Category Archives: Feminism and Technology

Period Tracking and Privacy in the Post-Roe Age

Posted on June 10, 2022 by admin

Just as many of our calendars have become digitized in the last decade, millions use apps like Flo and Clue to track their menstrual cycles. Yet in light of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. … Continue reading →

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#Menopause as a Lens for Evaluating the Intersections of Ageism & Sexism & Racism

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Bridget Crawford

What started off a few years ago as an investigation of state sales taxes on menstrual products has taken my work in many unexpected directions. My colleague Emily Gold Waldman (Pace) and I have combined forces (and expertise) to write … Continue reading →

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Menopause and the Law: 3 Forthcoming Articles Exploring Intersections of Gender, Age, Disability

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Bridget Crawford

Emily Gold Waldman (Pace), Naomi Cahn (UVA) and I have just posted to SSRN three working papers on menopause and the law. We had so much to say that we needed three articles to do it! Here they are: Contextualizing … Continue reading →

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Irina Manta on “Tinder Lies”

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Bridget Crawford

Irina Manta (Hofstra) has posted to SSRN her article Tinder Lies, forthcoming in the Wake Forest Law Review (2019). Here is the abstract: The rise of Internet dating — in recent years especially through the use of mobile-based apps such … Continue reading →

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The Cyptocurrency Gender Gap

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Bridget Crawford

Ms. Magazine has the details here. I can’t say I’m surprised at the stats. Apart from whether cryptocurrency is a good/bad investment (and maybe women have figured out what isn’t great about it….), there are significant business opportunities that require … Continue reading →

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Is Access to Affordable Menstrual Products a “Right”? Men and Women Disagree. But Men are Curious About Robots.

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Bridget Crawford

This week Eleanor Goldberg, a reporter at the Huffington Post, published an article, “Lots Of Men Still Don’t See Tampons As A Basic Right.” Here is an excerpt: In a YouGov survey of more than 2,000 American adults released this … Continue reading →

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Halder and Jaishankar on Celebrities and Cyber Crimes: An Analysis of the Victimization of Female Film Stars on the Internet

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Christine Corcos

Debarati Halder, Centre for Cyber Victim Counselling, and Karuppannan Jaishankar, Raksha Shakti University, have published Celebrities and Cyber Crimes; An Analysis of the Victimization of Female Film Stars on the Internet. Here is the abstract. With the advent of … Continue reading →

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Because We Want to Think Gamete Providers are Being Generous, Not Making Money

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

Over at Role Reboot, there is a sweet essay by writer Allison Barrett Carter, “To the Donor Who Made Me an Aunt.” The essay is written in the form of a letter to the man who provided the sperm necessary … Continue reading →

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Egg Freezing in Three Easy Steps?

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

The folks at motherboard.com report here on a London pop-up shop called “Timeless.” It looks like a beauty-product store but is designed to inspire conversations about female fertility and egg freezing. Here’s how the article describes the shop: The Timeless … Continue reading →

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What Adults Don’t Understand About Teen Sexting

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

The local public radio station in New York City, WNYC, ran this interesting story about the teen sexting scandal in Colorado: Schools, Cops Take Notice as Teen Sexting Becomes New Norm: There are many thought-provoking ideas presented in the story. … Continue reading →

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The Influence of the Internet, Social Norms, and Law On Girls and Young Women

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Christine Corcos

Jane Bailey, University of Ottawa, Common Law Section, is publishing A Perfect Storm: How the Online Environment, Social Norms and Law Shape Girls’ Lives in eGirls eCitizens (Jane Bailey and Valerie Steeves, eds; Ottawa, University of Ottawa Press, 2015). Here … Continue reading →

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On Feminist Burnout in Cyberspace

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

Michelle Goldberg, a contributing writer at the Nation, wrote in the Washington Post that, “Feminist Writers are so Besieged by Online Abuse that Some Have Begun to Retire.” Here is an excerpt: This is a strange, contradictory moment for feminism. … Continue reading →

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Why Is Kim Kardashian At A Tech Conference? “Because she is co-creator of one of the most popular apps of 2014. Because she is poised to make $200 million in cold hard cash from a mobile app this year. Because at $700K a day in earnings just from the app, she is still more successful than most startup founders, at least from a revenue standpoint.”

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Ann Bartow

Read more here, including an unsurprising account of the disgusting “portal to hell” comments a reference to Kardashian draws.

