Author Archives: Bridget Crawford

NYS Repeals Tampon Tax

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

In May, the New York State legislature passed a bill eliminating the sales tax on feminine hygiene products. As expected, that bill was signed into law yesterday by Governor Andrew Cuomo. In the press release (here) issued by the Governor’s … Continue reading →

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Free Tampons in the 212: NYC Passes New Law

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

Last month the New York City Council passed laws requiring the City to provide free menstrual hygiene products in schools, homeless shelters and jails.  Here’s an excerpt from the press release: Feminine hygiene products are essential for the health and … Continue reading →

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Syracuse L Rev CFP: “Constitutionality of Laws Surrounding Reproductive Health”

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

From the FLP mailbox: Call for Papers: Analysis and Comment on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt and the Constitutionality of Laws Surrounding Reproductive Health The Syracuse Law Review seeks manuscripts that address the constitutionality of laws surrounding reproductive health and … Continue reading →

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“A Papa Murphy’s take-and-bake pizza is not essential in the same way as feminine hygiene products are to menstruating women”

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

This week the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District, has served up some very quotable dicta.  The court affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action against Papa Murphy’s International, a pizza franchisor, and a local franchisee, located in Edwardsville, … Continue reading →

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Where There is Hatred, Let Us Sow Love

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Bridget Crawford
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Jamie Abrams on “Women’s Acts of Violence”

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

Jamie Abrams (Louisville) has posted to SSRN her article The Feminist Case for Acknowledging Women’s Acts of Violence, Yale J. Law & Feminism 101 (2016). Here is the abstract: This Article makes a feminist case for acknowledging women’s acts of … Continue reading →

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Feminist Legal Theory Panels at Law and Society

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

The annual meeting of the Law and Society Association kicks off tomorrow in New Orleans.  There are some super panels being organized by the Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network.  A full list is here. A few panels that caught … Continue reading →

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SULC Hiring Director of Law Library

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

From colleagues at the Southern University Law Center: SULC hiring for a Director of Library Services (at Assistant/Associate Professor rank) The Director of the Law Library Reports to the Chancellor of the Southern University Law Center Responsible for all aspects of library operations … Continue reading →

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CFP: The Unruly Nature of the Law of Trusts and Estates

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

Call for Papers Trusts & Estates Section 2017 AALS Annual Meeting January 4-7, 2017 – San Francisco, CA   The Section on Trusts and Estates is pleased to announce a Call for Papers … Sex, Death, and Taxes: The Unruly … Continue reading →

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Exclusive Review Opportunity at Penn State Law Review

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

From the students at the Penn State Law Review: The Penn State Law Review is conducting a direct article review to fill positions in Volume 121: Issue 1 and 2. Any article submitted to this review between now and May 9th will … Continue reading →

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Feminist Law Prof Michelle Anderson Named Dean of Brooklyn College

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

Michelle Anderson, feminist law prof and outgoing dean at CUNY Law School, has been named President of Brooklyn College.  Here is a portion of CUNY’s press release: The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York today appointed … Continue reading →

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How to Ask for a Raise, Via a Deodorant Commercial

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

Andrea Schneider blogs here at Indisputably about Secret’s new ad. She writes: “I love that wage gap is now part of the commercial lexicon and that asking for it is portrayed so wonderfully.” Read the full post here.

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Why Put an Orange on the Seder Plate?

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

Via Anita Silvert at JUF News: It started with Dr. Susannah Heschel. The story you may have heard goes something like this: After a lecture given in Miami Beach, a man (usually Orthodox) stood up and angrily denounced feminism, saying … Continue reading →

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Touro Dean Search

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

The announcement is here.

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Free ABA Telecast – “The Tax Code and Income Inequality: Limitations and Political Opportunities”

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

The ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice is hosting this free teleconference, co-sponsored with the ABA Section on Taxation. Feminist Law Prof Francine Lipman (UNLV) is one of the featured speakers. FREE TELECONFERENCE* The Tax Code and Income … Continue reading →

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Mansplaining Event at PayPal

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

via Francine Lipman (@Narfnampil)

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CFP: Women’s Learning Partnership Case Studies — PAID

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

From the FLP mailbox: Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP) has undertaken a three-year research/advocacy project leading to a global campaign on reform of discriminatory laws against women in the family. The project will focus on the relationship between articles of the … Continue reading →

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Two of Four Dean Search Finalists Announced at CUNY Law

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

CUNY Law School has announced two of the four finalists in its dean search.  One of the finalists is Feminist Law Prof Lolita Buckner Inniss.  The other is the Honorable Fern Fisher.  (The two others have not yet been announced.) … Continue reading →

