Author Archives: Ann Bartow

Elizabeth Rose Schiltz “Motherhood and the Mission: What Catholic Law Schools Could Learn from Harvard about Women”

Here is the abstract: This article argues that Catholic law schools have compelling reasons to pay close attention to a largely ignored part of the controversial speech given last year by the President of Harvard University, Lawrence H. Summers, about … Continue reading

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How Secure Is Your Wi-Fi Connection?

Not very, according to David Pogue.

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Apartment Identity Theft

Read “Web of Lies” by Beth Ann Bovino at Three Quarks Daily.

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Sex Workers Speak

According to this BBC News article: “Prostitutes from across the world have been writing to the BBC News website about their lives following the murders of five prostitutes in eastern England.” Below are two excerpts: I work as a part-time … Continue reading

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Sounds Disgusting But Is Actually Quite Delicious

This recipe is an old favorite, great for dairy-eating vegetarians, and carnivores often like it too: Bulgur With Everything You need: large onion, coarsely chopped 3 tablespoons oil 1 cup (about 1/2 pound) fine bulgur (cracked wheat) 28- or 29-ounce … Continue reading

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The Perfect First Day of Classes Post

Written by Dr. Crazy of Reassigned Time, and reposted in its entirety, because what academic isn’t huge fan of copyright’s fair use doctrine? On the Somewhat Belated Arrival of Enthusiasm For yes, my friends, it has arrived! Sure, it took … Continue reading

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“Babes Against Bush” Website No Longer Operative

Does this make you feel empowered? Or does it make you want to pull your hair out? Three years ago I was a subscriber to The Nation, which maintains a blog called ActNow!. Then in December of 2003, I read … Continue reading

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“Against Phalloblogocentrism”

That’s the title of this article at Inside Higher Ed by Scott McLemee. Via Discourse.net.

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The Pembroke Center Associate’s Newsletter is Now Online

The Winter 2007 issue is accessible here. The Pembroke Center’s homepage is here. Via Joan Heminway

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“Today at The Women’s Media Center: Progressive Women and the Pelosi Strategy”

From an e-mail: “When the House reconvenes tomorrow, legislators will turn their attention to a critical part of the new Speaker’s 100 hours agenda: implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 commission. But in her on scene commentary from the Hill, … Continue reading

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The “Ashley Treatment”

A BBC account is here, below is an excerpt: Parents of a severely disabled girl in the US have revealed that they are keeping her child-sized in order to give her a better life. The nine-year-old, named Ashley, has the … Continue reading

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2007 SILBERMAN SEMINAR FOR LAW FACULTY: “The Impact and Legacy of the Holocaust on the Law” June 4-15, 2007

Application deadline: February 16 “The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum announces the 2007 Silberman Seminar for U.S. law faculty teaching or preparing to teach courses on constitutional and international law and related legal … Continue reading

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“Project Implicit”

“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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Despite the Party Shift, The Plurality Religion of Congress Remains Catholicism

According to this article: The new Congress will, for the first time, include a Muslim, two Buddhists, more Jews than Episcopalians and the highest-ranking Mormon in congressional history.Roman Catholics remain the largest single faith group in Congress, accounting for 29 … Continue reading

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Will “Macho Dems” Protect Reproductive Freedoms?

The NYT’s latest “week in review” column is entitled “The Invasion of the Alpha Male Democrat.” Here is one chilling excerpt: “Presidential politics, but also the rest of national political leadership, has a lot to do with the understandable desire … Continue reading

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Firsts!

Columbia, SC got its first female fire marshal in Carmen Floyd, and oh yeah, Nancy Pelosi became the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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Feminist Law Prof Dinner Tomorrow

If you are here at the AALS and want details, leave me a note! –Ann Bartow

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Good Links

“A Feminist Pet Peeve: The Hairy Armpit Wars” at Echidne of the Snakes “For PW: A Primer on Feminism” at Mad, Melancholic Feminista “The Disgraces of Privatized Memory” at Is That Legal? “New Year’s Resolutions from the Middle East” at … Continue reading

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“Literally, A Weblog”

An English language grammar blog tracking abuse of the word”literally.” Here is a sample post: literally turned our backs September 2nd, 2006 by Fitz Brian Rush writes: A Central Valley town rekindles a love affair with its river “As a … Continue reading

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Ugh

Is the cheerleader costume really necessary?

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Subverting the Dominant Fortune Cookie Paradigm?

Via The Cheerful Oncologist.

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Nope, Nothing Phallic Here

Warmest Wishes for 2007!

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Call for Proposals: Berkshire Conference on the History of Women

Fourteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women Continuities and Changes June 12-15, 2008 – Conference Homepage CALL FOR PAPERS The 14th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, “Continuities and Changes” will be held June 12-15, 2008, at the … Continue reading

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Sanctimony and Sex Work

From the blog “Sex Ed in Higher Ed” where a college human sexuality instructor writes: This semester, I had another former sex worker come talk to my class. Let’s call her Lauren. She was very different from Kiki. Polished. Articulate. … Continue reading

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“Indexed”

“Indexed” is for “think[ing] a little more relationally without resorting to doing actual math.”

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Now I’ve seen everything!

“Housework cuts breast cancer risk” The headline could of course have put a different spin on the finding that “moderate forms of physical activity, such as housework, may be more important than less frequent but more intense recreational physical activity … Continue reading

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New DOJ Statistics Re: Intimate Partner Violence in the U.S.

