Author Archives: Bridget Crawford

In Memory of Stephen T. Johns

Yesterday security guard Stephen T. Johns was killed at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.   The suspected shooter was James W. von Brunn, an 88 year-old man.     According to news reports (e.g., here): Von Brunn is said … Continue reading

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CFP: Feminism and the Transformation of Belonging

From the FLP mailbox, this CFP: Beyond Citizenship: Feminism and the Transformation of   Belonging June 30-July 2, 2010, Birkbeck, University of London The language of citizenship has, in recent years, been mobilized by feminists to articulate a wide range … Continue reading

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CFP: Gender, Bodies and Technology

From the FLP mailbox:   “Gender, Bodies and Technology”   Proposals are invited for an Interdisciplinary Conference   April 22-24, 2010 Roanoke, Virginia Sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Virginia Tech Proposal Deadline:  September 15, 2009 We … Continue reading

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All Latinas are not Mexican

A cartoonist at the Oklahoma City newspaper The Oklahoman  responds to criticism of his drawing of Judge Sotomayor as a  pinata  to be struck by waiting GOP elephants. The cartoon by Chip Bok of Creators Syndicate ran in The Oklahoman … Continue reading

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CFP: Charting the Future of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Scholarship

From the FLP mailbox, this CFP: Call for (Short) Papers   AALS Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues   On the Cutting Edge:  Charting the Future of   Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Scholarship   AALS Annual Meeting … Continue reading

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Guest Blogger Gary Munneke: Rethinking Legal Education in Tough Times

As I write this message, I am sitting in a panel at the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar meeting, in Indianapolis, on”Rethinking Legal Education in Hard Times.”Here are a few highlights: Tom Sullivan, Provost of the … Continue reading

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Web Resource for Information on Judge Sotomayor

The Library of Congress has created a web page (here) that contains links to Judge Sotomayor’s published law review articles, transcripts from her two prior confirmation hearings and a searchable database of Second Circuit opinions. -Bridget Crawford

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Hendricks on “Contingent Equal Protection”

Feminist Law Prof Jennifer Hendricks (Tennessee) has posted to SSRN her article, “Contingent Equal Protection.”  Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court’s decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District #1 has been extensively analyzed as the … Continue reading

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A Diet Drink to Make a Man Large (in the Right Places)

Just in case you didn’t know, this ad makes it pretty darn clear: Pepsi Max is a diet soda marketed to men.  Diet Pepsi?  That sounds so girly.  But caffeine-hepped Pepsi Max will help you get your banana pointed in … Continue reading

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Where Are You? Isaacson-Jones’s “Open Letter to 21 Million Women”

On January 8, 1989, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran an ad taken out by B.J. Isaacson-Jones.  The “ad” was in the form of a poem.  At the time, Isaacson-Jones was the Executive Director of Reproductive Health Services (as in Webster … Continue reading

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To PETA, Murder Is Just One More Opportunity To Promote Themselves

That’s the title of this post at the blog Joe. My. God. Here are the PETA ads. -Darren Rosenblum

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The Shifting Meaning of Marriage

In these times of national debate over the meaning of marriage, it’s important to remember how much feminists have achieved in shifting the meaning of marriage.   In a send-up of a Christian fundamentalist, Betty Bowers explains what a traditional … Continue reading

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When the Right to Choose is Taken Away

In the heated rhetoric that usually accompanies discussions about abortion, it’s important to remember what happens when the right to choose is taken away from women. Women who can’t take care of a child will find a way to get … Continue reading

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I Don’t Want to Own GM

What if we invested $30 billion of taxpayers’ money in education instead?   Quality health care?   Affordable housing?   Public transportation? I don’t have anything against GM — my 1990 Cutlass Ciera got me where I needed to go … Continue reading

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CFP: St. Mary’s Law Review on Minority Law Issues

From the FLP mailbox, this call for submissions: The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Minority Issues is soliciting articles for upcoming volumes. Our publication is committed to raising the awareness of those individuals in our society who traditionally have … Continue reading

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Where the Men Are (and Women Aren’t): GW Law Review Edition

If the dearth of female contributors to major law reviews weren’t so distressing (see, e.g., here and here and here), I’d think that this issue of the GW Law Review — with ZERO articles by women — was a joke. … Continue reading

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Just Because You’re a Girl Doesn’t Mean You Have to Play Softball

  For all the great girls and women out there who love to play baseball, don’t give it up. You don’t have to play softball if you prefer baseball.   Did you know that the International Baseball Federation has announced … Continue reading

