Category Archives: Feminism and Culture

Pathbreaking South African author Ellen Kuzwayo died this morning: Kuzwayo was the first black writer to win South Africa’s premier CNA Literary Prize for her 1985 autobiography “Call Me Woman,” a book that made her a spokeswoman for the suffering … Continue reading →

“He Touched My Special Gray Area” at I Blame The Patriarchy “Inside Higher Ed on the Gender Pay Gap” at Alas, a Blog “Women should know better than to get raped” at Feministing “Who Has It Tougher — Prosecutors Or … Continue reading →

The fact that I had the temerity to voice a difference of opinion with Brad of Sadly No, still has him riled up, and I learned today that he recently compared me to an unappealing right wing “Christian,” writing: I … Continue reading →

“50 Tries” is a funny, wonderful blog. It is captioned “a chronicle” of author Kiersten Conner-Sax’s “attempt to publish a “Shouts & Murmurs” piece in the New Yorker during [her] second round of chemotherapy for breast cancer.” There are posts … Continue reading →

Participate! Blogless Feminist Law Profs and friends can e-mail contributions for posting here to feministlawprof@yahoo.com (or drop them in the comments to this post).

Michelle Malkin decided to punish some student activists by publishing their contact information at her blog, after dumping a load of invective about how they were violent seditionists. From Ezra Klein: …a crew of students at UC Santa Cruz … … Continue reading →

This is the fourth installment of The Long Story series, subtitled: “Strength comes from refusing to be shamed,” by blogger Manxome at Climacteric Clambake, who writes: “In the interest of disclosure and empowerment, of stubbornness and sheer attitude, I hereby … Continue reading →

This LA Times article asserts: In these early soundings for 2006, Republicans face the potential reemergence of a gender gap that Bush narrowed in his 2004 reelection. Although men split evenly when asked which party they intended to support in … Continue reading →

I only wish I was making this up. Here are the first three sentences from a recent ABC News story: “They’re on every college campus where sports teams succeed: groupies who want to date athletes — or at least have … Continue reading →

So today’s NYT has a review of Caitlin Flangan’s new anti-feminist screed, “To Hell With All That,” which was written by Pamela Paul, and entitled “Mother Superior.” The review is yet another installment of the NYT’s Lessons for Uppity Women. … Continue reading →

From Ezster Hargittai’s Passover Page: It’s that time of year again when the Passover page on my Web site starts attracting lots of visitors. A few years ago I compiled a feminist humanist modern version Haggadah for Passover as the … Continue reading →

From Jewish Post of New York Online: What originated by Ma’yan: The Jewish Women’s Project of The Jewish Community Center (JCC) on the Upper West Side as strictly a New York event for Jewish women has become a national phenomenon. … Continue reading →

In “The Down Side of Slashdot” Annalee Newitz writes at Alternet: …any tech or science writer whose stuff goes on the Web (including yours truly) is at least a little bit invested in the idea of getting Slashdotted once in … Continue reading →

Though the tone and editorial position adopted are very much “women as other,” the data and conclusions are interesting. Read the full text here. Below is an excerpt: …Making better use of women’s skills is not just a matter of … Continue reading →

to footbinding. Yes, yes, yes, to sneakers with soul.

After admiring the success of the recent immigration marches, Barbara O’Brien at The Mahablog put a great post up outlining what she thinks makes an effective protest. On a less serious note, last September Rox Populi wrote a post entitled … Continue reading →

Volume 6 is here. The Journal’s archives page is here. So much to read and think about!

You can listen to a “conversation” between Harvey Mansfield, author of “Manliness,” and doofus professor of government at Harvard University, and Katha Pollitt, columnist for The Nation and author of the forthcoming book “Virginity or Death,” here.   Via Nancy … Continue reading →

Joan Walsh reviewed Caitlan Flanagan’s new book for Salon, and the piece is topped by this burb: “I never cared that Caitlin Flanagan calls herself an at-home mother, even though she’s a magazine writer with a staff of helpers. But … Continue reading →

Get the details at The G Bitch Spot. Afterwards you might want to scroll around a bit while you are there, because it looks like a great blog.

