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Author Archives: Ann Bartow
Gerda Lerner, Pioneering Feminist and Historian, Dies at 92
NYT obituary here. From the National Women’s History Museum: Gerda Lerner’s accomplishments and contributions to the field of women’s history have been fundamental to its development. Her many works include The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina: Pioneers for Women’s Rights … Continue reading
Posted in Feminist Legal History, Feminists in Academia, Firsts
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Reddit, Rape and Rapists
Jezebel has an article entitled: Rapists Explain Themselves on Reddit, and We Should Listen. You may find it interesting; it is also both alarming and sad.
Posted in Acts of Violence, Coerced Sex, Sexual Harassment
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“I Am the Woman in Your Department Who Does All the Committee Work.”
… I know you won’t be able to attend the talk by the visiting scholar/groper/stalker you invited to campus, so I’ll happily shell out $60 for a sitter while I try to keep him from getting so drunk he makes … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Feminists in Academia, The Overrepresentation of Women
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There is something flawed about this pitch for mammography custom
Via.
Posted in Bloggenpheffer, Feminism and Culture
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“Not a single woman will lead any of the major House committees in the 113th Congress.”
Details here.
Posted in The Overrepresentation of Men, The Underrepresentation of Women, Where are the Women?
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A handy guide for discerning the gender of a toy!
Posted in Bloggenpheffer, Feminism and Culture
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According to the Inside the Law School Scam blog, “Clearly, the fact that law schools have produced an enormous oversupply of people with law degrees over the course of the last generation has an extremely significant gender component.”
And the alleged oversupply of law students is totally the fault of us dumb broads. NB: If you decide to read the post, it is probably best to avoid the comments, in case that needs pointing out.
Posted in Academia, Feminists in Academia, The Overrepresentation of Men, The Overrepresentation of Women, The Underrepresentation of Women
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“When Men Are Too Emotional To Have A Rational Argument”
This essay is really good! Below is an excerpt. Women’s Emotions are “Emotions,” Men’s Emotions are “How People Talk” A long time ago, in Bullish: What Egg Donation Taught Me About Being a Dude, I quoted Ben Barres, Chair of … Continue reading
Today Frank Bruni Sounds Like a Feminist!
Seriously, check out his column The Siren and The Spook (below is an excerpt): … Broadwell has just 13 percent body fat, according to a recent measurement. Did you know that? Did you need to? It came up nonetheless. And … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Culture, Feminism and Politics
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“On Having Fun & Raising Hell” – Symposium honoring the work of Professor Ann Scales on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law
“On Having Fun & Raising Hell” * Symposium honoring the work of Professor Ann Scales Saturday, March 30, 2013 Join the University of Denver Sturm College of Law to honor the life and work of Professor Ann Scales (1952-2012), author … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Call for Papers or Participation, Feminist Legal History, From the FLP mailbox
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“Why it is important to integrate human rights into international policy-making”
From Equality Now: The Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has just returned from a business trip to Britain, where she met President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia and UK Prime Minister David Cameron. In Liberia, more than 58% of women … Continue reading
Posted in Acts of Violence, Feminism and Law, Feminism and Medicine, Feminism and Politics, Feminism and Religion, Sisters In Other Nations
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The South Carolina State Senate is going to have a woman member. Only one, but at least one.
See this, excerpt below: Katrina Shealy upended Lexington County politics Tuesday, ousting legendary state Sen. Jake Knotts to become the only woman in the state Senate. Shealy’s win was remarkable in that she beat Knotts in a district that the … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Politics, South Carolina, The Overrepresentation of Men, The Underrepresentation of Women
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“War on Women, Waged in Postcards: Memes From the Suffragist Era”
Here. Below is one of the featured postcards.
Posted in Feminism and Culture, Feminism and Politics, Feminist Legal History
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Surely there is a better way to describe swing states than “It’s like being the prettiest girl at the dance.”
See e.g. this (title) and this (within text) and all the places these are linked, such as here, here, here and here.
Posted in Feminism and Politics, Sexism in the Media
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You won’t see Glamour linked to on this blog very often…
But this short feature about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is very nice.
Posted in Feminism and Culture, Feminism and Law
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“A Cultural History of Mansplaining”
Here at The Atlantic.
