Category Archives: Feminism and Politics

I Don’t Want to Own GM

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

What if we invested $30 billion of taxpayers’ money in education instead? Quality health care? Affordable housing? Public transportation? I don’t have anything against GM — my 1990 Cutlass Ciera got me where I needed to go … Continue reading →

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“… authorize torture as a method of interrogation, and rape logically becomes part of the continuum of efforts to break down a prisoner’s self-esteem.”

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Quote from here, in reference to this article, which notes: “Photographs of alleged prisoner abuse which Barack Obama is attempting to censor include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse …” Here is an excerpt: At least one picture shows … Continue reading →

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Scott A. Moss, “The case against the case against the Sonia Sotomayor nomination”

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Read it here.

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Would Obama Have Hugged A Male SCOTUS Nominee Like This?

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Photo and question (somewhat differently stated) via IBTP. I’d have to go with “no.” –Ann Bartow

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Hillary Clinton Pushes For Same Sex Benefits At State Dept.

Posted on May 23, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From The Advocate: The Advocate has obtained a draft of a letter from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to employees of the State Department that details her intentions to extend certain benefits to same-sex partners of foreign service officers posted … Continue reading →

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Should Job Creation Favor Men?

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

That’s the title of this op-ed in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, written by Feminist Law Profs Melissa Murray (Berkeley) and Darren Rosenblum (Pace). Here’s the text: The recent stimulus efforts have a prompted a sense of deja vu. In 1944, … Continue reading →

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The House Subcommittee on Capital Market, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises Convenes An All Dude Witness List To Testify About Credit Ratings Agencies

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Rep. Paul Kanjorski chairs the House Financial Service’s Committee‘s Subcommittee on Capital Market, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises is holding a hearing on credit ratings agencies this afternoon. Here is the witness list (names link to pre-submitted statements): … Continue reading →

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For the Hillary Rodham Clinton Fans…

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Schroer v. Billington Update

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Nan Hunter blogged about this case here, writing: The Schroer court held that just as discrimination against converts from one to faith to another is still discrimination based on religion, so too discrimination against transgender persons is still sex discrimination. … Continue reading →

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Darren Hutchinson Takes Down Jeffrey Rosen’s Article About Judge Sonia Sotomayor

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Here. Bravo Darren! See also Historiann’s take on the article.

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Media Source for Berlin Images 1989-1990 (and Tangential Thoughts on Feminism’s Focus)

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

The Deutsche Kinemathek Museum for Film and Television and the Bundeszentrale fÃ¼r politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education) are collaborating on the “Internet Archive,” an on-line resource for film, television footage and photography from Germany in 1989 and 1990. … Continue reading →

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Obama choses former South Carolina school superintendent Inez Tenenbaum to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Inez Tenenbaum is another talented graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law. Story here, which reports in part: The president asked Congress for $107 million to fund the agency charged with ensuring that products from toys … Continue reading →

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Obama says: “Now, the Freedom of Choice Act is not highest legislative priority.”

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Here. See also this article entitled: “Obama says abortion rights law not a top priority.” Contrast that with his words when he was a candidate: â€œThe first thing I’d do as president [to preserve abortion rights] is sign the Freedom … Continue reading →

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Unveiling the Bronze Bust of Truth

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From the Feminist Daily News Wire: Michelle Obama unveiled a bust of Sojourner Truth, known for her abolitionist and women’s rights work, at the US Capitol yesterday. Truth’s statue is the first of an African-American woman in the Capitol. The … Continue reading →

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Harvard Law Prof Turns Down Award From Notre Dame Because Pres. Obama Will Receive One Also

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Both awards were to be presented at Notre Dame’s graduation.The Harvard law prof is Mary Ann Glendon. Her letter in full text is here. There is an excerpt below: When you informed me in December 2008 that I had been … Continue reading →

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Gender and the Supreme Court “Vacancy”

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Last week, Dahlia Lithwick wrote an intriguing article in Slate magazine regarding the frequently heard argument that President Obama’s first nominee to the Court should be a woman. Lithwick quotes Justices Ginsberg and O’Connor lamenting the dearth of women … Continue reading →

