Category Archives: Sociolinguistics

Economist article entitled: “Sex, shopping and thinking pink” reports alleged biologically based talent for shopping and preference for pink within “female brains.” Nope, I’m not buying it either.

Posted on August 24, 2007 by Ann Bartow

I plan to obtain the actual data supposedly supporting what strikes me as completely preposterous conclusions in this article (chock full of evo-psych phrases like “the primordial bargain of human hunter-gatherer societies”), so that I can get a second opinion … Continue reading →

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Amananta’s Feminism 101

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Excerpt from her latest post at Screaming Into The Void: … If the thought of a man wearing high heels, shaving his body, wearing powder puff pink, eating nothing but tiny salads to try to look no bigger than a … Continue reading →

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Anyone spot any possible ethical or impending career difficulties?

Posted on August 19, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Follow the comments of the “Criminal Defense Lawyer” at the NY Robing Room and you will notice the trend to opine negatively regarding women judges. Here is a sample: Hon. Diane Kiesel (Bronx) The nicest thing I can say is … Continue reading →

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Wonder What Might Give A Male Criminal Defense Attorney A Laugh?

Posted on August 19, 2007 by Ann Bartow

This apparently did.

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Humorless Feminist Hygiene Around The World

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From Mimi Smartypants: I accidentally purchased a maxi-pad instead of a tampon from The People’s Revolutionary Tampon Machine (stupid unlabeled vending knobs—but at least I got my quarter back to try again). The maxi-pad box was labeled in many languages … Continue reading →

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Because Women and Men Need Different Kinds Of Diaper Bags

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Daisy Gear versus Dad Gear

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Redefining “Peace” To Include Women

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From Our Bodies Our Blog: Global Peace Index Fails to Account for Violence Against Women and Children: Describing the Global Peace Index, a ranking of countries according to their level of peacefulness published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Riane Eisler, … Continue reading →

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There Is Nothing Rebellious Or Countercultural About Being “Pro-Porn”

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From a NYT article entitled “Federal Effort on Web Obscenity Shows Few Results” we learn about a Justice Department grant to a conservative religious group called “Morality in Media” that pays people to review “sexual Web sites and other Internet … Continue reading →

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Are You An Othered Feminist?

Posted on August 13, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Twisty deconstructs that Are You A Feminist? Quiz making the rounds in two parts: Are You A Fake Feminist? and “My PMS Disaster Level”: High I particularly liked this excerpt from the post at the first link: … Where … Continue reading →

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The Sex History Show

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Podcasts “dedicated to uncovering how sex has shaped our history and our present.” Via the f-word where Jess McCabe notes: “Recent topics include the history of miscegenation in the US, and investigates who first coined”gay”words. Like, um,”gay”.” –Ann Bartow

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Is this Funny?

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Bridget Crawford

I don’t think so, but call me humorless. -Bridget Crawford (hat tip to Darren Rosenblum)

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“Hearing Women’s Voices: Digital Communities and Feminist Ethics”

Posted on August 6, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Interesting (and well footnoted!) essay by blogger lauredhel that is accessible here. Below is an excerpt: A dilemma for the blog sociologist springs from the distributed, difficult-to-track nature of these ties between blogs. How can “community” be readily studied and … Continue reading →

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The Four Basic Guidelines of Blogging…

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Via Mary Dudziak, who writes: I was a little sheepish about mentioning to anyone at my press that I have a blog. I was afraid the reaction might be like that of my 16-year-old daughter, who, upon hearing that I … Continue reading →

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“Study: Women don’t talk more than guys” (Plus Pithy Update On NYT Lies!)

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From Yahoo News: Another stereotype : chatty gals and taciturn guys : bites the dust. Turns out, when you actually count the words, there isn’t much difference between the sexes when it comes to talking. A team led by Matthias … Continue reading →

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Analytic Gap In U.S. Department of State’s Human Trafficking Report: Condoleeza Rice Doesn’t Seem To Care About Adults Forced Into Pornography

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The DoS’s June 2007 “Trafficking In Persons” Report notes that trafficked women and children are victims of “commercial sexual exploitation,” reporting at page 10: Annually, according to U.S. Government-sponsored research completed in 2006, approximately 800,000 people are trafficked across national … Continue reading →

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“A Nebraska judge bans the word rape from his courtroom.”

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Read Dahlia Lithwick’s article, “Gag Order” at Slate for the details. Twisty has some related commentary at IBTP. And, see also.

