Author Archives: Ann Bartow

The Lipstick Lesbian Page

Interesting webpage, that features this description: The purpose of this site is to make it possible for us Lipstick Lesbians to find our Web resources. If you put “Lipstick Lesbian” into a search engine, you’ll get a whole bunch of … Continue reading →

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“Elizabeth Edwards, Online and For Real”

Elizabeth Edwards talks about blogging here. Via Discourse.net.

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We’ll All Feel Gay When Johnny Comes Marching Home.

Watch this toy commercial from the 1960s all the way through and see if it makes you want to bonk your head on your computer monitor. Don’t miss the final chilling sentence. Via Sparkle*Matrix.

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Not Sure If This Is Self-Promotion Or Self-Mockery

Want to see me talk too fast and interrupt the judges on an episode of the American Law Journal, mootly representing Grokster? Fast forward 37 minutes in. –Ann Bartow

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Elizabeth Anderson on Feminist Epistemology

Elizabeth Anderson has made her article, Knowledge, Human Interests, and Objectivity in Feminist Epistemology available online. It’s highly recommended by Larry Solum for anyone interested in the theoretical foundations of feminist theory.

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Molly M. Ginty on Toxic Chemicals and Females

Molly M. Ginty has posted a two part series at Women’s eNews about the effects of environmental pollution on females and reproduction: Female Troubles for Wildlife Raise Human Worries and Hereditary Toxins Spur Scientific Concerns. Below is an excerpt from … Continue reading →

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University of North Carolina Law Students Doing Pro Bono Work In New Orleans

UNC law students are doing pro bono work in New Orleans over the holiday break and are blogging about it here. Via justifiably proud law prof Eric Muller at Is That Legal?

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CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LAW & CULTURE FELLOWSHIP

The Center for the Study of Law and Culture at Columbia University invites applications for residential fellowships for the 2007-2008 academic year to undertake research, writing and discussion in ways that span traditional academic disciplines. The CSLC welcomes scholars from … Continue reading →

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The 29th Carnival of the Feminists!

Here, at the Imponderabilia of Actual Life!

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Ellen Sekreta, “Sexual Harrassment, Misconduct, and the Atmopshere of the Laboratory: The Legal and Professional Challenges Faced by Women Physical Science Researchers at Educational Institutions”

Here is the introduction: Former Harvard University President, Larry Summers, once made public remarks correlating women’s intrinsic academic abilities to their scarcity in high-powered science jobs. These controversial comments sparked a debate about the advancement of women scientists at research … Continue reading →

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Patrick Shin, “Vive la Difference? A Critical Analysis of the Justification of Sex-Dependent Workplace Restrictions on Dress and Grooming”

Here is the abstract: How is it possible that sex-specific workplace dress and appearance codes do not constitute sex discrimination? I argue in this article that the general doctrines of employment discrimination law do not themselves provide a principled basis … Continue reading →

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Difference and Sameness

Below are newspaper articles I have re-typed exactly from stories that appear in today’s issue of “The Hindu”: Woman drinks acid, dies HYDERABAD: A woman, T. Vidya, 45 years, committed suicide at Malkajgiri on Monday allegedly unable to cope with … Continue reading →

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Make Your Own Flying Spaghetti Monster Holiday Lights!

Instructions and more photos here.

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Hyderabad, India

I’ve been in Hyderabad this past week, and will return to the U.S. in a few days. Thanks for all the kind e-mails! Hope final exams and the end of the semester are going well for everyone. –Ann Bartow

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“What Not To Crochet”

I agree with the commenter who said it looks scratchy.

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Mental Illness: What A Difference A Friend Makes

This is a fairly extensive educational site. Via The Trouble With Spikol.

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If Porn is Involved, It Must be News, Right?

Via Siva, “news” from the BBC entitled “Carey battles porn star over name.” The entire article is below in bold text, with my descontructing comments interspersed in italics: Singer Mariah Carey has threatened legal action against porn star Mary Carey … Continue reading →

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The Real, Real Phraseology Should Be … [expletive deleted]!

