Category Archives: Feminism and Culture

CFP – Setting the Agenda: Examining the Critical Legal Issues Facing African-Americans and Minority Communities in the 2008 Election

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From the FLP mailbox:   The Berkeley Journal of African-American Law and Policy‘s 2007 Symposium is entitled “Setting the Agenda: Examining the Critical Legal Issues Facing African-Americans and Minority Communities in the 2008 Election.” As the 2008 election draws near, … Continue reading →

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“Is Stripping a Feminist Act?”

Posted on May 6, 2007 by Ann Bartow

That is the title of an essay by Sarah Katherine Lewis at Alternet. Below is an excerpt: … Do I feel “empowered” by the very nature of the work I performed? No. Do I feel like sex work is an … Continue reading →

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Yes, Vile.

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Take a deep breath and read this post at IBTP. I watched the video, and it is going to haunt me for a long time.

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Transgender Workplace Diversity Workshop – Wednesday, June 27

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From the FLP mailbox: On Wednesday, June 27, 2007, a day-long workshop will be held at Ramapo College of New Jersey on the subject of transgender workplace diversity, specially targeted to the needs of human resources, diversity and legal professionals … Continue reading →

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Garance Franke-Ruta, “Age of Innocence Revisited”

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From the WSJ.com: Joe Francis, founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” video company, may be 34 years old, but these days he is barely legal. The controversial impresario has built a $100 million soft-core porn empire based on filming college … Continue reading →

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PSA For Anyone Who Is Interested

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Ann Bartow

And see also.

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Does The “Femininity” Of A Girl’s Name Affect Her Career Path?

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Ann Bartow

According to this article in The Guardian: … [G]irls who are given very feminine names, such as Anna, Emma or Elizabeth, are less likely to study maths or physics after the age of 16, a remarkable study has found. Both … Continue reading →

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The Rise of “Torture Porn”

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Ann Bartow

“For Your Entertainment” by Kira Cochrane, in The Guardian, excerpt below: … The publicity campaigns for many of these films flag up the prospect of watching a nubile young woman being tortured as a genuinely pleasurable experience. So, for instance, … Continue reading →

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Internet Harassment of Women

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From today’s WaPo: A female freelance writer who blogged about the pornography industry was threatened with rape. A single mother who blogged about “the daily ins and outs of being a mom” was threatened by a cyber-stalker who claimed that … Continue reading →

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That NYT Magazine Feature About Pornography

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Ann Bartow

It’s a long article, very pornography triumphant, full of jokey puns. Below are a few quotes pulled from the piece, with a bit of commentary. From the very first paragraph introducing “trim” and “boyish” pornographer Peter Acworth: He had already … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 28, 2007 by Ann Bartow

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Sticker Shock

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Ann Bartow

ChasingMoksha has an interesting story of everyday exploitation: Yesterday when I was browsing some blogs, I ran across one that had a “blog sticker” in the left corner. The sticker said, “Stop violence against women.” I thought to myself how … Continue reading →

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“Unrecognized Injustice : The Situation of Rape”

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The Situationist has an excellent post up about Amnesty International’s study about the sexual violence against Native American women in the U.S. The report itself is here.

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Twisty Reminds Me That I Am Not Alone

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Ann Bartow

After expressing my own skepticism about the “Blogswarm,” I noted with a relieved feeling of sisterhood that today Twisty posted these words: … A thousand bloggers could write”it’s not cool to oppress women”on April 28, but sooner or later it’ll … Continue reading →

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Counterfeiting, Knock Offs and Child Labor?

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Ann Bartow

This Chicago Sun-Times article reports that companies like Chanel and Gucci are trying to discourage consumers from buying counterfeit products (which are illegal) and “knock offs”   (which may not be illegal) by linking their production to child labor and … Continue reading →

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Single Sex “Modesty Buses” In Israel?

