Category Archives: Feminists in Academia

If You Haven’t Read Rebecca Solnit’s Essay, “Men Explain Things To Me,” You Must.

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Here’s the link. Below is an excerpt, in case you need convincing: … He cut me off soon after I mentioned Muybridge. “And have you heard about the very important Muybridge book that came out this year?” So caught up … Continue reading →

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“An Either/Or Decision: Keeping Women Out of Competitive Careers”

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Tired of the “women won’t move here” and “women are just going to leave and have babies” stereotypes that get invoked as reasons not to extent qualified female candidates offers of employment? You aren’t alone. Read this post at the … Continue reading →

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Webcasts from “CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?” (a Feminist Legal Theory & Feminisms Conference) are now available.

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Here! This wonderful event was held at the U. of Baltimore School of Law on March 7, 2008.

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Symposium on Noëlle McAfee’s “Two Feminisms”

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Ann Bartow

McAfee’s article is accessible here, via the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2005. McAfee writes at her blog: An article of mine that I wrote a few years ago,”Two Feminisms,”found a new life as the subject of … Continue reading →

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“Workplace bullies and the academy”

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Historiann has an interesting post with this title here. She notes that “women victimizing women” surfaces as a problem. She also trenchantly observes that academics can work around bullies easier than people in other occupational environments, writing: The only exception … Continue reading →

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Feminist Law Prof Beverly Moran Named ACE Fellow

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Bridget Crawford

Congratulations to Feminist Law Prof Beverly Moran (Vanderbilt), who has been named as a Fellow of the American Council on Education for the 2008-2009 academic year. The Fellows Program is “the nation’s premier higher education leadership development program in preparing … Continue reading →

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“Good Faith” – A NYT Review of Martha Nussbaum’s new book,”Liberty of Conscience” by Emily Bazelon

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Read Bazelon’s review here. Learn more about the book at sites such as Amazon.com or Powell’s: In this engrossing history of the religion clauses of the First Amendment, Nussbaum (Cultivating Humanity) makes a strong, thoroughgoing case for America as a … Continue reading →

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Ruminations on Tenure

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Ann Bartow

By the brilliant Historiann, here. She writes in part: … Although feminist intellectuals who have sophisticated understandings about how power works, we still feel shame about our own experiences. We still see them–to one degree or another–as personal failures, rather … Continue reading →

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Photos From the Baltimore Conference

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Bridget Crawford

(L-R): Leigh Goodmark (Baltimore), Margaret Johnson (Baltimore), Gloria Steinem, Jane Murphy (Baltimore) Above (L-R): Ann Bartow (South Carolina), Naomi Cahn (George Washington) Below (L-R): Susan Brody (John Marshall), Kristin Kalsem (Cincinnati) At Left, Top Row (L-R): LaVonne Meyer (Chicago-Kent), Gloria … Continue reading →

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Live Blog Report from the University of Baltimore’s Feminist Legal Theory Conference

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Bridget Crawford

Today the University of Baltimore School of Law hosts the conference, “Can You Hear Us Now: How New Feminist Legal Theories and Feminisms Are Changing Society?”   Currently under way is the day’s fourth and final panel, “Culture and Third … Continue reading →

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“On February 22nd, 2008, University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) issued a negative tenure recommendation for Assistant Professor Andrea Lee Smith.”

Posted on March 2, 2008 by Ann Bartow

I don’t have any substantive information about Prof. Smith’s tenure process. But I am an admirer of her scholarship. If Michigan is not a welcome place for her, I hope she will consider relocating to South Carolina. Elite universities can … Continue reading →

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Caitlin Borgmann, Pamela Bridgewater, and David Cohen Are Brilliant and Awesome!

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Ann Bartow

So are all the other Feminist Law Profs in the blogroll of course, but I got to hang out with the three listed above here in South Carolina today, woo-hoo! –Ann Bartow

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Women’s Bioethics Blog!

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Dear Fellow Feminist Law Professors, I warmly invite you to visit the women’s bioethics blog which is part of the women’s bioethics project and is a group effort of law professors, bioethicists, health care professionals and health policy experts who … Continue reading →

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Crime Prevention Tip Theater

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Ann Bartow

A friend forwarded me an e-mail that university “safety officers” distributed after a man was observed by a number of students publicly masturbating on campus: CRIME PREVENTION TIPS: 1. QUICKLY walk away from an individual exposing his genitals and do … Continue reading →

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Violence Against Law Profs

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Ann Bartow

SSRN’s LSN Legal Educator e-mail notice from today included an abstract for a new article by Carol Parker of U. of Tennessee-Knoxville College of Law, nursing professor Sandra Thomas (also of UTK), and Dr. Helen Smith of violentkids.com. This article … Continue reading →

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“The anti-feminist politics behind the pornography that ’empowers’ women”

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Article with this title by Gail Dines and Robert Jensen here.

