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“The Internet Swear Jar,” A Guest Post By Samantha Berg
A few days ago I wrote a comment at the Reclusive Leftist blog about misogynistic verbal abuse being unacceptable whether the target is a blogger or a prostitute and whether they are paid or not. Since then I’ve been fleshing out what … Continue reading
Judicial Deference to the Military: Sexual Assault is Not Cognizable
Just as the judicial deference to the military’s DADT policy on sexual orientation eventually eroded, so too will the judicial deference to the military’s policies on sexual assault eventually crumble. Well, at least that’s possible. Isn’t it? Although a 2 … Continue reading
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Judge Orders Woman To Pay Alimony, Legal Fees, To Ex-Spouse Convicting Of Attacking Her
A San Diego judge has told an ex-wife to pay her ex-husband’s legal fees and be ready to pay him alimony should he make the request once he leaves prison. Judge Geoffrey Pollack noted that he had discretion in the … Continue reading
Posted in Acts of Violence, Courts and the Judiciary, Feminism and Culture, Feminism and Families, Feminism and Law, If you're a woman, Justice?
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Victim Blaming NYPD Style in Park Slope, Brooklyn
In the wake of several recent sexual assaults in Park Slope, Brooklyn, the NYPD has been handing out some advice to local residents: Note to women in the South Park Slope and surrounding Brooklyn: You might want to think twice … Continue reading
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Women Playing Football? Only if in Bikinis
I had never heard of the Lingerie Football League until I read this article in an on-line Vancouver publication. Watch out, B.C. Lions. Soon, you’re not going to be the only pro football game in town. That’s right. The Lingerie Football … Continue reading
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Federal Judge Sam Sparks and the 2011 Texas Abortion Act
Judge Sam Sparks did not have very kind words for the attorneys on either side of the challenge to the 2011 abortion Act in his opinion in Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey. He was also not impressed … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Law, If you're a woman, Reproductive Rights, Women's Health
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Ralph Richard Banks Asks “Is Marriage for White People?”
Ralph Richard Banks (Stanford) has a book coming out on September 1, 2011. Here is a review from Kirkus of Is Marriage for White People? How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone: In his debut (Law/Stanford Law School), Banks explores … Continue reading
U-Mass (Dartmouth) Professor Wins MCAD Ruling On Discrimination; Gets Promotion, Back Pay, Damages
A hearing officer by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) appointed in the case of LuLu Sun v. University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth has ordered the University to promote Professor Sun to the post of full professor and to pay her nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Feminists in Academia, If you're a woman
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Another Attack On Hotel Staff Member Results In Suspension Of Supervisor, Agreement To Provide “Panic Buttons”
The Hotel Pierre, site of another reported sexual attack on an employee, has suspended a housekeeping because that person apparently only entered the report into a logbook. A manager saw the report the next morning and called highers-up, who then … Continue reading
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“Badminton’s New Dress Code Is Being Criticized as Sexist”
“Badminton’s New Dress Code Is Being Criticized as Sexist” is the headline for this NYT article. I guess a headline like “Badminton’s New Dress Code Is Sexist” would be too much to ask. In any event, it covers the usual … Continue reading
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On Civil Marriage
Jessica Knouse, University of Toledo College of Law, is publishing Civil Marriage: Threat to Democracy in the 2012 volume of the Michigan Journal of Gender & Law. Here is the abstract. This article argues that civil marriage and democracy are … Continue reading
Latina Lawyers Before the Supreme Court
Maria Guadalupe Mendoza has published The Thirteen Known Latina Litigants Before the Supreme Court of the United States. Here is the abstract, updated April 3, 2011. From 1935 to 2010, only thirteen known Latinas have argued before the Supreme Court … Continue reading
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Ninth Circuit Allows Muslim Woman To Sue County Under RLUIPA
Reversing a lower court deciion, the Ninth Circuit has ruled that a Muslim woman who was forced to remove her headscarf while in detention in a California facility has stated a claim under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons … Continue reading
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“Rapiscan”? Really? Shouldn’t the Name Be a Tip-Off?
The company that makes baggage and passenger screening devices — you know, the “enhanced” scanners at airports — is called Rapiscan Systems. That doesn’t sound so good to me. -Bridget Crawford
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Senate Hearings on CEDAW
Earlier this week, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law held a “Hearing on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.” The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, … Continue reading
Funny/Not Funny Cartoon of Some Women’s Experiences with the Internet
From Gabby’s Playhouse (here), this cartoon by Gabby Schultz that portrays some women’s experiences with internet “discourse”: The kicker? The cartoonist is a man. Well done! -Bridget Crawford
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Gender Frustrations
So I have taken a week to think about how to blog about a session that I saw last weekend at the ABA Conference. The session was about using movies to demonstrate gender differences in negotiation and I went … Continue reading
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An all women Supreme Court?
