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The Center for Reproductive Rights – Columbia Law School Fellowship – Deadline November 1, 2010
From Diana Hortsch, Director of the Law School Initiative at the Center for Reproductive Rights, this notice of a fellowship at Columbia Law School: The Center for Reproductive Rights – Columbia Law School Fellowship (“CRR-CLS Fellowship”) is a two-year, post-graduate fellowship offered … Continue reading
Posted in From the FLP mailbox, Law Teaching, Reproductive Rights
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The Emotional Darkness of Hate: Suicide at Rutgers
Last week Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge. The (Newark) Star-Leger reports here: Freshman Tyler Clementi was enrolled at Rutgers University for a little more than three weeks when he asked his roommate … Continue reading
Posted in Acts of Violence, Feminism and Technology, Justice?
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Teaching Resource on Feminism and Pornography
Those who teach Feminist Legal Theory or other classes in which pornography is a subject of academic discussion might be interested in this recording of an interview by Professor Gail Dines (Wheelock College) with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Professor Dines … Continue reading
Posted in Human Trafficking, Law Teaching, Pornography's Harms
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Nothing Quite Like the Force that is a Stereotype
This postcard was on every seat when a colleague arrived at her local synagogue for Rosh Hashanah services. (I have redacted the name of the congregation.) My colleague was irate, and asked others sitting around her whether they, too, found … Continue reading
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Villanova Law and Literature Conference September 30-October 2, 2010
From Penny Pether (Villanova), this announcement that Villanova will hold its second annual law and literature symposium September 30 – October 2, 2010: Panel presentations will include eighteen selected papers by graduate students and professors in law or the humanities. … Continue reading
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Kierner on “Martha Jefferson Randolph and the Performance of Patriarchy: Family, Gender, and Presidents in the Early American Republic”
On October 8, 2010, Cynthia A. Kierner (History, George Mason University) will present her paper, “Martha Jefferson Randolph and the Performance of Patriarchy: Family, Gender, and Presidents in the Early American Republic” at the Newberry Seminar on Women and Gender at … Continue reading
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Call for Guest Bloggers
We have over 300 feminist law professors in the blogroll and we’d like to hear from more of you. If you are interested in a “guest blogging” stint, please send me an email at bcrawford@law.pace.edu. Add your voice to the … Continue reading
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Women and Equality — Gender-Based Analysis, Law, and Economic Rights, October 22-23, 2010
Gender-Based Analysis, Law, and Economic Rights, October 22-23, 2010, Queen’s University (Ontario, Canada) Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s Conference Long before the 2008 global economic crisis occurred, women in large economies began to see the promise of equality eroding. ‘Economic crisis’ policies have … Continue reading
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If Rosa Parks Got a Manicure
Jimmy A. Bell, a Bowie (Maryland) lawyer (pictured at right), has sued a Maryland nail salon for charging him $2 more for a manicure/pedicure than his female companion was charged. He alleges “gender-based price discrimination.” A copy of Mr. Bell’s … Continue reading
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Reproductive Technology as Self-Induced Amnesia
I am skeptical amount government regulation of reproductive technology. Science and medicine have allowed many people to become parents who otherwise couldn’t. For those who want to have children but cannot, the anguish of childlessness can be gut-wrenching. I get … Continue reading
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Gerzog on “More QTIP Mischief”
If it weren’t for Wendy Gerzog (Baltimore), I don’t think I would have figured out a way to combine my interests in three subject matters — taxation; wills, trusts and estates; and feminist theory. Her 1993 article The Marital QTIP … Continue reading
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What’s Wrong with Cyberspace? An “Atrophied Sense of Humility and Charity”
Professor Alan Jacobs (English, Wheaton College) has a reflective post on “The Online State of Nature” over at Big Questions Online. It is inspired at least in part by the cartoon at right (image source: here at xkcd.com). I have … Continue reading
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Humbach Podcast on “Sexting and the First Amendment”
My colleague John Humbach has a podcast here discussing many of the issues he raises in his article, Sexting and the First Amendment, 37 Hastings Const. Law Q. 433 (2010). Here’s a description of the podcast: Sexting is a new … Continue reading
Festschrift 2.0: Ms. Magazine Blog Celebrates bell hooks
The Ms. Magazine blog is in the middle of bell hooks week, “a series of essays celebrating the life and works of the extraordinary bell hooks. hooks has made a significant impact on feminism, race theory, education, class politics, the … Continue reading
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20,000 Women Killed Each Year for “Family Honor”?