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Erin Buzuvis: “Reading the Pink Locker Room: On Football Culture and Title IX”

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Here’s the abstract: This Essay examines the protracted public controversy that erupted after local media reported on my comment to the University of Iowa regarding its decision to renovate the football stadium’s visiting team locker room entirely in pink. My … Continue reading →

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Just Because You Are A Paranoid Feminist Doesn’t Mean The Sexists Aren’t Out To Get You, IQ Test Edition

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From The G Bitch Spot: … I was recently telling someone online that when IQ tests were first introduced, women scored higher than men, so they had to change the questions to”prove”that men are smarter. The person asked for the … Continue reading →

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National Association of Women Lawyers Writing Competition

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Bridget Crawford

NAWL has establisted the annual Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition to encourage and reward original law student writing on issues concerning women and the law. Here are the rules. I’ve served as one of the judges for this … Continue reading →

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Just Because You Are A Paranoid Feminist Doesn’t Mean The Sexists Aren’t Out To Get You, Sciences Edition.

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Fresh evidence here.

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Upcoming Conference: “Working From the World Up: Equality’s Future”

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Ann Bartow

March 14-15, 2008 University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI A New Legal Realism Conference – Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Feminism and Legal Theory Project Sponsored by: The University of Wisconsin Law School, the Institute for Legal Studies, … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Conference: “Feminist Theory & Economic Vulnerability”

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Feminist Theory & Economic Vulnerability March 7-8, 2008 University of Colorado Law School For a schedule of speakers, click here. A registration forms will be available soon. This workshop, co-sponsored by the Feminism and Legal Theory Project and the Colorado … Continue reading →

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“Everyone should read Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, argues Toril Moi”

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Guardian essay by Moi here, below is an excerpt: Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex. Long before Amartya Sen, Beauvoir argued that abstract freedom (the right to vote, for example) will make … Continue reading →

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“Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations: Life Stories from the Academy”

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From the wonderful Historiann: If you are interested in reading more about how universities have changed in the past thirty years as women,  queer scholars, and  scholars  of color  have integrated (or infiltrated?) the faculty, see Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations: … Continue reading →

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Martha Nussbaum, “Carr, Before and After: Power and Sex in Carr v. Allison Gas Turbine Division, General Motors Corp,” 74 U Chi L Rev 1831 (2007)

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Accessible here. The first two paragraphs are below: “Sexual harassment doctrine owes its primary theoretical impetus to the work of Catharine MacKinnon, who convincingly argued that sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination. MacKinnon offered two different paradigms (the”difference”and … Continue reading →

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Mary Anne Case, “All the World’s the Men’s Room,” 74 U Chi L Rev 1655 (2007)

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Read it here, you will be absolutely riveted. Below are the first few paragraphs: “In August 2000, a panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of Audrey Jo DeClue’s complaint of hostile environment sexual harassment against … Continue reading →

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Marina Angel, “Women Lawyers of All Colors Steered to Contingent Positions in Law Schools and Law Firms”

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Abstract: This article examines the drastic organizational changes that have taken place in law firms and law schools in the last thirty years and how they have seriously disadvantaged women. Women have been almost 50% of law school graduating classes … Continue reading →

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Three Book Reviews You Should Check Out

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Marilee Reimer, ed., Inside Corporate U: Women in the Academy Speak Out. Reviewed by Valerie Raoul. Emily Pohl-Weary, ed. Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Mutants, Slayers and Freaks. Reviewed by Manuela Valle. Margaret A. Simons, ed. Simone de Beauvoir: Philosophical … Continue reading →

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“Columbia is . . . trying to make me an example to intimidate other women from seeking justice.”

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Ann Bartow

That’s a quote by Economics Prof Graciela Chichilnisky in this WaPo article about her discrimination suit against Columbia University. Via Josie Brown, with thanks.

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Cynthia Bowman, “Street Harassment and the Informal Ghettoization of Women,” A Retrospective

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Ann Bartow

I can hardly believe that this terrific law review article was published almost 15 years ago. I was reminded of it when I stumbled upon this Salon essay by Debra Dickerson in the course of some research. Dickerson wrote: … … Continue reading →

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“GENDER AND CLASS: VOICES FROM THE COLLECTIVE”

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Ann Bartow

This full-day program, GENDER AND CLASS: VOICES FROM THE COLLECTIVE, will be held at the AALS Annual Meeting in New York City, on Thursday, January 3, 2008. The conference will feature an opening plenary, eight topical sessions (Children, Work, Care, … Continue reading →

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Some People Are ___. ___ People Are Not Tokens.