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Obama picked a fantasic Secretary of State

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From the WaPo: House Republicans today tried to pummel Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with questions about the administration’s decision to release Justice Department memos permitting tough interrogation techniques of detainees, but she gave no ground. At one point … Continue reading →

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“New Media Delegation Seeks Innovation, But Not Diversity”

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Important post by Jen Nedeau, here’s the first paragraph: Yet another diversity FAIL in the world of technology. While the State Department brings it’s first “New Media Technology” delegation to Iraq with the noble purpose of exploring “new opportunities to … Continue reading →

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“Harman-Pelosi Feud Was Maybe About Dirty Intelligence Matters, Not Hairdos Or Whatever”

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Snarky post by that title at Wonkette.

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“American Violet”

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From the movie website: Based on true events during the 2000 election, AMERICAN VIOLET tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts (critically hailed newcomer Nicole Beharie), a 24 year-old African American single mother of four young girls living in a … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

President Obama appointed Melanne Verveer as Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues: Melanne Verveer is Co-Founder, Chair and Co-CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership, an international nonprofit that invests in emerging women leaders â€“ pioneers of economic, political and social … Continue reading →

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More Politics of Abortion: A Defense of Prof. Dawn Johnsen

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Over at Balkinization, Andrew Koppelman writes: Dawn Johnsen, President Obama’s nominee to head the Office of Legal Counsel, has been accused of misrepresenting a position she took in litigation, and I have been cited as authority against Prof. Johnsen. On … Continue reading →

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CFP: Special Issue of the International Feminist Journal of Politics: New Directions in Feminism and Human Rights.

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Ann Bartow

International Feminist Journal of Politics seeks manuscripts for a special issue on new directions in feminism and human rights. We invite manuscripts that capture the invocation of human rights strategies and discourses by feminist advocates, activists and grassroots movements for … Continue reading →

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“Report: Nobody Cares Anymore When Joe Biden Says Something Crazy”

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From here: WASHINGTON:A new report issued this week from the Pew Research Center finds that no one really cares anymore when Vice President Joe Biden says something completely insane. Regarded as a plain-spoken politician from working-class roots, Biden’s”tell it like … Continue reading →

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Race, Gender, and the Recent Presidential Election

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Over at What Tami Said is a post that discusses the tensions among feminists that arose during the Democratic primary, which is followed by a fairly pitched discussion in the comments section. In some ways it was hard to read, … Continue reading →

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Is Nancy Pelosi Too Hot Looking Or Not Hot Looking Enough?

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Ann Bartow

She can’t be just right, no woman ever is.

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Red Tide Rising: Online Erotica in Conservative America

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

People in red states are significantly more likely to subscribe to internet pornography. At least this seems to be the upshot of a recent study by Harvard economist Benjamin Edelman (here) [and blogged by Professor Ann Bartow here]. According … Continue reading →

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“Sarah Palin – Objectification – Reaction – Situation”

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Ann Bartow

That is the title of an interesting post at The Situationist which provides an overview of research by psychologists from University of South Florida, Jamie L. Goldenberg and Nathan A. Heflick, which examined the objectifying effects of thinking about Sarah … Continue reading →

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Portia De Rossi Apologizes For Getting Married

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Ann Bartow

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“Jaded”

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Ann Bartow

That’s the name of this post at What Tami Said, a blog I like a lot. Tami is a talented writer and her posts are always interesting. Here’s a short except from “Jaded“: Women’s equality, I think, is best achieved–not … Continue reading →

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New Ani DiFranco Song “November 4, 2008”

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Ann Bartow

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“Where to Now?”

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The WaPo published a long article about women in politics here. You should definitely read the entire thing, but I’ll give you my brief take away: Women who are able need to either run for office or support the heck … Continue reading →

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South Carolina House considering “sovereignty” legislation that its author says “walks right up to the door of secession.”

