Category Archives: Recommended Books

May the Female Force Be With You

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Caroline Kennedy and Barbara Walters are the new stars of two “biography comics” in the “Female Force” series published by Bluewater Productions. From the Bluewater website (here): Female Force offers a broad examination of influential women from a variety of … Continue reading →

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Ann Rossiter, “Ireland’s Hidden Diaspora: the â€˜abortion trail’ and the making of a London-Irish underground, 1980-2000”

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From this site: Every year, approximately 5,000 women from the Republic of Ireland and 1,500 from Northern Ireland cross the Irish Sea to have an abortion in a British clinic. They come and go in secret, like women ‘on the … Continue reading →

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“Eat First – You Don’t Know What They’ll Give You: The Adventures of an Immigrant Family & Their Feminist Daughter” by Sonia Pressman Fuentes

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Reviewed at Viva La Feminista!

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Law Professor Annette Gordon-Reed (NYLS) Wins Pulitzer

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From the NYT list of winners: HISTORY:”The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family,”by Annette Gordon-Reed: A painstaking exploration of a sprawling multi-generation slave family that casts provocative new light on the relationship between Sally Hemings and her master, Thomas Jefferson.” … Continue reading →

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“Lessons from the Identity Trail: Anonymity, Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society” by Ian Kerr, Carole Lucock and Valerie Steeves

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From the publisher: During the past decade, rapid developments in information and communications technology have transformed key social, commercial and political realities. Within that same time period, working at something less than internet speed, much of the academic and policy … Continue reading →

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“Still Alice” by Lisa Genova

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Ann Bartow

I bought a copy of this novel at an airport bookstore with low expectations, just looking for something to pass a few hours when yet another flight got delayed. I got drawn into it quickly, and about 100 pages in, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “Feminist Mothering” edited by Andrea O’Reilly

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Check out Veronica’s informative review at Viva La Feminista.

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Sex Reform, Female Emancipation, Environmentalism, Vegetarianism, Nudism and Animal Rights

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

What’s not to like? Feminists and allied critical thinkers may be interested in Sheila Rowbotham’s biography, Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love. Here’s a portion of Martin Pugh’s review in the Times Literary Supplement: Edward Carpenter abandoned … Continue reading →

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Naomi R. Cahn, “Test Tube Families Why the Fertility Market Needs Legal Regulation”

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Fabulous feminist law prof Naomi Cahn, one of the best feminist legal theorists around, has a new book out: Synopsis of publisher NYU Press: The birth of the first test tube baby in 1978 focused attention on the sweeping advances … Continue reading →

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Siddharth Kara, “Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery”

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From the publisher’s website: Every year, millions of women and children are abducted, deceived, seduced, or sold into forced prostitution, made to service hundreds if not thousands of men before being discarded. Generating huge profits for their exploiters, sex slaves … Continue reading →

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Ann M. Valk, “Radical Sisters: Second-wave Feminism and Black Liberation in Washington, D.C.”

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Haven’t read this book but it looks interesting. From the publisher: “Radical Sisters” is a fresh exploration of the ways that 1960s political movements shaped local, grassroots feminism in Washington, D.C. Rejecting notions of a universal sisterhood, Anne M. Valk … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Losh, “Virtualpolitik: An Electronic History of Government Media-Making in a Time of War, Scandal, Disaster, Miscommunication, and Mistakes”

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From the MIT Press page: Today government agencies not only have official Web sites but also sponsor moderated chats, blogs, digital video clips, online tutorials, videogames, and virtual tours of national landmarks. Sophisticated online marketing campaigns target citizens with messages … Continue reading →

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Judging a Book’s Cover

Posted on December 6, 2008 by Bridget Crawford

Joseph Sullivan at the Book Design Review has named the cover of the paperback edition of Susan Faludi’s The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America as one of his “favorite book covers of 2008.” I’m pretty sure he … Continue reading →

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Sheila Jeffreys, “The Industrial Vagina: The political economy of the global sex trade”

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From the publisher’s website: The industrialization of prostitution and the sex trade has created a multibillion-dollar global market, involving millions of women, that makes a substantial contribution to national and global economies. The Industrial Vagina examines how prostitution and other … Continue reading →

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Valerie Frankel, “Thin Is The New Happy”

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From the publisher: You’ve heard the phrase”the mirror is not your friend.”For Valerie Frankel, the mirror was so much more than”not a friend.”It was the mean girl who stole her lunch money, bitch-slapped her in the ladies’ room, and cut … Continue reading →

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Crime, Punishment, Race and Child Pornography

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Doug Berman asks: Is there an ivy-leaguer exception to federal child porn charges?