Posted in Feminism and Culture, If you're a woman
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The 2012 Global Gender Report
(The text and links below are from here) The Global Gender Gap Report, introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, provides a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities around the world. The index benchmarks national … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Politics, If you're a woman
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According to CNN “New research suggests that hormones may influence female voting choices differently, depending on whether a woman is single or in a committed relationship.”
Below is a sample paragraph to warn you what you are in for if you decide to read this article. No, as far as I can tell it is not intentionally satirical, which is what I was initially hoping, The … Continue reading
Posted in Sexism in the Media
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“Scholarly Publishing’s Gender Gap: Women cluster in certain fields, according to a study of millions of journal articles, while men get more credit”
From the Chron, an account of “the largest analysis ever done of academic articles by gender, reaching across hundreds of years and hundreds of fields.”: … First they created an algorithm to label the millions of JSTOR papers by field … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Feminism and the Workplace, The Overrepresentation of Men, The Overrepresentation of Women
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“A school reveals it has a “Fantasy Slut League””
An excerpt just won’t do this article justice. Read the entire piece here.
Posted in Feminism and Culture, Pornography's Harms, Sex and Sexuality, Sexism in the Media, Sociolinguistics
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“The War on Twelve Year Old Girls”
Subtitled: “An epidemic of high-profile trolling is a testament to how pathological misogyny is — and how early it begins,” you can read the entire piece by Mary Elizabeth Williams at Salon. …. And if you require any further proof, … Continue reading
“‘Gender Gap’ Near Historic Highs”
NYT article by that title here. Below is an excerpt: The biggest gender gap to date in the exit polls came in 2000, when Al Gore won by 11 points among women, but George W. Bush won by 9 points … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Economics, Feminism and Politics
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Binders Full of Asshats
Historiann has the best binders analysis anywhere.
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UNLV’s Boyd School of Law needs a new Dean.
Nancy Rapoport explains why it is a great opportunity here. Or, consider this opening: UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS—WILLIAM S. BOYD SCHOOL OF LAW invites applications for a faculty position teaching Legal Writing, to begin August 1, 2013. Responsibilities include teaching in … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Feminists in Academia
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“Why Are There So Few Female Plutocrats?”
That is a question asked in this column that also serves as its title, which is a teaser for a book by the same name: Not too many people talk about the absence of women at the very top. That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Economics, Women and Economics
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“Bad Feminist” By Roxane Gay
Here. Below in an excerpt: There’s also this: lately, magazines have been telling me there’s something wrong with feminism or women trying to achieve a work/life balance or just women in general. The Atlantic has led the way in these … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Feminism and Culture, Race and Racism
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“What Is Feminism?” by Jane Smiley
At the Virginia Quarterly Review.
Posted in Academia, Feminists in Academia
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“Amanda Todd’s Story: Struggling, Bullying, Suicide, Self Harm #RIPAmandaTodd”
Watch this video and think about what this girl went through.
Posted in Acts of Violence, Coerced Sex, Feminism and Culture, Feminism and Technology
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“Polanski’s victim is not a “sex scandal teen””
That is the title of this awesome post at Salon. Below is an excerpt: Samantha Geimer was 13 years old when she had her fateful encounter with Polanski in 1977. The California age of consent at the time was 16. … Continue reading
Posted in Acts of Violence, Coerced Sex, Feminism and Law, Justice?
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“Despite a cease-and-desist letter, Shautsova surmised that Primal Ventures, the host of escortsexguide.com, would not delete the [false] profile because it makes money whenever someone clicks on it.”
That is a sentence pulled from this article, which tells yet another story of someone using the internet to inflict misery on a former romantic partner.
Posted in Feminism and Law, Invasion of Privacy, Prostitution, Sex and Sexuality
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“Girls’s Costume Warehouse”
A classic that is still relevant and hilarious (and maybe NSFW depending on your employer’s views about cussing): For some feminist commentary on this phenomenon go here. –Ann Bartow
Posted in Feminism and Culture
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“Women in China Face Rising University Entry Barriers”
Some of the parallels with the United States are stunning. This NYT article provides an overview of “a growing trend in Chinese universities in which women increasingly must score higher than men to get in and face unofficial but widespread … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Sisters In Other Nations
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“Sorry, Plus-Size Women: You’re Too Fat To Dress As Fat Disney Character For Halloween”
Go to this post at The Consumerist to read a post that begins: I always loved Disney villain Ursula, the portly six-legged sea-witch who swaps the Litte Mermaid’s tail for a pair of legs in return for her lovely singing … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Culture
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Interview with cartoonist Cathy Guisewite
Here. “Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Culture, Feminism and the Arts
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The Kiss Was Forced On Her
Check out “The Kissing Sailor, or “The Selective Blindness of Rape Culture” at Crates and Ribbons. It explains that in the famous photo below, the sailor was a stranger to the nurse, and he forced himself on her. That’s not a … Continue reading
Posted in Coerced Sex, Feminism and Culture, Sexual Harassment
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One of the original “Chiquita Banana” commercials
So much going on here! Courtesy of an awesome college student.