It’s not impossible. The Texas Supreme Court is a testament to the possibility. It happened eighty-five years ago, if only for a single case. In 1925, the Texas Governor appointed three women to fill all the positions … Continue reading
Why did David Brooks feel the need to churn out another concern-trolling column urging women to choose marriage over career success?
Historiann contemplated that question here. –Ann Bartow
“Chess For Girls” from SNL around 1997 – Has anything changed?
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Marines to Women Soldiers: Clean Up On Aisle Seven!
When their gender is seen as an advantage rather than a disability, suddenly it is permissible for women soldiers to assume combat roles: … Women make up only 6 percent of the Marine Corps, which cultivates an image as the … Continue reading
NYT alters photo to fat shame actor
Left: the NY Times image; Right: the original image From Gothamist: By yesterday evening the Paper of Record published not one, but two takedowns of women : somewhat unsurprisingly, both centered around weight and penned by the fairer sex. The … Continue reading
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Despair.
There is so much wrong with this, just the thought of trying to unpack it makes me tired and depressed. Read at your own risk. –Ann Bartow
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On Virginity and Hymens
From this website: Time for more accurate terminology: Hymen renamed”vaginal corona” The mythical status of the hymen has caused far too much harm for far too long. Last spring, RFSU published an information booklet in Swedish intended to dispel some … Continue reading
Don’t believe anyone who tells you to put mints in your vagina.
Does hatred of women know no boundaries? Apparently not: I recently got a press release from the makers of Linger, an “internal feminine flavoring” that promises to keep your vagina in mint condition. Think of it as an Altoid for … Continue reading
Nicole Hurt, “Komen Goes Feminist: Breast Cancer Activism, Advertising Design, and Third-Wave Feminism”
This is an academic paper written in 2008 by a U. of Georgia student which critiques the 2007 “Punch It” Komen Foundation campaign: The shirt says:”When we get our hands on breast cancer, we’re going to punch it, strangle it, … Continue reading
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PETA gets the Onion treatment.
The line “We have no intention of changing our tactics until every last animal on the planet is given more respect than woman” barely registers as satire, PETA’s ads are so awful. Via this Jezebel post, which also has a … Continue reading
Paranoid or Dead: The modern woman’s dilemma.
That’s a line from this post by Amanda Hess entitled Rape Prevention Tips From Rapists: Stay Inside Or Die A Horrible Death. Here’s a short excerpt: It’s not difficult to parse the real message in this advice:If you don’t want … Continue reading
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“Comprehensive Health Insurance Reform: An Essential Prescription for Women”
That is the title of a new report issued by the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, chaired by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY). Below is the abstract: The status-quo health insurance system is serving women poorly. An estimated 64 million women lack … Continue reading
Women targeted for murder on the basis of gender alone yet again.
The first two sentences from this NYT article report: Tortured by loneliness and his lack of success with women, George Sodini developed a plan to get even. On Tuesday night, he executed it, opening fire in a fitness center here … Continue reading
“I Was A Teenage Feminist”
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Urine-competent if you are female?
Click thumbnail below for larger version: Click thumbnail below for larger version: The photographs are the female and male instructions for collecting urine samples for medical testing, featured in the bathrooms of a medical lab. Note the contrast in how … Continue reading
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The Law and Economics of the Backlash
Back in my early days of teaching I thought it might be interesting to present a feminist legal theory paper at an annual meeting of the American Law & Economics Association (ALEA). At least at that time, you had to … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Feminism and Economics, Feminism and Law, If you're a woman, Women and Economics
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Lessons for Girls
Compiled by Historiann: A Feminist Vade Mecum: Anger, by Historiann. Opting Out, by Dr. Crazy. On Pity, by Professor Zero. Independence, by Sutton. Trust Your Instincts, by Undine. No Apologies, by Exile in Academia. It’s okay if not everyone likes … Continue reading
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Woman fired for refusing to wear make-up.
From here: Shenoa Vild hates to wear makeup. Face goop is simply not for her. She happens to think she has a naturally healthy, vibrant complexion. After meeting her, I have to agree. But Vild, a waitress, says her former … Continue reading
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Murder Trial of Steven Green began this week in Kentucky
From Democracy Now: The trial of a former soldier accused in the 2006 rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the killing of her family has begun. Steven Green is accused of being the ringleader in raping and killing … Continue reading
Posted in Acts of Violence, Feminism and Law, If you're a woman, Sisters In Other Nations
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