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Bridget Crawford

The UK group Stonewall developed the simple and powerful ad at left  for their “Education for All” campaign that addresses homophobia and  bullying in secondary schools.   (Stonewall makes the poster available for download here.)   Stonewall has undertaken an … Continue reading →

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Anita Allen on Philosophy

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From The Philadelphia Inquirer: Penn’s Anita Allen is at the top of her field, but she has serious concerns about its lack of openness and diversity. By Carlin Romano Anita Allen remembers an extraordinary remark made by one of her … Continue reading →

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On Bettina Aptheker

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Bridget Crawford

Here is an interesting article about Bettina Aptheker and her relationship with her historian/father, Herbert.   During the 1960s and early 70s, Bettina Aptheker Kurzweil, as she was then known, was a figure of real interest to the F.B.I. and … Continue reading →

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From the Department of Bad Law Student Judgment, UK Division

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Via Blog of Feminist Activism.

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Advice for Feminist 1Ls

Posted on October 22, 2007 by David S. Cohen

Given my background and scholarly interests (and maybe my blogging here!), I’ve been asked by a couple of feminist 1Ls how to get through the first year of law school. So, I thought I’d compile a list of my advice. … Continue reading →

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The University of Victoria invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the Faculty of Law for an appointment to take effect July 1, 2008.

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Ann Bartow

More information about the law school here. To learn more about the position, or to apply for it, contact: Janet Wright & Associates Inc. 174 Bedford Road, Suite 200 Toronto, Ontario M5R 2K9 Fax: (416) 923-8311 E-mail: uviclawdean@jwasearch.com

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Griswold Attorney Catherine G. Roraback Dies at 87

Posted on October 18, 2007 by David S. Cohen

Yesterday, Catherine G. Roraback died at the age of 87.   She represented the appellants in Griswold v. Connecticut.   A short bio is here.   Some key excerpts: Long before the advent of public interest law Roraback made it … Continue reading →

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Lapdancing, Fertility, Economics and Feminism

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Ann Bartow

A supposedly academic study about the economics of lapdancing and fertility is discussed in this post at Pure Pedantry, wherein Kara Contreary notes: Ask anyone who’s spent any time in a strip club, and one of the things he will … Continue reading →

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Feminism, Race, and Single-Sex Education In Public Schools

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Ann Bartow

During K-12 years (and in college as well) girls generally outperform boys, so it is understandable that some feminists would view pubilc single sex education proposals with suspicion. Certainly the fact that a recent, widely syndicated account of single sex … Continue reading →

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Law Professor Blogs – The First Amendment

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Kathleen Bergin

I’m pleased to announce today’s launch of First Amendment Law Prof Blog, part of the Law Professor Blogs Network. Josie Brown of the University of South Carolina Law School joins me as co-editor. This brings to 4 . . . … Continue reading →

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Announcing the Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From this website: The Women and Politics and Foundations of Political Theory sections of the American Political Science Association and the Women’s Caucus for Political Science announce the Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory. The award commemorates the scholarly, mentoring, … Continue reading →

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Advice For Erwin Chemerinsky

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Over at TaxProf Blog, Paul Caron is collecting blog post recommendations for the founding Dean of U.C. Irvine’s new law school. I contributed something here. Because I was given a strict 250 word limit, I didn’t mention bathroom parity but … Continue reading →

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“What a Y chromosome is worth”

Posted on September 16, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From Am I a women scientist? I’ve been well, not forced, but strongly encouraged to join a study on women with children in academia and family leave policies. After three days of reading the literature, my assessment of my chances, … Continue reading →

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Sally Haslanger, “Changing the Ideology and Culture of Philosophy: Not by Reason (Alone)”

Posted on September 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Haslanger writes in part: There is a deep well of rage inside of me. Rage about how I as an individual have been treated in philosophy; rage about how others I know have been treated; and rage about the conditions … Continue reading →

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Women’s and Gender Studies Job at Rutgers, New Brunswick

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2008, pending final budgetary approval. We seek an interdisciplinary scholar who specializes in U.S. Latina Feminism or Latin … Continue reading →

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“On Shame”

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Ann Bartow

This post at Oh No a WoC PhD will really make you think.

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GenderPAC Releases New Report on Gender Discrimination in Schools

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The GENIUS (Gener Equality National Index for Universities and Schools) Report is available here. An overview from GenderPAC notes: “This is the second year that GenderPAC has published the GENIUS Index. The 2007 Index reflects a tremendous increase in response … Continue reading →

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Summer 2007 SFO: Women, Prisons and Change

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Ann Bartow

AVAILABLE HERE!

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Carolyn Heilbrun, “Writing A Woman’s Life”

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Ann Bartow

I just re-read this, and was startled both by how well written it is (even better than I remembered), and by how fresh the observations and analysis remain. Published in 1989, this is a terrific book, about which the NYT … Continue reading →

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