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Obama’s Silence on Marriage Equality

Obama has remained silent on marriage equality for far too long.   Frank Rich calls him on it, with his usual eloquence, in this week’s column here. -Darren Rosenblum

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Welcome Back, Again, Today

The Today contraceptive sponge is back on some drugstore shelves this weekend.  The brand went off the shelves (for the second time) in 2007, when its corporate owner went bankrupt.   The NYT has coverage here.   The sponge has … Continue reading

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CFP: Law and Justice on the Small Screen

From the FLP Mailbox, this CFP for a collection of essays on “Law and Justice on the Small Screen”: We are compiling a collection of essays by leading scholars from the world of law and popular culture focusing on the … Continue reading

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Should Job Creation Favor Men?

That’s the title of this op-ed in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, written by Feminist Law Profs Melissa Murray (Berkeley) and Darren Rosenblum (Pace). Here’s the text: The recent stimulus efforts have a prompted a sense of deja vu. In 1944, … Continue reading

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“Review of the Future of Taxation” in Australia

Almost one year ago to the day, the Australian government announced its intention to make a comprehensive study and proposal “to deal with the demographic, social, economic and environmental challenges of the 21st century.”  The timeline, agenda and preliminary reports … Continue reading

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Congratulations, Imani Perry!

Imani Perry (Rutgers Newark) has accepted an appointment as a  Professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University.  Congratulations! Professor Perry is a brilliant thinker and writer whose work I admire very much.  This is great for … Continue reading

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Link Between Natal Health and Marital Status?

Earlier this week, the CDC released this report on “Changing Patterns of Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States.”  The report identifies its key findings as: Childbearing by unmarried women has resumed a steep climb since 2002. Births to unmarried women … Continue reading

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Live Blogging Day 2,”Challenging Gender Inequality in Tax Policy Making”

Today is the second day of the  â€œChallenging Gender Inequality in Tax Policy Making”  workshop at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Onati, Spain.  This morning’s panel, “Labour Markets and Saving Choices,” featured presentations by Ulrike Spanberg, … Continue reading

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Don’t Let a Magazine Help You Pick a College

I received a mass marketing email captioned, “Let Ms. help you pick a college.”  Here’s a portion of the text: Dear feminist activist, Picking a college? Or have a sister, friend, daughter or granddaughter who is? To help you make … Continue reading

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Live Blogging “Challenging Gender Inequality in Tax Policy Making”

Today and tomorrow the International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Onati, Spain hosts a workshop on “Challenging Gender Inequality in Tax Policy Making.” Workshop organizers are Asa Gunnarsson (Department of Law, Umea University, Sweden), Lisa Phillipps (Osgoode Hall … Continue reading

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Reading (Law) Like a Graduate Student

In Tuesday’s Chronicle of Higher Education (pay site – sorry; day passes available),  an assistant professor of creative writing describes “Reading Like a Graduate Student” (here).    Rachel Toor (Eastern Washington University) asks,  “Why do graduate students tend to be … Continue reading

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Congratulations, Danielle Citron!

Congratulations to Danielle Citron on receiving tenure at the University of Maryland School of Law!   Her publications include”Law’s Expressive Value in Combating Cyber Gender Harassment,”108  Michigan Law Review  (forthcoming), “Cyber Civil Rights,” 89  Boston University Law Review  61 (2009), … Continue reading

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CFP: Children and the Law Junior Faculty Workshop

Call for Papers Children and the Law Junior Faculty Workshop July 16 -17, 2009 The Frances Lewis Law Center at Washington & Lee University is sponsoring a workshop for junior scholars working on legal issues related to children. The workshop … Continue reading

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Victory for the Hotel Boycott

From here, an update for everyone who fretted over where to stay in San Diego.   Victory for the boycott! Almost a year into what some have called a very effective boycott of his businesses, San Diego hotelier Doug Manchester … Continue reading

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Media Source for Berlin Images 1989-1990 (and Tangential Thoughts on Feminism’s Focus)

The Deutsche Kinemathek Museum for Film and Television and the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education) are collaborating on the “Internet Archive,” an on-line resource for film, television footage and photography from Germany in 1989 and 1990. … Continue reading

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Gail Laughlin, Nineteenth Century Lawyer and Rights Activist