From this site: The marriage debate dominated the opening weeks of the legislature after a Baltimore judge sided with 19 gay men and women, ruling that Maryland’s 33-year-old law defining marriage between a man and a woman was unconstitutional. The … Continue reading →

It’s here. This link will take you to the site directory (scroll down). Via Pen-Elayne. The site is a little visually cluttered but has links to a lot of useful information. I like perusing the old advertisements. This page displays … Continue reading →

Great post called “Liberalism unbound: Shifting the center of gravity in American politics” at The Reaction. Rather than trying to convince you to go read it with the first few sentences, in this case the final paragraph should do nicely: … Continue reading →

Of all the comments directed at me in the comments threads at Sadly, No, the above was among the most painful, because it came from a blogger I really liked. [EDIT]: I’ve delinked from his blog, because he apologized in … Continue reading →

Shakespeare’s Sister wrote a thoughtful post about the Duke Lacrosse rape situation in which she noted: …I have often found myself in the position of having been given a”pass”by a group of straight guys. Some women will immediately know what … Continue reading →

Eric Muller of Is That Legal has an interesting post up about social science research that highlights internal biases based on race and gender. He reports: [In one] experiment, subjects had an email exchange with somebody they thought was a … Continue reading →

Lizardbreath at Unfogged thinks so.   Here’s an excerpt: People end up in a double bind — admitting you’ve got romantic interest in someone is tantamount to an immediate agreement to sex, but casual, frivolous sex is bad. So you … Continue reading →

Steve Gilliard at The News Blog has an interesting post on this topic that starts out as follows: You know, people like to say that Americans will do ANY job if it pays enough.So why won’t they become nurses? A … Continue reading →

As noted previously, extensive coverage is available at Justice 4 Two Sisters, which provides links to media coverage, and commentary as well. It does a much more comprehensive job than this blog could ever hope to, and is a great … Continue reading →

Here is the beginning of her post: my partner is from kyrgyzstan. she received political asylum 2 years ago in san francisco based on the persecution she suffered in her home country due to her sexuality. luckily for us, she … Continue reading →

I’ve alway had a lot of admiration for Flea of One Good Thing, and I’m hardly the only one. She writes movingly, and with great talent about very difficult things; rape, abortion, the challenges one of her children faces, and … Continue reading →

So a while back Plastic Assets surfaced, a faux credit card company purporting to offer “free breast implants with every card,” and “free lip injections for every friend you refer.” The site was an entrant in the Contagious Festival, a … Continue reading →

Well, now you do! Via Tiffany at Black Feminism.org, who has also written an interesting post about Sheryl Swoopes.

From Eschaton: The Gay Menace Kudos to Feingold for supporting gay marriage. It’s the right thing to do, and we’re the party of the gay anyway so we might as well be right on the morality. It’s not as if … Continue reading →

So I had the misfortune to read “Sadly No” this morning. There was a post up called “Are Y’all Read for Some DERANGED LUNACY??? Damn Right You Are,” the point of which was to castigate a right-winger for the odious … Continue reading →

Lots of great links at This Ain’t Livin’ about weight, beauty, body image, dancing, art, food, eating, not eating, all kinds of things.

It’s about time. NYT story here.

Available at Written World! Random mostly unrelated observation: What an odd word “twelfth” is. It sounds like a Tolkien character. Here are some posts via the Carnival that are terrific (check out the Carnival site for even more): “In Which … Continue reading →

By Jessica Valenti of Feministing, it’s called “No Fear,” and accessible here.

You can buy the above tee shirt, or a jacket that says “porn sucks,” or free “accountability software,” or a dvd of a porn documentary called “Missionary Positions” at XXXChurch.com. The site is probably “work safe,” unless you work for … Continue reading →

It’s up at Blackademic, featuring all kinds of great links and content.

“On Wilding (or ‘My social studies teacher was right’)” at Black Feminism.org “Obscuring the Male Gaze” at Official Shrub.com “Where Are the Influential Advertising Women?” at the Huffington Post “No Room in the Big Tent” at Alternet “I Hate Prudence” … Continue reading →