Category Archives: Feminism and Politics

“President Obama Appoints Record Number of Women Judges in First Term”

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Ann Bartow

ABA Journal story here, which reports: The Senate’s confirmation Monday of Stephanie Rose as a federal judge in the Southern District of Iowa gave President Obama a record. Obama has now appointed 72 women to the federal courts, a record … Continue reading →

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VAWA and Native Women

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Ann Bartow

From Greg Kaufmann at The Nation: In July, I reported that Republican House leadership is blocking reauthorization of a strengthened Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).  No one needs this bill passed more desperately than Native women: one in three will … Continue reading →

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Gender, Religion and Military Service in Israel

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Ann Bartow

If this topic is of interest, read “What Happens When the Two Israels Meet,” an Op-Ed by Shani Boianjiu in the NYT.

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Law Professor Elizabeth Warren at the DNC!

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Ann Bartow

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GOP staffer pretends to be former Obama supporter who is “breaking up with him.”

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Ann Bartow

Here is the commercial: http://youtu.be/zoekOZTuTvU The new ad features Republican National Committee Director of Hispanic Outreach Bettina Inclan, who in the ad purports to be an average woman voter who supported Obama in 2008. She describes her disillusionment with the … Continue reading →

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Corcos on “The Shift to Equal Rights of Succession to Thrones and Titles in the Modern European Constitutional Monarchy”

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Bridget Crawford

Christine Corcos (LSU) has posted to SSRN an abstract of her article forthcoming in the Michigan State Law Review.  Here it is: On October 27, 2011, the heads of the British Commonwealth member states agreed to remove barriers to the … Continue reading →

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CFP: “Black Women in Politics”

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Bridget Crawford

From the FLP mailbox: The editors of The National Political Science Review (NPSR) invite submissions from the scholarly community for review and possible publication for a Special Issue on: BLACK WOMEN IN POLITICS: MOVING FORWARD — NEW QUESTIONS, NEW DIRECTIONS … Continue reading →

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Sisters Speaking Out, Nuns on the Bus

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Bridget Crawford

From the AP: The accompanying news story (here) explains: A group of Roman Catholic nuns began a nine-state bus tour protesting proposed federal budget cuts Monday, saying they weren’t trying to flout recent Vatican criticisms of socially active nuns but … Continue reading →

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Inniss on “Bridging the Great Divide”

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Bridget Crawford

Lolita Buckner Inniss has published Bridging the Great Divide–A Response to Linda Greenhouse and Reva B. Siegel’s Before (and After) Roe v. Wade: New Questions About Backlash, 89 Wash. U. L. Rev. 963 (2012).  Here is the abstract: This essay … Continue reading →

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Women in the Media as in Society?

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Maritza Reyes

Despite the backlash following his “slut” and “prostitute” references about Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh continues to denigrate women.  More recently, he targeted Tracie McMillan, journalist and author of the book, The American Way of Eating, and stated, … Continue reading →

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Rush Finally Apologizes (Sort Of)

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Christine Corcos

Rush Limbaugh has apologized (in his way) for comments about Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke (whom he called Susan and identified as a college coed). Here is his statement, posted to his show’s website. Ms. Fluke recently testified as at … Continue reading →

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U Buffalo Faculty Wants School to Stop Supporting Business Groups That Endorse Conservative Causes

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Bridget Crawford

Yesterday’s Chronicle includes an article Faculty Union Calls on U. at Buffalo to Cut Ties to Chambers of Commerce that mentions Feminist Law Professor Martha McCluskey.   Journalist Peter Schmidt writes: Opening a new front in the conflict between college labor unions … Continue reading →

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Women, Power, and Development

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

From the Asia Sentinel, this article:  Do Women in Power Act Differently From Men?  Here an excerpt: Several studies of women’s involvement in environmental protection cited below seem to indicate that they do – marginally. How that plays itself out … Continue reading →

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Be “A Lady in the Living Room and a Whore in the Bedroom,” Advises NJ Politician