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The text of the bill, reprinted below in italics, is available here. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO AFFIRM THE RIGHTS OF ALL STATES INCLUDING SOUTH CAROLINA BASED ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE NINTH AND TENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. … Continue reading →

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Freeman’s Masculinist Claim

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Charles Freeman, Obama’s choice to lead the National Intelligence Council, gave an interview to NPR today. Asked whether he was surprised at the opposition to his (potential) leadership, Freeman replied, “Public service isn’t for sissies.” Separate and apart from … Continue reading →

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“Note: This post has been corrected to note that Barack Obama won Florida in the general election, not South Carolina.”

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

That is the final sentence of this NYT article. Sort of startling that an article would actually be published at the NYT site which made such an incredibly obvious mistake, but then again, most of the writers and editors at … Continue reading →

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Bella Abzug Research Resources

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

From the National Council for Research on Women, a “learning and organizing guide” to accompany Suzanne Braun Levine and Mary Thom’s edited volume, Bella Abzug: How One Tough Broad from the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed Off … Continue reading →

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March 8 is International Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

What do China, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam have in common? International Women’s Day is a national holiday in each. -Bridget Crawford

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“S.C. suffering lack of female lawmakers”

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Op-Ed re-posted from here by ANNIE BOITER-JOLLEY and LAURA R. WOLIVER In November, women made advances in representation in state legislatures across the country. Out of 2,332 female candidates nationwide, 1,465 won their bids for state legislative seats : 1,351 … Continue reading →

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Campaign for Peace and Democracy: Letter to Defend Shirin Ebadi

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Ann Bartow

IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER SHIRIN EBADI IN DANGER PEACE ACTIVISTS CALL ON TEHERAN TO ENSURE HER SAFETY To: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Ayatollah Shahrudi, Head of the Judiciary Mohammad Khazaee, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United … Continue reading →

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I Wanna Be …

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Via The New Agenda blog

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Zip Code Based Study of Porn Consumption Finds Red States Consume the Most

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Ann Bartow

A new study entitled “Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?” by Harvard Business School Prof Benjamin Edelman, focuses on the consumption side of adult online entertainment, and in particular on subscriber demographics and consumption patterns of those who … Continue reading →

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Anyone for tennis, wouldn’t that be nice?: The contract law implications of the UAE’s decision to deny a visa to an Israeli tennis player

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Colin Miller

Whether you are a fan of tennis (like me) or not, you might have been following the recent mess in the United Arab Emirates. Basically, at the last second, Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer was denied a visa to … Continue reading →

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Rush Limbaugh Trying to Find Out Why Women Don’t Like Him

Posted on February 26, 2009 by David S. Cohen

This just in from the feminist humor department: Rush Limbaugh is concerned that there’s a gender gap in his audience and is holding a “summit” to figure it out. The whole story is here. Hmmm…. what a difficult inquiry. Put … Continue reading →

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Profile of Sex Workers in China

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Ann Bartow

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2008 Report on the Global Gender Gap

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The full report, compiled by the World Economic Forum, can be found here (PDF). It focuses on data related to economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, political power and health and survival. The overall rank of the U.S. is 27th … Continue reading →

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“From the ‘Duh’ Files: Effusive Political Adoration Does Not Lead to Social Change”

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Law Prof Darren Hutchinson posted an essay with the above title here. In it he expresses concern that too much reflexive worship of Obama, and a paucity of critical scrutiny of the Obama administration by progressives will inhibit real political … Continue reading →

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â€œObama Phenomena: Facets of a Historic Campaign.”

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The University of Denver Law Review is pleased to announce the release of a special symposium edition, “Obama Phenomena: Facets of a Historic Campaign.”Co-sponsored by the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Suffolk University School of Law, the … Continue reading →

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“Homeland” Security under Napolitano: Key Player in Human Trafficking Policy

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Katherine Franke

I blogged recently about the concerns I had when I read the statements Hilary Clinton made in her Senate confirmation testimony related to the issue of sex trafficking. I heard little sign in her testimony of a desire to … Continue reading →

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Best Post Featuring Presidential Cussing Ever

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Here. The first comment is pretty good too.

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It was great to see President Obama sign the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) into law.

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Ann Bartow

But dang, it would have been nice to see more women in that photo. –Ann Bartow

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