From the (UK) Independent, this article about “honor killings” across the globe: It is a tragedy, a horror, a crime against humanity. The details of the murders – of the women beheaded, burned to death, stoned to death, stabbed, electrocuted, … Continue reading
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Blair LM Kelley Wins 2010 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Award
Congratulations to Professor Blair LM Kelley (History, North Carolina) who has received the 2010 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Award from the Association of Black Women Historians for her book, Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of … Continue reading
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Sizzle and Steak
Lady Gaga is wearing a meat mini on the cover of Vogue Homme Japan: I have a feeling that this magazine cover will inspire “Is Lady Gaga a feminist icon?” debates in Women’s Studies classes all across the country (Madonna … Continue reading
Joan of Arc in NYC
According to this editorial from the New York Times on August 26, 2010 edition (at A-26), New York City’s first statue of a woman was raised in 1912: This is the first statue of a woman — not a female abstraction … Continue reading
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Do Angry Tennis Players Discriminate?
It’s US Open time and the New York media is paying plenty of attention to what the NYT calls “two extended tantrums over foot-fault calls in the last two years in Arthur Ashe Stadium,” namely the Serena Williams incident last … Continue reading
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Request for Law Prof Pledges of Support for Park51 Project (aka “Ground Zero” “Mosque”)
From law professors Susan P. Koniak (Boston University), George M. Cohen (Virginia) and David A. Dana (Northwestern): This is not a request to sign a joint letter. We thought, as a community, we could raise our voices instead by pledging financial support … Continue reading
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NY Gov Signs Historic Legislation Protecting Rights of Domestic Workers
LaborNotes has the story: The new law guarantees domestic workers time-and-half pay after working more than 40 hours and ensures at least a day off each week. They will also be covered under the state’s worker compensation and anti-discrimination laws … Continue reading
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Cohen and Chen on “Trading-Off Reproductive Technology and Adoption”
I. Glenn Cohen (Harvard) and Daniel L. Chen (Duke) have posted to SSRN their article, Trading-Off Reproductive Technology and Adoption: Does Subsidizing in Vitro Fertilization Decrease Adoption Rates and Should it Matter? forthcoming in the Minnesota Law Review. Here is the abstract: For … Continue reading
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Queen’s University Feminist Legal Studies: CFP – Women and Equality – Gender-Based Analysis, Law and Economic Rights
From Kathy Lahey at Queen’s University, this Call for Papers: QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY FEMINIST LEGAL STUDIES QUEEN’S Call for papers for workshop on — Women and Equality — Gender-based Analysis, Law, and Economic Rights Sex equality in the twenty-first century: Long … Continue reading
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Kristof, “Don’t Write Off Men Just Yet”
Earlier this summer, author Nicholas Kristof responded powerfully to the Atlantic’s cover story, “The End of Men.” In this July 2010 column for the NYT, Kristof wrote: [C]ount me a skeptic. My hunch is that we’re moving into greater gender … Continue reading
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Vintage Clairol Ad
From 1952. I find it interesting that the “sleeping beauty” who is awakens is a redhead, not the blonde who went to sleep. And those eyebrows would be no minor feat. image source: Duke Library Digital Collections. -Bridget Crawford
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In Memory of Harry E. White, Jr.
Harry E. White, Jr., a former tax partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, died on July 23, 2010. He was a friend and mentor. Harry was one of the few people I have ever met who really, really … Continue reading
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Dowd on “The Man Question: Male Subordination and Privilege”
Feminist Law Prof Nancy Dowd (U Florida) has just published new book about the intersection of masculinities scholarship and feminism. The Man Question: Male Subordination and Privilege its hot off the NYU presses. Here‘s the publisher’s description: Among the many … Continue reading
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Is (Black) Beauty Still a Feminist Issue?
That’s the question that Feminist Law Prof Imani Perry (Princeton) asks in this piece over at HuffPo: Last night I read my friends’ tweets about the Miss Universe Pageant. But I didn’t watch it. I am an old fashioned feminist when … Continue reading
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Buying Parental Rights
Earlier this summer, the journal Bioethics published this interesting piece by Jason K. M. Hanna (Philosophy, Northern Illinois: Revisiting Child-Based Objections to Commercial Surrogacy. Here is the abstract: Many critics of commercial surrogate motherhood argue that it violates the rights … Continue reading
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Obama’s “Feminine” Communication Style
I missed this post earlier in the summer over at Indisputably, the ADR Prof Blog. Andrea Schneider (Marquette) writes about Obama’s ‘Feminine’ Communication Style: A few weeks ago, Kathleen Parker, a writer for the Washington Post, likened Obama to a … Continue reading
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“Feminist Mom Roundup” Theme: The Power of Words
Transatlantic Blonde has a Friday Feminist Roundup Theme (here) calling for ruminations from “feminist moms” on “The Power of Words” (however you interpret it). The first thing that the prompt brought to mind was a “This is What a Feminist … Continue reading
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No-Fault? No Problem in NY
From the New York Law Journal, this news of significant changes to New York’s divorce law. Previously, New York was a “fault” jurisdiction, requiring a finding of adultery, abandonment, cruelty or a 1-year separation pursuant to a written instrument (that, … Continue reading
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Buzuvis on “Transgender Student-Athletes and Sex-Segregated Sport: Developing Policies of Inclusion for Intercollegiate and Interscholastic Athletics”