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Katya Adler reports in the BBC News: The other day I was waiting for a bus in downtown Jerusalem. I was in the bustling orthodox Jewish neighbourhood of Mea Sharim and the bus stop was extremely crowded. When the Number … Continue reading →

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Kate O’Riordan and David J. Phillips, “Queer Online, Media Technology and Sexuality”

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From the book’s webpage: This collection draws together contemporary research into queer theory and practices, as they intersect with new media and communication technologies. It provides a synthesis of critical debates in these fields followed by empirical analyses of current … Continue reading →

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Contemporary Horror

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Today the NYT reports: Computer forensics are playing a key role in the probe of the Virginia Tech gunman, with investigators revealing he bought ammunition clips on eBay designed for one of two handguns used to kill 32 people and … Continue reading →

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Is Online Porn Transmogrifying?

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Ann Bartow

According to this article in The Economist: … In America, the proportion of site visits that are pornographic is falling and people are flocking to sites categorised”net communities and chat”:chiefly social-networking sites such as MySpace, Bebo and Facebook. Traffic to … Continue reading →

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14 out of 56?

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Cripes, is that really the actual number of women who are Staff/Advisors at Media Matters for America? Well obviously it’s not just the “old guard” or “traditional media” that foster male dominance.

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Podcasts from the Pornography and Pop Culture Conference at Wheelock College

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Available here. Videos can be accessed by clicking on speaker names: Rebecca Whisnant, Robert Jensen, Gail Dines, and Robert Wosnitzer, Ana Bridges, and Michelle Chang. The Wosnitzer, Bridges and Chang presentation may be of particular interest to academics because it … Continue reading →

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Rapist Doll for Sale

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Garance Franke-Ruta blogged about it here, writing: “…you can buy the “Grindhouse Rapist No. 1 Action Figure” : yes, it actually exists : via comparison-shopping site BizRate.com, and that it’s being sold by five different niche toy sites…” She concludes … Continue reading →

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s “Infidel”

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Kameron Hurley reviews Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Infidel at her terrific blog, Brutal Women. There is a post about the NYT’s review of this book here.

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Unexpected Outcomes

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Sally Greene has a very moving post up at GreeneSpace about a presentation she heard at a homelessness conference. Here is an excerpt: … To an audience largely of public school teachers she talked about how disappointing, even destructive, her … Continue reading →

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Study Says More Women Then Men Using Internet

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Ann Bartow

eMarketer.com reports: Females now constitute an undeniable majority of the US Internet population.   eMarketer estimates that there will be an estimated 97.2 million female Internet users ages 3 and older in 2007, or 51.7% of the total online population. … Continue reading →

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Gail Dines’ Opening Address at Wheelock College’s Recent Conference on Pornography & Pop Culture

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

You can watch it here.

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Antifeminist Bingo

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Via Hoyden About Town.

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Don Imus, the Not So Merry Christmas and the Law of Insults

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Don Imus, a white American male radio sport show host called the mostly African American women of the Rutgers women’s basketball team nappy headed Merry Christmases. Read about it at Networks Condemn Remarks By Imus. For the uninitiated, a Merry … Continue reading →

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WIMN’s Voices: Jennifer L. Pozner discusses reality TV as backlash

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Via WIMN Online: …tune in this weekend to PBS’s To The Contrary to hear a roundtable of liberal and conservative women debate a taped interview in which I detail my research and analysis about reality TV’s function as the cultural … Continue reading →

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American Airlines Launches Special Website For Women

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Ann Bartow

CNN account here. Actual American Airlines website for women entitled “Women Travelers Connected” here. Below is a compare and contrast of the search boxes from the Women’s AA site and, oh why don’t we call the default the Men’s AA … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Blank-word?

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Is it just me, or is anyone else getting tired of the incessant replay and repetition of Don Imus’ insensitive remarks concerning the Rutgers Women’s Basketball team? Don’t get me wrong. He needs to be taken to task for what … Continue reading →

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Fawn Vrazo

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Ann Bartow

If you are lucky enough to live in Philadelphia, you probably already know who Fawn Vrazo was. She “shared the heartaches and triumphs of her long struggle with breast cancer in a moving Inquirer series called ‘The Cancer Chronicles,’” and … Continue reading →

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I Am Not a Ho Either, And I’m Shopping Scarlet

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Ann Bartow

I don’t care if it is disloyal to my beloved Gamecocks; I’m buying some Rutgers Scarlet Knights shirts here and I’m going to wear them proudly. From this NYT story: … Racial comments by white entertainers and degrading racial and … Continue reading →