Today is the birthday of Gail Laughlin (1868-1952), an 1898 graduate of Cornell Law School.    She served in the Maine House (1927-1934) and the Maine Senate (1937-1941).  She was an early advocate for woman suffrage and for the prevention … Continue reading

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The Broken Windows of Law School Faculties

I’ve discovered the Positive Coaching Alliance  through volunteering with my local youth Little League.  That organization uses the “broken windows” concept in training coaches, parents and players to take a holistic (my word, not theirs) approach to sports — as … Continue reading

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After Just 341 Years, Britain’s Poet Laureate Is A Woman

She is   Carol Ann Duffy, a poet, playwrite, and children’s author, originally from Glasgow, Scotland. From the  New York Times: Ms. Duffy, 53, is known for using a deceptively simple style to produce accessible, often mischievous poems dealing with … Continue reading

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Babies and Pigs in Diapers

Nadya Suleman, the California mother of 14 children, has said in a recent news interview that she is considering adopting a pet pig and/or a small dog.   PETA is urging Ms. Suleman to refrain.   According to PETA, a … Continue reading

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On Rape Kits

Lately, a fair amount of attention has been paid to the backlog of untested rape kits in Los Angeles County.   See Nicholas Kristof’s column here. This announcement today that DNA had been used to link a suspect to multiple … Continue reading

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Blog for Fair Pay Day – Cynical GenX Style

Today is “Blog For Fair Pay Day 2009,” coordinated by the National Women’s Law Center. For feminist law profs who don’t work at public institutions where salary info is public, don’t forget about Guidestar.  It is a website that contains … Continue reading

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On Dawn Johnsen

Months ago, President Obama nominated one of our colleagues, Dawn Johnsen, Professor of Law at Indiana University – Bloomington, to serve as head of the Office of Legal Counsel. She is a outstanding choice for the office. Her confirmation is … Continue reading

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No Men’s Studies Required

A lawyer attempted to force the creation of a men’s studies department based on the existence of the women’s studies department.   Both judges who had the case before them denied the claims.    So women’s studies departments are safe, … Continue reading

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I Shouldn’t Be Surprised

I get the strangest ads as my 40th birthday approaches. -Bridget Crawford

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Drawings About Women and the Law

Don’t miss this deliciously pretty [if a bit Second Wave] series of drawings and musings about women and the law from today’s NY Times by April Kalman.   -Darren Rosenblum

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Robson on “A Servant of One’s Own: The Continuing Class Struggle in Feminist Legal Theories and Practices”

Ruthann Robson (CUNY) has posted to SSRN her essay,  “A Servant of One’s Own: The Continuing Class Struggle in Feminist Legal Theories and Practices.”  Here is the abstract: This essay considers the role of feminist legal theories in confronting the … Continue reading

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Miss Subways in New York

In the midst of what may be the last gasps of beauty pageants, the NY Times ran this article on “Miss Subways” in New York, which was the first integrated beauty contest.     The winner’s photo would appear all … Continue reading

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Murray on “Marriage Rights and Parental Rights: Parents, the State, and Proposition 8”

Feminist Law Prof Melissa Murray (Berkeley) has posted to SSRN her article, “Marriage Rights and Parental Rights: Parents, the State, and Proposition 8.”  Here is the abstract: On November 4, 2008, 52% of Californians voted for Proposition 8, a ballot … Continue reading

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Student Health Insurance Available for up to One Year after Graduation

The ABA Law Student Division circulated this information today for graduating students who need health insurance:   Numerous graduating third year law students who are either currently unemployed or on deferred employment have inquired about the availability of health insurance … Continue reading

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Program on “Transgender People and The Law”

A special shout-out goes to the Lambda students at the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.  They close out an academic year of good programming with their final event, a discussion on … Continue reading

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Obama’s Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues

President Obama appointed Melanne Verveer as Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues:   Melanne Verveer is Co-Founder, Chair and Co-CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership, an international nonprofit that invests in emerging women leaders – pioneers of economic, political and social … Continue reading

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Miley Cyrus: A”Little White”What?!

According to People Magazine (here), Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx expressed some pretty negative opinions about various female performers on his Sirius radio show, advising actor Miley Cyrus to “make a sex tape and grow up. Get like Britney Spears and … Continue reading

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Bullying, Homophobia and Gender/Sexuality Norms

In her NYTimes blog yesterday, Judith Warner described the cruel bullying that led to the suicide of 11-year old  Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover.  Warner  depicts a brutal enforcement of gender/sexuality norms among boys but a much more liberal construction of gender … Continue reading

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