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“THE END OF KINDNESS: WEEV AND THE CULT OF THE ANGRY YOUNG MAN” by Greg Sandoval

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Ann Bartow

This essay, published at The Verge, tells the troubling story of the harassment of Kathy Sierra, the incident that drove her away from particiapting in the tech Internet for years, and how the man who perpetrated this incident is being … Continue reading →

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More Discussion of Online Safety and Privacy

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Kaimipono D. Wenger

Here are a few excellent recent articles about online privacy, harassment, and the silencing of women: Amanda Hess, The Next Civil Rights Issue: Why Women Aren’t Welcome on the Internet Conor Friedersdorf, When Misogynist Trolls Make Journalism Miserable for Women … Continue reading →

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Online Voter Information and Privacy

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Kaimipono D. Wenger

Did you ever want to know Donny Osmond’s birthday, along with his voter registration status? Now you can find out, through a simple website which has posted the entire Utah state voting roll to the internet in easily searchable form. … Continue reading →

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Read Susan Faludi on “Facebook Feminism”

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Ann Bartow

Unlike so many trite reviews of the “Lean In” phenomenon, Faludi brilliantly contextualizes her critique. Available at The Baffler, excerpt below: … In 1834, America’s first industrial wage earners, the “mill girls” of Lowell, Massachusetts, embarked on their own campaign … Continue reading →

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Ada Lovelace Day

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Christine Corcos

Even though we missed it by a day…a tribute to Ada Lovelace on her day, October 15. She’s unfortunately generally less well known as the mother of computer programming than as the daughter of George Gordon, Lord Byron and Anna Isabella Milbanke. More about remembering Ada and her … Continue reading →

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Professor Mary Anne Franks discusses “Revenge Porn”

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Kaimipono D. Wenger

What is a “threatened sexist”? What is “revenge porn” itself, anyway? Check out this discussion with Professor Mary Anne Franks to learn all about this topic, to discuss ways that law is responding to online harassment, and to find out … Continue reading →

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Apps Can Teach You Anything: Yes, a Masturbation App

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Bridget Crawford

I’m not making this up: Forwarded to me by a friend who said he did *not* see this app and think of me (huh?). Anyway, it’s HappyPlayTime (tag line: “female masturbation made friendly”). Here‘s the app’s “mission”: Sexuality is one … Continue reading →

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For International Women’s Day, a Google Doodle

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Christine Corcos

It’s International Women’s Day. Google heralds the event with a special Doodle from Google.

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“Amanda Todd’s Story: Struggling, Bullying, Suicide, Self Harm #RIPAmandaTodd”

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Ann Bartow

Watch this video and think about what this girl went through.

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Sexism in Tech Ads

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Ann Bartow

Here’s one for the Droid that implies iPhones are disgustingly girly (“It’s not a princess, it’s a robot”): Go here to view ten more sexist tech ads.

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Lipstick On a String?

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Christine Corcos

Last week, the EU Commission on Research and Innovation launched a new initiative, the “Women in Research and Innovation” Campaign, with the slogan “Science: It’s a Girl Thing.” Apparently, it was an excellent idea marred by somewhat questionable execution. It came … Continue reading →

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CFP: Gender, Public Space and Surveillance

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Bridget Crawford

From the FLP mailbox, this CFP: CALL FOR PAPERS Expanding the Gaze: Gender, Public Space, and Surveillance Deadline: September 15, 2012 The past decade has witnessed an explosion of scholarship covering the broad area of surveillance studies. Surveillance, or the … Continue reading →

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What is in a Name?

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Bridget Crawford

Via Tech Crunch (here), this chart: -Bridget Crawford

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Glenn Cohen on “Beyond Best Interests”

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Bridget Crawford

Glenn Cohen (Harvard) has posted to SSRN his article Beyond Best Interests, 96 Minn. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2012). Here is the abstract: As Justice Douglas wrote in Skinner v. Oklahoma, procreation is one of the “basic civil rights of man.” … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Research in the Digital Humanities

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Bridget Crawford

Jacqueline Wernimont (English, Scripps College) asks (here), “Can XML be feminist?” I’m currently working on an article that considers certain digital archives and their technological structures from a feminist perspective. Of particular interest to me is the possibility of feminist … Continue reading →

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Michigan State Symposium on “Modernizing Marriage through E-Marriage”

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Bridget Crawford

Check out some of the great pieces from the Michigan State Law Review Symposium on “Modernizing Marriage.” Kerry Abrams, Peaceful Penetration: Proxy Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, and Recognition, 2011 Mich. St. L. Rev. 141-172 This Essay is a contribution to a … Continue reading →

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Clay Shirky’s “A Rant About Women” From Two Years Ago

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Ann Bartow

Read it here. Below is an excerpt: “… Some of the most important opportunities we have are in two-sided markets: education and employment, contracts and loans, grants and prizes. And the institutions that offer these opportunities operate in an environment … Continue reading →

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Amanda Marcotte on the False Digital vs. “Real Life” Activism Dichotomy

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Bridget Crawford

Over at On the Issues Magazine, Amanda Marcotte writes about Getting Over the the Online vs. Offline Debate. Here is an excerpt: [T[he distinction between online and offline life is collapsing to the point of meaninglessness, making some of the … Continue reading →

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Grief for the Children One Couldn’t or Didn’t Have

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Bridget Crawford

Writer Charlotte Bacon describes her pilgrimage to a Bhutanese temple: [T]his was the place to release the grief that had come with the obstetric misery that dogged my late 30s. We had our son with ease when I was almost … Continue reading →

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Egg Donor Motivation: Sacrificing Truth for Profit?

