogging “After Gender? Examining International Justice Enterprises”
“Conversation 3: Gender and the Establishment of Human Rights” is now under way as part of the Pace Law Review Symposium on “After Gender? Examining International Justice Enterprises”. Panelists include Sally Engle Merry (NYU Anthropology), Helen Kinsella (Wisconsin Political Science), … Continue reading
Live Blogging “After Gender? Examining International Justice Enterprises”
I’m attending the Pace Law Review Symposium “After Gender? Examining International Justice Enterprises.” The symposium’s goal is “to expand our understanding of the role of gender in international law.” So far, there have been opening remarks by conference organizers Matthew … Continue reading
Some Students at Albion College Burn Gay Flag
This news from Albion College in Michigan: A complaint was filed after the incident and yesterday Albion College president Donna Randall released a statement that said that “appropriate action” has been taken against the students. Three students were identified from … Continue reading
A Crowd-Source End to Street Harassment? There’s an App for That
The fabulous, creative women at Hollaback! have launched an ingenious iPhone app that brings technology to activism (and vice versa). We’ve blogged about Hollaback before (see, e.g., here). Here’s the organization’s description from its website (here): Hollaback! is a movement … Continue reading
Posted in Feminist Blogs Of Interest, Sexual Harassment
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SSRN is Selling Your Papers – Did You Know That?
Last month, Gregg Gordon, the President of the Social Science Research Network, sent out this message about SSRN’s plans to sell hard copies of papers that can be downloaded for free: The price for one or more bound hard copies … Continue reading
Schneider and Wildman’s “Women and the Law Stories” from Foundation Press
Elizabeth Schneider and Stephanie Wildman’s edited volume Women and the Law Stories, part of the Foundation Press series, is now in print. Here’s the Table of Contents: Introduction. Telling Stories to Courts: Women Claim Their Legal Rights, by Elizabeth M. … Continue reading
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Lipman and Williamson’s “Social Security Spouse and Survivor Benefits 101”
Francine Lipman (Chapman) and James Williamson (San Diego State, College of Business Administration) have posted to SSRN their article, Social Security Spouse and Survivor Benefits 101: Practical Primer Part II (Or Another Reason to Put a Ring on It. Here … Continue reading
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Judge Chatter about Amniote Intromittent Organ Might Lead to Removal from Bench
The State of New York Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined (here) that Saratoga County Family Court Judge Gilbert Abramson should be removed from the bench for failure (on several occasions and despite warnings) to notify defendants of their right … Continue reading
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How Female Candidates Fared in the Elections: Demographics Matter
Courtesy of the Rutgers Center for Women and American Politics, this table showing how female candidates fared in yesterday’s elections: General Election State Office Dist. Candidate Name & Party Seat Won Lost AK Lt. Gov. Diane Benson (D) O U.S. … Continue reading
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Teenage Girl’s Fingers Hacked with a Knife for Complaining About Teasing and Threats
From India Today (here), this awful news of a girl whose fingers were were cut by her would-be molesters. A teenaged Dalit girl was publicly molested and her fingers chopped off in Lucknow on Tuesday. The class XII student was … Continue reading
Posted in Acts of Violence, Sisters In Other Nations
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Arundhati Roy, “Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds.”