Posted in Feminism and Culture, Race and Racism, Sexism in the Media
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“Court: Child Porn Victims Can Get Restitution”
From the NYT: Child pornography victims can recover money from people convicted of viewing their abuse without having to show a link between the crime and their injuries, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The decision conflicts with rulings by … Continue reading
Posted in Coerced Sex, Pornography's Harms, Sex Trafficking, The Overrepresentation of Women
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“IKEA Regrets Women Erased From Saudi Catalog”
Compare the annual IKEA catalogs disbursed around the world and they are nearly identical, save for a slight difference. The difference is not in the Swedish translations of the furniture or the mock layouts of the numerous living rooms in … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Culture, Sexism in the Media, Sisters In Other Nations
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“In fact, many European researchers say the test of a mature bike-sharing program is when women outnumber men. In the Netherlands, 52 percent of riders are women. Instead of promoting helmet use, European cycling advocates say, cities should be setting up safer bike lanes to slow traffic or divert it entirely from downtown areas. “Riding in New York or Australia is like running with the bulls — it’s all young males,” says Julian Ferguson, a spokesman for the European Cyclists’ Federation. And that’s in part what makes it dangerous.”
That is an excerpt from this article, which criticizes mandatory bike helmet laws.
Posted in Feminism and Culture
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Read Kristof’s NYT Column Today If You Haven’t
Here. Below is an excerpt: …So bravo to the president for giving a major speech on human trafficking and, crucially, for promising greater resources to fight pimps and support those who escape the streets. Until recently, the Obama White House … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Coerced Sex, Prostitution
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“Texas legislative panel to consider ways to help young victims of sex trafficking”
Story here. Below is an excerpt: As Dallas builds a locally funded treatment center to provide services for victims of sex traffickers, a state legislative committee is looking at whether Texas needs to do more to help others statewide. Dallas … Continue reading
Posted in Coerced Sex, Human Trafficking, Prostitution
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Maybe the prosecution of Dharun Ravi has had a lasting effect on privacy law?
Today the NY Daily News ran an article entitled: “Princeton University student accused of taking sexually explicit photos of fellow male student who was asleep in dorm room is charged with invasion of privacy.” The first paragraph reports: A Princeton … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Invasion of Privacy
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Staten Island Borough President Calls Lady Gaga a ‘Slut,’ Manhattan Borough President Defends Her, Pace Law Professor Wishes Politicians Would Simply Leave Artist Alone
Brief news account of slut calling by James Molinaro here. Response by Scott Stringer here. The Pace Law Professor who wishes both of them would focus on making NYC a better place for all citizens and let Lady Gaga get … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Culture, Feminism and Politics, Feminism and the Arts
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Iranian Women Now Barred From Numerous College Majors Including Engineering, Nuclear Physics, Computer Science, English Literature, Archaeology and Business.
From the BBC News: More than 30 universities have introduced new rules banning female students from almost 80 different degree courses. These include a bewildering variety of subjects from engineering, nuclear physics and computer science, to English literature, archaeology and … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Culture, Feminism and Politics, Feminism and Religion, Sisters In Other Nations
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Ever wonder how the USDOJ defines stalking?
According to this site: Stalking is a pattern of repeated and unwanted attention, harassment, contact, or any other course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. Stalking can include: Repeated, unwanted, … Continue reading
Posted in Acts of Violence, Feminism and Culture, Women's Health
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“Creepshots and revenge porn: how paparazzi culture affects women”
That’s the title of this article. Below is an excerpt: … Charlotte Laws first encountered these sites in January this year, after her daughter Kayla, who is in her mid-20s, had her computer hacked. In Kayla’s email account was one … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Culture, If you're a woman, Pornography's Harms, Sex and Sexuality
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