Available here. Via Feministing.

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Judge Dierker At Work

Here is a newspaper account of how this judge ruled in a sexual harassment case: “From Anita Hill to Monica Lewinsky, the cry of ‘sexual harassment’ has been selectively raised to advance certain groups’ political agendas under the guise of … Continue reading

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Holiday Porn Spam Analyzed

By A Stormy Blog, here. Stormy writes: …as a marketing type person, and a radfem, I thought I’d do a quick analysis of the content of pornie-spam. Looking at this spam (or anything promoted) through advertising eyes almost always reveals … Continue reading

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The FTC v. “Word of Mouth” Astroturfers

According to this WaPo article: The Federal Trade Commission yesterday said that companies engaging in word-of-mouth marketing, in which people are compensated to promote products to their peers, must disclose those relationships. In a staff opinion issued yesterday, the consumer … Continue reading

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Want to Appear Before a Judge Who Calls You A Femifascist?

Me neither. Robert H. Dierker Jr. is a circuit judge of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit of Missouri who authored a book called: The Tyranny of Tolerance. According to Random House, Dierker “shows how the courts enable left-wing activists to ram … Continue reading

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Why Now?

As this NYT article discussed back in August, Internet sites featuring fully clothed children in erotic poses are currently the focus of legal actors. That article observed: While many of the recently created sites are veering into new territory, the … Continue reading

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Susette Kelo Isn’t Over It

According to this article: “The text of the holiday card that Susette Kelo sent to members of the New London Development Corp., city officials, and others involved in taking her house to make way for private development: Here is my … Continue reading

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The Zaporozhye

The Zaporozhye is a musical condom. Insert bad joke about karaoke or lipsync here. See also.

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“With five solid chunks of chocolate, it’s a man sized eat!”

“Yorkies” man sized chunks are for sale in my local World Market. From Nestle’s Yorkie website: YORKIE – “IT’S NOT FOR GIRLS” In 2001 the Yorkie “It’s Not for Girls” campaign was launched because, in today’s society, there aren’t many … Continue reading

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Top Five Women’s Health Stories of 2006

The top women’s health stories of 2006 as determined by the Society for Women’s Health Research are: 1. FDA Approves a Vaccine to Prevent Cervical Cancer 2. Emergency Contraceptive Gains Over the Counter Approval 3. Mounting Evidence about the Dangers … Continue reading

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Why are there so many academic books out there that would be better as longish articles?

One economist has a theory about journalists that may apply to lawprofs as well. Here is an excerpt: WHY are there so many well-padded books out there that really ought to be nice, long articles? The subject came up over … Continue reading

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If You Missed The NYT’s Gender Pay Gap article…

Read it here or here. Some related commentary by Echidne of the Snakes here.

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“Dark Tink” is”the bad girl side of Miss Bell that Walt never saw.”

At least according to this NYT article, in which Peggy Orenstein expresses confusion and concern about the popularity of Disney princess merchandise and the princess meme generally that is apparently wildly popular with girls in this country. Here are a … Continue reading

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Not A Child

The Babcock Center describes itself as: …a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1970, serving men and women with mental retardation, autism, head and spinal cord injury and related lifelong disabilities. We believe that all persons have the right to choose … Continue reading

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Carol Sanger, “Seasoned to the Use”

Here is the abstract: In this essay I argue that through the powerful coincidence of popularity, genre, and theme, Presumed Innocent and The Good Mother reinforce notions about the relation between good sex and bad mothering, and advance serious, nonfiction … Continue reading

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Warmest Wishes of the Season

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Ellen P. Goodman, “Stealth Marketing and Editorial Integrity”

Here is the abstract for this brilliant article:   Stealth Marketing and Editorial Integrity is the first article in the legal literature to address the normative implications of covert marketing in mass media. For business, technological, and cultural reasons, advertisers … Continue reading

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Douglas M. Branson, “No Seat at the Table: How Corporate Governance and Law Keep Women Out of the Boardroom”

From the NYU Press site: Women are completing MBA and Law degrees in record high numbers, but their struggle to attain director positions in corporate America continues. Although explanations for this disconnect abound, neither career counselors nor scholars have paid … Continue reading

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The Project for Attorney Retention

Website here: “PAR seeks to improve recruiting and retention of talented attorneys through the use of work schedules that allow attorneys to better balance the competing demands of their work and their lives outside the office.”

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Justice and Truth

Today’s NYT has a story called: “For Young, Justice as Impoverished as Africa.” The premise of the piece is pretty much encapsulated in the fourth paragraph, which reads: Juvenile justice here [in sub-Saharan Africa] is, in almost every sense, an … Continue reading

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Not A Very Nice Tee Shirt

Manufactured by the Route 66 clothing company and for sale at KMart. Whoa, stunning commentary remix by Chris Clarke here.

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If You Liked This Last December…

Watch it again! And, see also. NB: There are holiday lights vandals in my neighborhood who keep repositioning my neighbors’ illuminated, animatronic deer into compromising positions. Finding this amusing would of course be very wrong. –Ann Bartow

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Sign a Card for Nancy Pelosi!

Here, via NOW. Information about other NOW “Action Alerts” here.

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This Week in The Women’s Media Center ‘s Iraq Series: The Military and the Death Penalty

From an e-mail sent by WMC: It’s been 45 years since the U.S. military put one of its own to death. What’s the likely penalty for the defendants in the rape, torture and murder of 14-year-old Abeer Al-Janabi and her … Continue reading

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