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Phil Mitsch, a Republican candidate for the NJ State Senate, tweets “motivational tips” and “realtionship tips,” among others.  From his Twitter account came this message: “Women, you increase your odds of keeping your men by being faithful, a lady in … Continue reading →

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The Feminist “Generation Wars” Continue

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

First we had the “wave” wars.  Now it’s feminists who were there (read: politically aware) at the time of the Clarence Thomas hearings versus everyone else.  That’s how I read Vivia Chen’s reflections over at the Careerist (here) about last weekend’s … Continue reading →

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Nobel Prize Committee Recognizes 3 Women’s Efforts for Peace

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

From the National Council for Research on Women, this short description of the three women who are sharing this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Leymah Gbowee was featured in the film Pray the Devil Back to Hell and shared her story … Continue reading →

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“Open Letter from Black Women to the SlutWalk”

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Black Women’s Blueprint has posted to Facebook (here) and its blog (here) this “Open Letter from Black Women to the SlutWalk”: We the undersigned women of African descent and anti-violence advocates, activists, scholars, organizational and spiritual leaders wish to address … Continue reading →

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Spindelman on “Sexual Freedom’s Shadows”

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Marc Spindelman (Ohio State) has published his essay Sexual Freedom’s Shadows, 23 Yale J.L. & Feminism 179 (2011).  It is both review of a book by Tim Dean called Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking (UChicago Press, 2009), … Continue reading →

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Ouellete’s “Bioethics and Disability: Toward a Disability-Conscious Bioethics”

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Alicia Ouellete (Albany) has published a new book, Bioethics and Disability: Toward a Disability-Conscious Bioethics, with Cambridge University Press.  Here‘s the publisher’s description: Bioethics and Disability provides tools for understanding the concerns, fears, and biases that have convinced some people with disabilities … Continue reading →

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Prostitution and HIV Funding: Unconstitutional Condition Case from Second Circuit

Posted on July 6, 2011 by rrobson

If an organization did not have a “policy explicitly opposing prostitution” – – – the so-called prostitution pledge – – – then the program could not obtain funding under the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of … Continue reading →

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Is Rep. Anthony Weiner a Sexual Harasser?

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

I answer in the negative, here. -Bridget Crawford

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Kirsten Powers’ Op-Ed About Anthony Weiner

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Ann Bartow

Available at the Daily Beast. Below is an excerpt: By far the most disturbing information that we have been privy to—there is, no doubt, more out there that we don’t know—is the transcript of a nine-month “sexting” relationship Weiner had … Continue reading →

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Lying Makes it Grow: Anthony Weiner’s Battle of the (Underwear) Bulge Gets Bigger

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Earlier this evening New York Representative Anthony Weiner admitted that indeed the infamous underwear bulge was his.   Weiner held a press conference in which he acknowledged that he had sent an underwear-clad picture of himself with an erection to a … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding Sierra Leone

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Ann Bartow

In April my South Carolina colleague Joel Samuels organized and hosted a conference entitled “Rebuilding Sierra Leone: Changing Institutions and Culture”. Valerie Oosterveld posted about it at IntLawGrrls and I’ve been remiss in not posting about it sooner. By all accounts … Continue reading →

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Equality Now update

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Ann Bartow

Equality Now has recently published three Letters to the Editor in the New York Times: “Power, Status and a Charge of Rape” (5/18/11); “Women’s Rights in Yemen“(4/22/11); and “Female Genital Mutilation” (5/13/11). Learn more here.

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“Why Is There No Motherhood.gov?”

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Ann Bartow

Elizabeth Losh asks that question here, writing: This month the comforting voice of Barack Obama is plugging a new government website in a series of public service announcements. Listeners are urged to visit Fatherhood.gov, which describes itself as a “National Responsible … Continue reading →

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Tax Credits for Abortion

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Could the federal government offer tax credits for abortion?  That’s what one commenter asks over here at Metafilter, about the implications of the  decision of the United States Supreme Court in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn (copy of … Continue reading →

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NYT Editorial: “The War on Women”

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

From today’s New York Times, this editorial, entitled The War on Women: Republicans in the House of Representatives are mounting an assault on women’s health and freedom that would deny millions of women access to affordable contraception and life-saving cancer … Continue reading →