Erin Buzuvis (Western New England) has posted to SSRN her working paper, “Transgender Student-Athletes and Sex-Segregated Sport: Developing Policies of Inclusion for Intercollegiate and Interscholastic Athletics.” Here is the abstract: Educators have long recognized the physical, psychological, social, and educational … Continue reading
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Tenure-Track Positions at Nebraska
From Anna Shavers (Nebraska): The University of Nebraska College of Law invites applications for three tenure-track faculty positions. Areas of particular interest include business associations, corporate finance and governance, transactional skills courses, securitization, venture capital, entrepreneurship, patents, trusts and estates, … Continue reading
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Middle Men’s Tax Angle
This week, I saw the movie “Middle Men” starring Luke Wilson and Giovanni Ribisi. I won’t spoil the ending, but income tax considerations — and a collective desire to outwit the “tax man” — play a huge role in the … Continue reading
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Adding Up the Problems at HP
Analyses of the departure of HP CEO Mark Hurd has been cryptic and under-reported (see, e.g., the NYT coverage here and here). The HP board found that reality TV personality Jodie Fisher’s claims of sexual harassment were unsubstantiated, but that Hurd … Continue reading
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Mayor Bloomberg on Tolerance
The proposed construction of a Muslim community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan has received national media attention. Earlier this week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a tremendous plea for tolerance. It is one of the best political speeches I have … Continue reading
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Robin Runge’s Upcoming Radio Appearance on “Domestic Violence and the Law: China vs. the U.S.A”
On Sunday, August 8, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. (Central), Feminist Law Prof Robin Runge (North Dakota) will appear on Prairie Public radio station’s “Why?” program talking about her work in China on violence against women. Here’s the station’s official description of the … Continue reading
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Notice of Faculty Positions at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis
INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW-INDIANAPOLIS invites applications from entry-level and experienced candidates for tenure-track and tenured appointments beginning in the 2011-2012 academic year. The law school seeks colleagues with distinguished academic records who are committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, … Continue reading
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Congratulations to Professor Lolita Buckner Inniss
Congratulations to Professor Lolita Buckner Inniss (Cleveland Marshall) who has been named Joseph C. Hostetler-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law! -Bridget Crawford
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2010 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics – Deadline December 1, 2010
From the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State: The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is pleased to announce the competition for the 2010 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics. This annual competition is designed … Continue reading
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AALS Women in Legal Education: Calls for Participation, Papers, Posters – Deadline Extended
From the Planning Committee for 2011 Workshop on Women Rethinking Equality, these further details on the program, with some new deadlines for responses to the calls: In response to the Call for Presentations, Papers and Posters that we circulated in … Continue reading
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Robson Op-Ed: “Answers Found in the 10th Amendment”
On July 30, 2010, the LA Times published this op-ed by Feminist Law Prof Ruthann Robson (CUNY): Answers Found in the 10th Amendment The words of the Constitution do not change whether they are being applied to immigration or same-sex … Continue reading
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Where are the Women? GW Edition July 2010
The July 2010 issue of the George Washington Law Review is here. It contains eight pieces (including the Foreward); zero are written by women. H/T Ruthann Robson -Bridget Crawford
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On Racism and Sexism in the Case of Shirley Sherrod
Janell Hobson writes here at the Ms. Magazine blog about the attacks on and defenses of Shirley Sherrod. Hobson writes that the ”conversations unfolded the way they did because a black woman was at the center.” Hobson aptly critiques both the … Continue reading
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“Vote For Me Because of My Gender”
Here’s the Washington Post’s take on it: A new video shows Ken Buck, the leading Republican candidate in a Colorado Senate race, repeatedly using the word “bull—-” and saying that voters should choose him over his female primary opponent “because … Continue reading
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CFP: Aging as a Feminist Concern, Jan. 21-22, 2011 Emory University School of Law
From colleagues Naomi Cahn, Nina Kohn and Martha Fineman, this call for papers: Call for Papers: Aging as a Feminist Concern January 21-22, 2010, Emory University School of Law Aging is a feminist issue. The elderly, especially the oldest of … Continue reading
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At Your Local Tailor
This sign, from a shop on 29th Street between 2nd and 3rd avenues in Manhattan: Via WNYC.org and Leonard Lopate’s "Bad Sign Language" contest (here). -Bridget Crawford
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In the Library With the Man Your Grades Could Be
The video was produced by the library at Brigham Young University. Hilarious! H/T Paul Caron (here). -Bridget Crawford
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When the Tax Man is a Transgender Woman
The New York Times home page features the video above (source here) about tax non-compliance in Pakistan. The "hook" of the story is the use of transgendered women to collect taxes in a particular area Pakistan. The use of these … Continue reading
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