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Over at Jezebel, Jenna Marotta asks (here), “Do Egg Donors Lie?” Ms. Marotta was rejected as an egg donor about her experience because she admitted to having a family history of depression. She wonders whether other women lie about mental … Continue reading →

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Cyber-Activism: Petition to Apple CEO Tim Cook Requesting Siri Directions to Family Planning Services

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

There’s an internet-based petition addressed to Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, Apple, Apple PR and iPhone 4s, which says: Apple: Stop promoting anti-choice extremists. If a user asks for family planning services, they should be directed to a group that … Continue reading →

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Apple and Siri’s Anti-Choice Politics

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Over at The Raw Story (here), Megan Carpentier reports on “10 things the iPhone Siri will help you get instead of an abortion”: Ask the Siri, the new iPhone 4 assistant, where to get an abortion, and, if you happen … Continue reading →

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Tait on “Do Patents Have Gender?” by Dan Burk

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Allison Tait, a Gender Equity and Policy Postdoctoral Associate with the Yale Women Faculty Form has posted a review of Dan Burk’s piece, Do Patents Have Gender? Dr. Tait writes: While Burk would like to separate gender realities from gender … Continue reading →

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Harassment, male privilege, and jokes that women just don’t get

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Kaimipono D. Wenger

(Cross-posted to Concurring Opinions blog) A familiar theme comes up frequently in internet discussions: Women who complain about online harassment are just missing the joke.

Posted in Feminism and Technology, Feminism and the Workplace, Sexual Harassment | Tagged harassment, internet, male privilege, sexism, threats, violence | 11 Comments

Redheads Need Not Apply

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Cryos in Denmark claims (here) to have “the world’s largest selection of sperm donors.” According to this report in the (UK) Telegraph, Cryos no longer accepts donations from redheaded sperm donors. “There are too many redheads in relation to demand,” … Continue reading →

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Review of Rene Almeling, “Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm”

Posted on September 14, 2011 by admin

Rene Almeling’s new book, Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm, explores the inner workings of the world of donor gametes, and then sets these observations in the larger contexts of gender and commodification. Almeling, a sociologist at Yale, collected data … Continue reading →

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“What is Feminist About Open Access?”

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

That’s the title of this article by Carys Craig (Osgoode), Joseph Turcotte and Rosemary Coombe (York U.). Here is the abstract: In a context of great technological and social change, existing intellectual property regimes such as copyright must contend with … Continue reading →

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Assisted Reproduction: A Man’s Perspective on that Small Room and Big Cup

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Paul Ford writes in The Age of Mechanical Reproduction (here) of his experiences with assisted reproductive technology and the quest to have a child via IVF: When I tell people what we are doing, they want to hear about the … Continue reading →

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Battle of the (Underwear) Bulge: Anthony Weiner, Twitter and Evolutionary Theory

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

I really, really want to take up Amy Wax’s call (here) to pay attention to mostly-neglected (by feminist legal scholars, that is) methodologies of economists, empirical social scientists and evolutionary theorists: Evolutionary theory seeks to offer a scientifically grounded account … Continue reading →

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Patent Law and the Female Body

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Written Description is a blog by Dr. Lisa Larrimore Ouellette. The blog reviews “Recent Scholarship on Patent Law, IP Theory, and Innovation.” (Dr. Ouellette also is a 3L at Yale Law School.) Today, Written Description features this post by Dr. Allison … Continue reading →

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Chandra on “Surrogacy and India”

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Mr. Smith Chandra, a student at the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University in Hyerabad, India has posted to SSRN his working paper Surrogacy and India. Here is the abstract: The Law Commission of India has submitted the … Continue reading →

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Googlebombing Links “Murder” and Wikipedia Entry For Abortion

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Ann Bartow

Via Reddit.

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CFP: Women and New Media in the Mediterranean Region

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

From the FLP mailbox, this call for abstracts from the Isis Center for Women and Development: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WOMEN & NEW MEDIA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION ISIS CENTER FOR WOMEN & DEVELOPMENT June 24, 25, 26, 2011 – Fez, Morocco … Continue reading →

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Joslin on “Protecting Children(?): Marriage, Gender, and Assisted Reproductive Technology”

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

Courtney Joslin (UC Davis) has posted to SSRN her new piece, Protecting Children(?): Marriage, Gender, and Assisted Reproductive Technology, 83 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1177 (2010). Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court has declared that children should not be penalized based … Continue reading →

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Public Forum Series in London on Gender and Scientific Advances

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

The University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies is holding a three public fora in London on November 2, 2010. The theme is gender and bio-medical advances of the 21st Century. Here’s the info: November 2, 2010: “Making Babies in the … Continue reading →

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New Controversy at Duke University

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Audrey Rogers

As described at Jezebel.com: “ Duke [University] is in an uproar about a highly detailed “fuck list” that a recent female graduate made — in PowerPoint, complete with penis-size evaluations and dirty-talk transcripts. Upon graduating, the author decided to pass … Continue reading →

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The Emotional Darkness of Hate: Suicide at Rutgers

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

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 →

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