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Harriette A. Page, “Female Blogging: Issues of Identity, Relations and Play”

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Really interesting paper with lots of data and links accessible here.

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Carys Craig, “Reconstructing the Author-Self: Some Feminist Lessons for Copyright Law”

Posted on June 9, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Here is the abstract: Copyright law currently forces all intellectual production into a doctrinal model shaped by individualistic assumptions about the authorial ideal. To the extent that the truly original author-owner is conceptualized as an individual (and not a function … Continue reading →

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Gender and the “Fag” Discourse

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Bridget Crawford

Today the University of California Press released a new book by C.J. Pascoe, Dude, You’re a Fag Masculinity and Sexuality in High School. Dr. Pascoe is a Postdoctoral Scholar with the Digital Youth Project at Berkeley’s Institute for the … Continue reading →

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Soccer Harassment Rules Expanded, Thanks To Mills College

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The Women’s Sports Foundation News reports: Thanks to the combined efforts of the Mills College Soccer Team, Athletic Department, Legal Counsel, College Senior Officers, and President Holmgren, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has approved a soccer rule change that … Continue reading →

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Inherent Racism in the Mainstream Use of “Ghetto”

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Bridget Crawford

Writing in the Boston Globe last month, reporter Vanessa Jones described “The Ghetto Culture Machine: What Goes Wrong When Stereotypes Become Part of the Mainstream:” College and high school students throw “ghetto parties,” at which white kids in blackface wear … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler on Hannah Arendt

Posted on May 31, 2007 by Ann Bartow

At the London Review of Books website, in an essay entitled “I merely belong to them.”

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What To Make Of This?

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From Yahoo News: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered a pop singer to change his lyrics after a college girl complained that male students teased her by singing the song when she passed by, a court official said on Tuesday. The … Continue reading →

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“Bible drawn into sex publication controversy”

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Ann Bartow

According to this story in Yahoo News: More than 800 Hong Kong residents have called on authorities to reclassify the Bible as “indecent” due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column in a university … Continue reading →

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“The Hollywood Librarian”

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Ann Bartow

“The Hollywood Librarian” is a documentary about librarians. You can watch the trailer here. Via Laura Quilter at Sivacracy.net.

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Patently Evil?

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Discourse.net points out a Guardian article that reports: Internet giant Google has drawn up plans to compile psychological profiles of millions of web users by covertly monitoring the way they play online games. The company thinks it can glean information … Continue reading →

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“The Sexual Politics of Google”

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Ann Bartow

At Balkinization, Jack Balkin notes: When you type “she invented” into Google, it returns: Did you mean: “he invented” The same, by the way, also applies for Google searches for “she created,” “she succeeded,” and “she led.” Lest you think … Continue reading →

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“CBS.com has to shut comments down on Obama stories”

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Not surprisingly, in addition to sexual harassment, the dynamics of the Internet facilitate virulent online racism, as discussed by Pam Spaulding at Pandagon.

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The He/She Ratio

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Ann Bartow

There is an online tool called the He/She Ratio that tallies the ratio of how many times the words “he” and “she” are employed on a website. For this blog it found: Usage of “he” vs “she” on feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu/ … Continue reading →

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Does The “Femininity” Of A Girl’s Name Affect Her Career Path?

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Ann Bartow

According to this article in The Guardian: … [G]irls who are given very feminine names, such as Anna, Emma or Elizabeth, are less likely to study maths or physics after the age of 16, a remarkable study has found. Both … Continue reading →

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Internet Harassment of Women

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From today’s WaPo: A female freelance writer who blogged about the pornography industry was threatened with rape. A single mother who blogged about “the daily ins and outs of being a mom” was threatened by a cyber-stalker who claimed that … Continue reading →

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“â€˜Ban abortion’ signs bewilder S.C.”

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Ann Bartow

I repost without comment (but a little extra bolding) the article below, which appeared in my local newspaper today, in its entirety, given the possibility that it will mysteriously disappear from the paper’s website: â€˜Ban abortion’ signs bewilder S.C. By … Continue reading →

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Contemporary Horror

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Today the NYT reports: Computer forensics are playing a key role in the probe of the Virginia Tech gunman, with investigators revealing he bought ammunition clips on eBay designed for one of two handguns used to kill 32 people and … Continue reading →

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Study: Gendered constructions of power during discourse about sexual harassment

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From News-Medical.net: Issues of power, workplace culture and the interpretation of verbal and non-verbal communication associated with sexual harassment were the focus of a study by Debbie Dougherty, assistant professor of communication in the College of Arts and Science at … Continue reading →

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Antifeminist Bingo

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Via Hoyden About Town.