The Hindu, a daily paper in India, reports here that a crowd of up to 100 people assembled outside the home of writer Arundhati Roy, shouted anti-Roy slogans and attempted to break into her home. The incident is reported to … Continue reading
“Heterosexism, Sex & Sexuality: A Conversation” at Shomburg Center
On Wednesay, November 3, 2010 at 6:00 p.m., the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture will present “Heterosexism, Sex & Sexuality: A Conversation.” Here is a description of the panel: How do mainstream ideas about sex … Continue reading
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Racialized Blame: What Virginia Thomas and Anita Hill Have to Do With It
Writing in the November 15, 2010 edition of The Nation, Professor Melissa Harris-Perry (Princeton) reacts to the news that Virginia Thomas, wife of United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, called Professor Anita Hill and asked Professor Hill to apologize: … Continue reading
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New Blog of Interest: MasculinityU
Welcome to cyberspace, Masculinity U, “a new national initiative geared toward engaging young men in redefining masculinity and encouraging them in taking an equal role in ending gender violence.” The blog (here), run by Mr. Sacci Patel and Mr. Marc … Continue reading
Posted in Feminist Blogs Of Interest, Masculinity
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Funny/Not Funny Cartoon of Some Women’s Experiences with the Internet
From Gabby’s Playhouse (here), this cartoon by Gabby Schultz that portrays some women’s experiences with internet “discourse”: The kicker? The cartoonist is a man. Well done! -Bridget Crawford
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Rape as the Ivy League’s Latest “Joke”
A lucky few of our readers may have missed the story about the Yale fraternity pledges who picketed the campus Women’s Center chanting, “‘No’ means ‘yes.’ ‘Yes’ means anal.” Let’s not think that awful taste and misogyny are specialties of … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Acts of Violence, Sexual Harassment
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North Carolina Senate Candidate Wesley Meredith Doesn’t Want You to Vote for a Woman
North Carolina Senate candidate Wesley Meredith has released what has to be one of the most bizarrely sexist ads of this campaign season. Courtesy of Care2 blogger Laura Smith-Gary (link), here’s the transcript of the spot above: [click of sound … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Politics
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Schneider on “Why do Women Hate Negotiating?”
Andrea Schneider (Marquette) asks over at Indisputably.org, “Why do women hate negotiating?” Last week, the Washington Post had an article on its blog with this title reviewing the depressing research that women “don’t ask” at the same rate as men and … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Politics, Legal Profession
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Halloween Costumes that Rely on Racism and Stereotypes
Ann and others previously have offered trenchant criticism of “sexy” Halloween costumes for young girls and women. See, e.g., here and here. Yesterday over at Color Lines, Jorge Rivas offered thoughts on”Seven Racist Costumes to Avoid this Halloween.” His list of costumes … Continue reading
Posted in Race and Racism
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Suicide of Joseph Jefferson: No More Suicides; Shalom Now
Via The Advocate (here), news (from here) of another suicide by a young gay man. There is very unfortunate news today as yet another young gay man has taken his own life. Twenty-six-year-old Joseph Jefferson of Brooklyn, New York reportedly … Continue reading
Posted in Deaths, LGBT Rights
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Human Rights Efforts in Australia: Spotlight on the Castan Centre at Monash University
The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University in Australia is “a non-profit, non-partisan centre focusing on the study of human rights law globally, regionally and in Australia” (see program website here). Today the Melbourne paper The Age ran … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Feminism and Law, Sisters In Other Nations
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Joslin on “Protecting Children(?): Marriage, Gender, and Assisted Reproductive Technology”
Courtney Joslin (UC Davis) has posted to SSRN her new piece, Protecting Children(?): Marriage, Gender, and Assisted Reproductive Technology, 83 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1177 (2010). Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court has declared that children should not be penalized based … Continue reading
Because Violent, Sexual Pathologies Attract More Readers than Stories about the Murder of Two Women
Today’s Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald profiles the convicted criminal David Russell Williams, former colonel in the Canadian military (here). The article focuses on Williams’s “sadistic sexual urges” and photographic evidence (reprinted with the article) showing Mr. Williams dressed in women’s … Continue reading
Posted in Acts of Violence, Sisters In Other Nations
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Pace Law Review Symposium on “After Gender: Examining International Justice Enterprises”