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Imagining Law: On Drucilla Cornell

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Bridget Crawford

SUNY Press has published Imagining Law: On Drucilla Cornell, an edited volume of essays by authors in philosophy, political science and law. Each discusses the importance of Professor Cornell’s work. The last essay in the book is Professor … Continue reading →

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Inverview With Congressional Rep. Carolyn Maloney About Her New Book, “Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated”

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Part one here. Part two here.

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Not the Babar You Remember

Posted on September 20, 2008 by Bridget Crawford

New York’s Morgan Library is currently hosting “Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors,” a show of “manuscript drafts, sketches, and watercolors, for the first book by each of Babar’s two authors, father and son Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff.” The … Continue reading →

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CFP: (Short) Reviews of Books Concerning Women and the Law

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Bridget Crawford

Call for Book Reviews: Women and the Law Proposals Due September 25, 2008 The editors of Pace Law Review invite proposals from scholars, researchers, practitioners and professionals for contributions to a special book review issue to be published … Continue reading →

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“Letters to a Bullied Girl: Messages of Healing and Hope”

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From the publisher’s website: Olivia Gardner, a northern California teenager, was severely taunted and cyber-bullied by her classmates for more than two years. News of her bullying spread, eventually reaching two teenage girls from a neighboring town, sisters Emily and … Continue reading →

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Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey Laszloffy, “The Black Acedemic’s Guide for Winning Tenure – Without Losing Your Soul”

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From Inside Higher Ed: In The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure : Without Losing Your Soul (Lynne Rienner), Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey Laszloffy offer both empathy and”to do”lists for African American scholars seeking tenure : as well as … Continue reading →

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Kelly Oliver, “Women as Weapons of War: Iraq, Sex, and the Media”

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From the publisher: Ever since Eve tempted Adam with her apple, women have been regarded as a corrupting and destructive influence. The very idea that women can be used as interrogation tools, as evidenced in the Abu Ghraib torture photos, … Continue reading →

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Thomas McGarity and Wendy Wagner, “Bending Science: How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research”

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From here: In their book, McGarity and Wagner describe how scientists can find their research blocked, or find themselves threatened with financial ruin. Corporations, plaintiff attorneys, think tanks, even government agencies have been caught suppressing or distorting research on the … Continue reading →

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Paula Gunn Allen 1939-2008

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Bridget Crawford

Feminist author and scholar Paula Gunn Allen died on May 29, 2008. Here is a portion of her obituary from the LA Times: In the 1960s, when some in academia still denied the existence of Native American literature, Paula Gunn … Continue reading →

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“Pinstripes & Pearls” by Judith Richards Hope

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From the Powell’s Page: To illustrate the challenges facing women of her generation, author Judith Richards Hope describes the lives and careers of a handful of barrier-breaking women, including herself, from Harvard Law School’s pivotal class of 1964, who fought … Continue reading →

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“Suffragist City”

Posted on May 17, 2008 by Ann Bartow

That’s the title of a column by academic historian Mary Beth Norton that appeared in The Nation, describing new books about important women in history. Norton writes: … Groundbreaking books by historians Judith Wellman, Lori Ginzburg and Jean Baker, among … Continue reading →

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Randa Abdel-Fattah, “Does My Head Look Big In This?”

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Ann Bartow

About the author. Read a review of the book here, below is an excerpt: Abdel-Fattah has written an extremely likeable novel, which will appeal to both children and adults. She has easily captured the heart and spirit of her main … Continue reading →

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Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, “Hidden in Plain Sight: The Tragedy of Children’s Rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate”

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From the publisher’s website: Hidden in Plain Sight tells the tragic untold story of children’s rights in America. It asks why the United States today, alone among nations, rejects the most universally embraced human-rights document in history, the United Nations … Continue reading →

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Rory Dicker, “A History of U.S. Feminisms”

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From this website: “The History of U.S. Feminism is an introductory text designed to be used as supplementary material for first-year women’s studies students or as a brush-up text for more advanced students. Covering the first, second, and third waves … Continue reading →

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Valenti’s New Book on “Double Standards”

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Bridget Crawford

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Book by Judi Craig: Women Attorneys Speak Out!