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CFP: Class Crits – The New Corporatocracy and Election 2016

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

From the FLP mailbox: ClassCrits IX The New Corporatocracy and Election 2016 Sponsored by Loyola University Chicago School of Law and The Loyola University Chicago Business Law Center Chicago IL * October 21-22, 2016 Call For Papers and Participation We … Continue reading →

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Signatories Sought for Faculty Against Rape’s Response to the AAUP Draft Report on Title IX

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

Kathryn Pogin has drafted a response to the AAUP’s report on Title IX to be submitted on behalf of Faculty Against Rape.  The group is seeking additional signatories to its letter, here, excerpted below.  You can add your signature here.  … Continue reading →

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The Geography of Campus Rape and the Vulnerability of First-Year College Students

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

Over at The Conversation, Andrea Curcio (Georgia State) writes about What Schools Don’t Tell You About Campus Sexual Assault. Here is an excerpt: Throughout the summer before my daughter left for college, I repeatedly warned her: never put a glass … Continue reading →

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Gap Between Ideas of Susan Sontag and Adrienne Rich

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

Interesting essay by journalist Michelle Dean in the New Republic, here. An excerpt: I learned as I suspected that the gap between Rich and Sontag was not so very wide as it looked. In Sontag’s archive at the University 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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CFP: October 2016 Akron Constitutional Law Center Conference Featuring Feminist Legal Scholarship

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

Bumping to the front in anticipation of April 15 deadline.  The conference organizers invite paper presentations on a variety of topics related to gender and the law, feminist legal theory and equality issues. ————————————————————- THE U.S. FEMINIST JUDGMENTS PROJECT: REWRITING … Continue reading →

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A Professor’s Decision to Write About His Rape

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

R.M. Douglas (Colgate, History) writes in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education (here) about his forthcoming book, On Being Raped. Professor Douglas is a rape survivor. He writes about how his decision to go public with his story may  impact his … Continue reading →

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Law Student Scholarship: M. Katherine Baird Darmer Equality Scholarship

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

From the FLP mailbox: The M. Katherine Baird Darmer Equality Scholarship Fund was named in memory of the late M. Katherine Baird Darmer, an activist, law professor, and champion of change for the LGBT community in Orange County and beyond. … 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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Studies in Law, Politics, and Society: Special Feminist Legal Theory Issue

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

A new issue of the interdisciplinary journal Studies in Law, Politics, & Society is devoted to feminist legal theory. Here’s an excerpt from the Intro: Half a century after the beginning of the second wave, feminist legal theorists are still … Continue reading →

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Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tax Opinions – Potential Cases

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

bumping to the front; February 29 deadline Cases that applicants to Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tax Opinions may wish to consider (not an exhaustive list; all tax-related cases are appropriate for rewriting): U.S. v. Rickert, 188 U.S. 432 (1903) (tribal trust … Continue reading →

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Robson on “The Legacy of Antonin Scalia: Don’t Mourn, Organize”

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

Feminist Law Prof Ruthann Robson (CUNY) has published “The Legacy of Antonin Scalia: Don’t Mourn, Organize” over at the Women’s Review of Books.  Here is an excerpt: With the unanticipated death of Justice Antonin Scalia on February 13, the United … Continue reading →

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CFP: U.S. Feminist Judgments Project: Rewriting the Law, Writing the Future

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

THE U.S. FEMINIST JUDGMENTS PROJECT: REWRITING THE LAW, WRITING THE FUTURE Call for Papers and Presentations Deadline April 15, 2016 We are seeking proposals for papers to be presented during the U. S. Feminist Judgments Project conference October 20-21, 2016 … Continue reading →

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Call for Contributions – Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tax Opinions

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

The U.S. Feminist Judgments Project seeks contributors of rewritten judicial opinions and commentary on those opinions for an edited collection entitled Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tax Opinions. This edited volume, to be published by Cambridge University Press, is part of a … Continue reading →

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Tait on “The Return of Coverture”

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

Allison Anna Tait (Richmond) has posted to SSRN her essay, The Return of Coverture, 114 Mich. L. Rev. First Impressions (2016).  Here is the abstract: Once, the notion that husbands and wives were equal partners in marriage seemed outlandish and … Continue reading →

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Strategic Deployment of a Black Female Attorney in the Bill Cosby Case

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

In this piece on NPR, Feminist Law Prof Lolita Buckner Inniss (Cleveland-Marshall) comments on Bill Cosby’s decision to hire Monique Pressley as his attorney: The decision to hire her is also strategic, says Buckner Inniss. “Her gender and her race … Continue reading →