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“Western Women” and Muslim Headscarves

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Caitlin Borgmann

In the on-line version of Newsweek, Eleanor Clift writes, in When Is a Scarf Just a Scarf?, about Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s much-attacked decision to wear a headscarf, or hijab, while visiting a mosque on a recent visit to Syria. Clift … Continue reading →

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Well, Those “ReputationDefender” Guys Certainly Are Well Connected, Anyway

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Ann Bartow

I’ve already noted that for profit start up “ReputationDefender” management managed to get itself featured in stories in the Washington Post (here and here), and in basically an unpaid (I assume) commercial on NPR. The ReputationDefender homepage touts this media … Continue reading →

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THERE’S NO CRYING IN LAW SCHOOL!

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The inquiry recently posted by Nate Oman at Concurring Opinions and re-posted at Feminist Law Profs about part-time employment possibilities for lawyers made me think of the scene in A League of Their Own in which the manager of the … Continue reading →

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Women Should Patronize Pedicabs Because Otherwise They Might Step In Gum With Their High Heels, Or Get Grabbed By Predators

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Do I make this stuff up? No I do not: Pedicabs steering into Columbia, by Jason Ryan After a hard week’s work, many of Columbia’s young professionals want a hard night out. That means weekends traipsing between watering holes and … Continue reading →

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Lighting Up The Screen?

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Ann Bartow

CNN is replacing their anchors on CNN American Morning. Soledad O’Brian is losing her anchor position, and is getting replaced by Kiran Chetry, who formerly appeared on the Fox News Channel. CNN President Jonathan Klein reportedly said, “One look at … Continue reading →

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Jane Austen Collectible Toys

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Ann Bartow

These are a little weird: Jane Austen Action Figure Jane Austen Plush Doll The same vender offers a Jane Austen Finger Puppet as well, but that COMPLETELY freaks me out, especially the product description, which states: As magnificent of a … Continue reading →

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Annals of Anti-LGBT Encounters

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Paum Spaulding asked readers to describe memorable Anti-LGBT encounters both at Pam’s House Blend and at Pandagon. The comments her query elicited are educational as well as alarming.

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“Sexy Feminisms”

Posted on April 3, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Atlantis 31.2 – “Sexy Feminisms? Trans-Formations in Feminist Sexuality Studies After QueerTheory.” Guest edited by Susanne Luhmann and Rachel Warburton *order your copy at www.msvu.ca/atlantis From the issue website: This issue poses Sexy Feminisms as a question so as to … Continue reading →

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The Path from “Amazing Girl” to Stay-at-Home Mom

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Caitlin Borgmann

On the Reproductive Rights Prof blog, I comment on the article by Sara Rimer in Sunday’s New York Times on so-called “amazing girls”: Girls by the dozen who are high achieving, ambitious and confident (if not immune to the usual … Continue reading →

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ASWAT – An Organization of Palestinian Gay Women

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Ann Bartow

ASWAT’s website is here. ASWAT recently held a conference, discussed here. Via Women’s Space/The Margins, where there is more information.

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The “New Face of Maytag”

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Why is the Maytag Repairperson always a middle-aged white guy? And, see also.

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The “Sunsilk Haircare Company” STINKS!

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Because of this, and also this. Ugh.

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Ria Cortesio: First Female MLB Umpire (In A Very Long Time)?

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Ann Bartow

According to this blog post: Thursday, March 29, at about 2:00 p.m, central time, Ria Cortesio will step into position on the first base line in Phoenix, Arizona, and she will do something that no woman has done since March … Continue reading →

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It’s All in the Headline

Posted on March 27, 2007 by David S. Cohen

Poor Behavior Is Linked to Time in Day Care – oh, scary day care! Higher Vocabulary Is Linked to High-Quality Day Care – hmmm, that sounds good. Of course, in the ever-present battle against working women, the New York Times … Continue reading →

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“Anonymous Women”

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Audrey Mantey has a powerful post at Insurgent American, an excerpt of which follows: The last time I attended CPR training, I walked out partway through the session and didn’t return. We were told ahead of time that we’d be … Continue reading →

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