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Bridget Crawford

I really dislike book reviews like this one in “The Compleat Lawyer”: What is it like to be a female attorney in today’s world, particularly in comparison to being a male attorney? How are women lawyers treated–by clients, male attorneys, … Continue reading →

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Watch Martha Nussbaum Talk With Bill Moyers About her newest book, LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE: IN DEFENSE OF AMERICA’S TRADITION OF RELIGIOUS EQUALITY.

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Here. The transcript of the interview is here. Previous post about the book here. I got to take Martha Nussbaum on a tour of the Congaree Swamp when she gave a series of talks here a couple of years ago … Continue reading →

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“COLOR OF VIOLENCE: THE INCITE! ANTHOLOGY!”

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From this site (where there is far more information): Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology presents the fierce and vital writing of 33 visionary radical women and trans people of color. These writers not only investigate the intersecting ways in … Continue reading →

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Robert I. Sutton, “The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t.”

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From this website: “In his new book, Sutton reveals the huge TCA (Total Cost of Assholes) in today’s corporations. He shows how to spot an asshole (hint: they are addicted to rude interruptions and subtle putdowns, and enjoy using “sarcastic … Continue reading →

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“Prostitution, Politics and Policy” by Roger Matthews

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From the publisher’s website: Governments in different parts of the world have been struggling to develop constructive policies to deal with prostitution â€“ as, for example, the British Home Office recently instigated a £1.5 million programme to help address the … Continue reading →

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Judy Blume: One of the most banned authors in the U.S.

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Video interview with Blume here, at Current TV. Make sure you hear her explanation for the motivations behind her novel “Forever.” Via Jezebel. See also this interview essay about “Forever” that appeared in The Guardian. If it wasn’t for Blume’s … Continue reading →

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Robin Fretwell Wilson, “Keeping Women in Business (and Family)”

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Abstract: Work and family have become either/or propositions for a growing segment of young professionals in business, law, and medicine. A well documented opt-out revolution is underway, in which women professionals are leaving the workplace in droves. Less appreciated is … 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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Review of “Math Doesn’t Suck” by Jennifer Thurston

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Here, at Women’s Enews. Here is an excerpt: … If you’re a female teen who dreads middle school math, you might just go to a bookstore and consider buying “Math Doesn’t Suck.” It’s that girly-girl math text by TV actress … Continue reading →

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“Unapologetically Harriet, the Misfit Spy”

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Ann Bartow

if you missed the story on Morning Edition, listen or read here.

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New Book: “Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law”

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Remember the feminist analysis of marriage? I bet your students don’t! They have grown up believing that the only problem with marriage is that same-sex couples are denied it and that the only family law problem facing gay men and … Continue reading →

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“The Origins of African-American Interests in International Law,” by Henry J. Richardson III

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Book description (via the Legal History Blog): This book explores the birth of the African-American international tradition and, particularly, the roots of African Americans’ stake in international law. Richardson considers these origins as only formally arising about 1619, the date … Continue reading →

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“What We Think: Gender Roles, Women’s Issues and Feminism in the 21st Century: An Anthology”

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Coming to local bookstores in 2008! More at this website. And there is a related blog!

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Conference on Constitutional Law and Abortion in Ireland

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Bridget Crawford

Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution of Ireland provides: The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far … Continue reading →

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Sarah Boxer, “Blogs”

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Ann Bartow

At the New York Review of Books, because it’s a book as well as blog review. Among other highlights, she quotes Twisty Faster on blow jobs!

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“Bella Abzug” by Suzanne Braun Levine and Mary Thom

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Bella Abzug: “How One Tough Broad From the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed Off Jimmy Carter, Battled for the Rights of Women and Workers, Rallied Against War and for the Planet, and Shook Up Politics Along the … 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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Marc Bousquet, “How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation”

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From this site: As much as we think we know about the modern university, very little has been said about what it’s like to work there. Instead of the high-wage, high-profit world of knowledge work, most campus employees : including … Continue reading →

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Pre-Order Mary Dudziak’s New Book!

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Ann Bartow

HERE! And, see also.

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