Pace Law Review will hold a symposium on November 12, 2010 entitled “After Gender: Examining International Justice Enterprises.” The symposium will attempt to expand our understanding of the role of gender and sex in international law. International law’s gender analysis … Continue reading
Man Up, Woman Down? Masculinity, Femininity and the 2010 Elections
From the LA Times, “It’s a Strange Year for Gender in Politics,” by Kathleen Hennessey of the Tribune Washington Bureau: In one of the stranger moments in the Nevada Senate debate Thursday, Sharron Angle, the ever-grinning, grandmotherly GOP Senate candidate, … Continue reading
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50 Best Blogs for Women’s Rights
From the “Our Degrees” blog, this list of the 50 best blogs for following women’s rights: Feministing Women’s Rights at Change.org The Women’s Media Center Blog Sociological Images DCTC We Are The Real Deal Sadie Magazine Blog Name It. Change … Continue reading
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Employment Discrimination Alleged Against Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Three women have filed suit against Ruth’s Chris Steak House, alleging gender discrimination. A copy of the complaint is here. This excerpt from the complaint provides a sense of the alleged atmosphere at the place of employment: H/T Ralph Stein -Bridget … Continue reading
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Rape is Violence, not “Buyer’s Remorse”
Over at Politics Daily, correspondent Sandra Fish details the controversy surrounding Colorado GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck: [Buck], the Weld County [Colorado]district attorney, is facing criticism from a liberal group for not prosecuting an acquaintance-rape complaint five years ago, when he … Continue reading
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More Hazing Accusations Against Sigma Gamma Rho
This time, in California. Here’s what the NY Times reports: In the San Jose State case . . . a former student at the university, charged in a civil lawsuit, filed Aug. 31, that over a three-week period in 2008 … Continue reading
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How to React to Violence and Intolerance?
Xavier Le Pichon writes in Ecce Homo of the 6th century B.C.E., an era that gave rise to Buddha, Lao Tzu, Confucius and the Second Isaiah: As humans increased their capacity of transformation of the world and consequently increased their power, … Continue reading
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Horrific Bias Crime in NY
From today’s New York Times: He was told there was a party at a brick house on Osborne Place, a quiet block set on a steep hill in the Bronx. He showed up last Sunday night as instructed, with plenty … Continue reading
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CFP: “Examining Gender, Social Justice and Sports,” March 17, 2011
From the FLP mailbox, this call for proposals: 6th Annual Audrey-Beth Fitch Women’s Studies Conference: “Leveling the Playing Field: Examining Gender, Social Justice and Sports,” Thursday, March 17th, 2011 On Thursday, March 17th, 2011 the Women’s Studies Program at California University … Continue reading
Public Forum Series in London on Gender and Scientific Advances
The University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies is holding a three public fora in London on November 2, 2010. The theme is gender and bio-medical advances of the 21st Century. Here’s the info: November 2, 2010: “Making Babies in the … Continue reading
Justice Kagan’s First Week at Work
Image source: here. H/T Joan Shaungnessy -Bridget Crawford
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New Book Announcement: ‘Girls to the Front’ by Sara Marcus
Music and politics writer Sara Marcus has published Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution (Harper Perennial, Paperback, 2010). Here’s the description from the book’s website: Riot Grrrl roared into the spotlight in 1991: an … Continue reading
The Role of Feminism in Politics
That was more or less the topic of this conversation earlier in the week on WNYC, the public radio station in New York, between guests Betsy Reed, executive editor of The Nation, and Rebecca Traister, senior writer for Salon. A … Continue reading
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A Small Step Some Law Professors are Taking in Response to News of Bullying and Harassment
Here’s what a group of colleagues (myself included) did yesterday at my law school. Fourteen faculty and staff members joined together and distributed to all staff and faculty mailboxes the following signed letter and a sticker that reads “Be an Ally. Be … Continue reading
Selling Sex in Canada vs. Buying Sex in Sweden
Last week, Justice Susan Himel of the Ontario (Canada) Superior Court ruled that certain Canadian anti-prostitution criminal laws violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and were therefore unconstitutional. A copy of the opinion is available here. At issue … Continue reading
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Be an Affirming Teacher or Peer: No More Silence, No More Bullying, No More Discrimination
From a joint statement issued by GLSEN (Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network), PLFAG (Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) and The Trevor Project (crisis and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth): Recently, there has been heightened media attention surrounding the … Continue reading
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