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Tax Law and the Culture War

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Tony Infanti

U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-N.J.) recently introduced a bill in Congress titled the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” It is bill number 3 in the House of Representatives. As Representative Smith explains to NPR: “The fact that it is … Continue reading →

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Taxing Abortion

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

From NPR (here): House Republicans formally launch their latest effort to roll back abortion rights this week, and they’re aiming squarely for the tax code. On the docket already are two bills: One would make permanent the decades-old “Hyde amendment,” … Continue reading →

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Dearth of Women Candidates for Judgeships

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Tony Infanti

For some time now, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette‘s Monday business section has been devoted entirely to law and the legal profession. In this morning’s edition, there was an interesting article about the dearth of women candidates for judgeships on statewide courts … Continue reading →

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Columbia SIPA Students, Don’t Pull a Clarence Thomas

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

The Daily Pennsylvanian reports here: Though students at Columbia University were advised to think twice before tweeting “#WikiLeaks,” Penn students have received no similar warning. WikiLeaks — a website that exposes confidential diplomatic messages — recently released information on topics … Continue reading →

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7th Annual National Young Feminist Leadership Conference, March 12-14 in Washington, DC

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

From the FLP mailbox, this information about the 7th Annual National Young Feminist Leadership Conference, March 12-14 in Washington, D.C.  More info and registration is here. -Bridget Crawford

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What’s Wrong With “Women’s Rights,” and Why the US Should Ratify CEDAW Anyway

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Darren Rosenblum

The Senate Judiciary Committee recently debated whether the United States should ratify CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. CEDAW guarantees a wide range of equal rights to women in areas such as employment, … Continue reading →

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How Female Candidates Fared in the Elections: Demographics Matter

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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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North Carolina Senate Candidate Wesley Meredith Doesn’t Want You to Vote for a Woman

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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 →

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Schneider on “Why do Women Hate Negotiating?”

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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 →

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Because no woman is ever the right woman, of course.

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Ann Bartow

Vote Agenda Over Gender womenforsheheen.com Women across SC are willing to wait on a female governor and are voting for Vincent Sheheen on Nov. 2, 2010. Find out why I probably will vote for Sheheen for South Carolina Governor, but … Continue reading →

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Who’s Sorry Now is Like the Corners of My Mind (or, Connie Francis Meets Gladys Knight and Mashes-up Public Memory)

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Lolita Buckner Inniss

A New York Times headline recently trumpeted that Virginia Thomas, wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, had telephoned law professor Anita Hill at her faculty office and left a message. You can read about it here. Odd behavior, to … Continue reading →

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The Gender Gap and the 2010 Elections: Women are less enthusiastic about voting?

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Ann Bartow

According to Gallup editor Frank Newport: I looked at the 8,700+ interviews conducted with registered voters in the month of September. I found that 41% of men were very enthusiastic about voting in the midterm elections, compared with 28% of … Continue reading →

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Man Up, Woman Down? Masculinity, Femininity and the 2010 Elections

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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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Rape is Violence, not “Buyer’s Remorse”

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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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The Role of Feminism in Politics

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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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Request for Law Prof Pledges of Support for Park51 Project (aka “Ground Zero” “Mosque”)

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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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Obama’s “Feminine” Communication Style

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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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On Racism and Sexism in the Case of Shirley Sherrod

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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”

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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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If you have forgotten for a second how much Supposedly Liberal Doods hate women, read the comments about the RNC “stripper” expenditures at any supposedly liberal blog.

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Ann Bartow

For example here, here or here.   Impressive amount of racism too. Those folks are not our allies. –Ann   Bartow

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“Why are women being left out of climate decision-making?”

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Ann Bartow

From this article: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced an important new climate change financing group last week, but out of the 19 people named, no women were included. This is unfortunate because women will bear the brunt of the effects … Continue reading →

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“Canada has dropped a proposal to change the country’s national anthem by making it more gender-inclusive.”

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Ann Bartow

From the BBC News: O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The true north strong and free! The government had said it was open to … Continue reading →

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