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Where’s the Blank-word?

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Is it just me, or is anyone else getting tired of the incessant replay and repetition of Don Imus’ insensitive remarks concerning the Rutgers Women’s Basketball team? Don’t get me wrong. He needs to be taken to task for what … Continue reading →

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“In short, saying that Brizendine’s claims about sex differences in language are not exactly scientific gives “not exactly” a bad name.”

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From Three Quarks Daily: … by a unanimous vote, this year’s Becky [awarded to the promulgater of the single most ridiculous or misleading bit of linguistic nonsense that somebody manages to put over in the media] goes to the psychiatrist … Continue reading →

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Symbolic Moratorium in NYC

Posted on February 27, 2007 by Bridget Crawford

The New York City Council is scheduled to vote Wednesday on”a symbolic moratorium on the use of the n-word in New York City.” New York Times coverage is here. Columnist Clyde Haberman observes: â€œ[M]oratorium”is arguably an odd word … Continue reading →

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That Tricky First Amendment

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From Romenesko: The article in the Central Connecticut State University Recorder describes rape as a “magical experience” that has been a blessing to “ugly women.” “If it weren’t for rape, how would they ever know the joy of intercourse with … Continue reading →

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“Overzealous Big Pork Stomps on Breastfeeding Blogger”

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Ann Bartow

READ THIS POST. Thank you. Okay, you don’t like getting bossed around? You refuse to click on that link without at least a hint about what you are getting into? Here is an excerpt of the linked post: …The Lactivist … Continue reading →

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Want To Read Linda Hirshman’s Political Analysis?

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Ann Bartow

You just know it’s going to include copious women bashing, based on her own special brand of “research” which included: “contact[ing] half a dozen members of the Wednesday Morning Group, a D.C. area organization that provides speakers and programs mostly … Continue reading →

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Why Is It So Difficult To Talk About The Nexus Between Alcohol Consumption, and Sex That Is Uncomfortable, Unwanted, or Worse?

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Ann Bartow

A while back a college student named Liz Funk posted an op-ed at Women’s e-news that drew a lot of criticism because it was rather appallingly framed in a way that made rape victims seem at least partly responsible for … Continue reading →

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The Cringe Book

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Here’s the Cringe book webpage, which says: We’re looking for brave souls willing to share their old diaries, journals, letters, notes, songs, poems… anything you wrote during the crushing misery of adolescence and then saved in a hidden box at … Continue reading →

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Today, In Honor of Dr. King, Remember That The First “C” In SCLC Stands For Christian

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The American Civil Rights Movement was born and nurtured in the African American churches of the South, and the first President of the SCLC was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today, try to remember that while a whole lot of … Continue reading →

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“Project Implicit”

Posted on January 7, 2007 by Ann Bartow

“Here you will have the opportunity to assess your conscious and unconscious preferences for over 90 different topics ranging from pets to political issues, ethnic groups to sports teams, and entertainers to styles of music. At the same time, you … Continue reading →

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The Genders of Milk and Glue

Posted on December 7, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Did you know that Elsie the Borden trademark, and Elmer of Elmer’s Glue, were married? From Elmer’s.com one learns: “Elsie the Cow became Borden’s very popular “Spokescow” in the late 1930′s. She was a big hit at the 1939 New … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughtful Words About Language

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Ann Bartow

At Shakespeare’s Sister. And at By Neddie Jingo. And at Tom Watson. Update: See also Echidne of the Snakes, and Zuky and Reappropriate (thanks Ms. Jared!) and here is an excellent comment by “thebewilderness” from a thread at an earlier, … Continue reading →

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Can You Guess Who The Judge Was?

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Ann Bartow

In affirming a jury verdict in a sexual harassment case (though he grants the defendant a new trial if the prevailing plaintiff is unwilling to accept a much smaller punitive damages award than the jury accorded her), he wrote: Penters … Continue reading →

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We’ll Laugh When We Are Equal

Posted on November 17, 2006 by Ann Bartow

“[I]t doesn’t take great courage to bash someone everybody else is also already bashing.” That is a quote from Echidne of the Snakes, in a post in which she also writes: …[S]uppose now that I could morph into two versions, … Continue reading →

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One Weird Mobile Billboard

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Stupidly, I thought it was a joke. It wasn’t: … No Democrat has won the district in more than 30 years, but Paccione is putting up such a challenge that Bush came to town to try and give Musgrave a … Continue reading →

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