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Teaching Evaluations as Windows Into Gender Bias

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Bridget Crawford

From Inside Higher Ed: There’s mounting evidence suggesting that student evaluations of teaching are unreliable. But are these evaluations, commonly referred to as SET, so bad that they’re actually better at gauging students’ gender bias and grade expectations than they … Continue reading →

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“How I Learned to Stop Writing for Old White Men”

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

That’s the title of this op-ed by Claire Vaye Watkins that appeared in the LA Times last month.  Here’s an excerpt: I’ve watched boys play drums, guitar, sing, watched them play football, baseball, soccer, pool, “Dungeons and Dragons” and “Magic: … Continue reading →

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Winner of AALS Scholarly Papers Competition Announced

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

From the AALS, here: 2016 AALS Scholarly Papers Competition for law school faculty members who have been teaching for five years or less. The competition’s selection committee chose Jill M. Fraley, associate professor at Washington and Lee School of Law … Continue reading →

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Joint Scholars & Scholarship Workshop on Feminist Jurisprudence, Jan. 6, 2016

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

Joint Scholars & Scholarship Workshop on Feminist Jurisprudence 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Skadden Conference Center, Fordham Law School Sponsored by the Legal Writing Institute (LWI), the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD), the Legal Writing, … Continue reading →

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Why I Love(d) Barbie, Summarized in this Ad

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

Feminists have made trenchant critiques of the Barbie doll.  I appreciate those critiques on an intellectual level, but the critiques never resonated on an emotional level, precisely because Barbie was an imagination gateway for me (mine read Ms. Magazine and … Continue reading →

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Southern University Law Center Seeks New Law Chancellor

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

The Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is searching for a new law chancellor (what the school calls the dean).  The announcement is here.

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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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Are You a Lawyer Who Has Had an Abortion? Your Story Needed

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

From the FLP mailbox, this request from the Center for Reproductive Rights: As you may know, the Center for Reproductive Rights has two cases that are being conferenced by SCOTUS this month involving challenges to restrictive abortion laws in Texas and Mississippi. We are … Continue reading →

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Lisa Pruitt’s Impact on Major Genocide Conviction

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

The work of Lisa Pruitt (UC Davis) is the subject of this story in the Sacramento Bee about the importance of Professor Pruitt’s work to securing a genocide convinction against Rwandan mayor Jean-Paul Akayesu: Pruitt moved to London in her … Continue reading →

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Aloni on Ending Tax Breaks for Marriage

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

Erez Aloni (Whittier) has published an op-ed in the (UK) Guardian, Married People Tend to be Wealthier, So Why Give Them Tax Breaks?  Here is an excerpt: If marriage is increasingly the preserve of those who are already better off, … Continue reading →

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Harvard J. of Law & Gender Accepting Submissions

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

From the FLP mailbox: The Harvard Journal of Law & Gender is seeking to fill its Spring volume with one or two more pieces. To that end, we want to encourage people who have pieces ready, or nearly ready, to … Continue reading →

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Research Grants at Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

The Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, part of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University, announces the availability of Mary Lily Research Grants for research travel to its collections. Details: http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/bingham/grants The … Continue reading →

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Michelle Anderson Stepping Down as CUNY Dean

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

Feminist Law Prof Michelle Anderson has announced that she will be stepping down as the Dean at CUNY Law School at the end of this academic year.  Here is an excerpt from the email she sent to the CUNY community: … Continue reading →

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Save the Date: SNX-LatCrit on Theory, Culture and Law, May 19-21, 2016

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

From the FLP mailbox: The South-North Exchange on Theory, Culture and Law (SNX) – LatCrit would like you to SAVE THE DATE for its 2016 Conference: Leading From The South: Politics Of Gender, Sex And Sexualities to be celebrated in … Continue reading →

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Joshi, “The Respectable Dignity of Obergefell v. Hodges”

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

Yuvraj Joshi, the Peter and Patricia Gruber Fellow in Global Justice at Yale Law School, has posted to SSRN his essay, The Respectable Dignity of Obergefell v. Hodges, forthcoming in the California Law Review’s Circuit (online publication).  Here is an … Continue reading →

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Merle Weiner’s New Book: “A Parent-Partner Status for American Family Law”

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Bridget Crawford

Cambridge University Press has published a new book by Merle Weiner (Oregon), A Parent-Partner Status for American Family Law (2015).  Here is the description: Despite the fact that becoming a parent is a pivotal event, the birth or adoption of … Continue reading →

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