After noting that the jacket blurb for Louann Brizendine’s book, The Female Brain, said: “Brizendine reveals the neurological explanations behind why [a] woman uses about 20,000 words per day while a man uses about 7,000…” as was mentioned in this … Continue reading →

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Ann Bartow, “Open Access, Law, Knowledge, Copyrights, Dominance and Subordination”

Yes I know, the clunky title is almost as long as the essay itself. Here is the abstract: The concept of open access to legal knowledge is at the surface a very appealing one. A citizenry that is well informed … Continue reading →

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Jennifer Wriggins, “Toward A Feminist Revision Of Torts”

A pdf of this article, which appeared in Vol. 13:1 (2005) of the J. of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, is available here. Below is an excerpt: “… Tort law has dealt, at times, in a more nuanced way … Continue reading →

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“The Shape of Water”

The Shape of Water is a movie described at this website as follows: In an intimate encounter with five very different women in Brazil, India, Jerusalem, and Senegal (narrated by Susan Sarandon with introductory narration co-written by Edwidge Danticat) THE … Continue reading →

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Conference on Christian Legal Thought in DC on 1/6/07 Features Panel on “Law and Christian Feminism”

“Law and Christian Feminism” panelists are: Elizabeth Schiltz, University of St. Thomas School of Law Susan Stabile, St. John University School of Law Marie Failinger, Hamline University School of Law More information here.

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Film Categorization and Censorship in the UK

While doing some research on censorship I came across a 2002 essay by Jan Chambers, someone who resigned from the British Board of Film Categorization. Below is an excerpt: I resigned as an examiner in June after six months, wearied … Continue reading →

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Joan Heminway, “Martha Stewart Saved! Insider Violations of Rule 10b-5 for Misrepresented or Undisclosed Personal Facts”

Here is the abstract: This article analyses the criminal securities fraud charges brought against Martha Stewart. Stewart was acquitted of these charges by a federal district court judge in February 2004. Specifically, the article initially focuses on whether the securities … Continue reading →

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“As The Tumor Turns”

One of the funniest blogs about cancer you will ever read. By “Spinning Liz,” who might sound a tad familiar to some of you, if you are lucky.

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Rape Threats As Silencers: Not Working

If you have somehow forgotten how much misogyny there is here on the internet, read “Giving Boneheads a Bad Name” by Amanda Marcotte at Pandagon. Amanda discussed this post by Twisty about what happened when a UNH student wrote a … Continue reading →

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Interesting Things To Read

“The Mirror Offered by Other Cultures” by Elaine Chiu at Prawfsblawg “MySpace Crackdown on Sex Offenders” at Sex Crimes, and see also “The Big Picture of Investigative Techniques” which links to “Slippery slopes: Warrantless tactics used for child molesters now … Continue reading →

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Jennifer Hendricks, “Essentially a Mother”

Here’s the abstract: This article connects the constitutional jurisprudence of the family to debates over reproductive technology and surrogacy. Despite the outpouring of literature on reproductive technologies, courts and scholars have paid little attention to the constitutional foundation of parental … Continue reading →

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A Libation For My Students Who Cannot Follow Exam Instructions

More information brewing here. NB: At Concurring Opinions, Heidi Kitrosser notes a fermenting dispute over the anti-sobriety proprietry of “Santa’s Butt Winter Porter.” To which I say: Then of course there is the feminist holiday alcoholic beverage of choice: –Ann … Continue reading →

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An Unartful Example of Astroturfing and Sock Puppetry

Here is an example of blog-based “opinion shaping” that was fairly easily detected. Via Making Light. See also this and this.

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The Genders of Milk and Glue

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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The Stark Report on Internet Filters

The Child Online Protection Act has never been enforced, but has been the subject of one federal trial after the other since its passage in 1998. Last May Prof. Philip Stark submitted an expert report in ACLU v. Gonzales. The … Continue reading →

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The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking public comments about the Family and Medical Leave Act

The official “request for comments” here says in pertinent part: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Public Law 103-3, 107 Stat. 6 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) (the “FMLA” or the “Act”) was enacted on February 5, 1993 … Continue reading →

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The United States is the only industrial nation not to require employers to provide paid sick days when workers are ill.

Some Democrats are going to try to change that. The linked article notes: The Institute for Women’s Policy Research found that 77 percent of workers in the lowest quarter by wages did not have paid sick days, while 43 percent … Continue reading →

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Links and Clips

Here are some links and short excerpts from interesting and/or amusing blog posts: 1. Read as a mother of seven live-blogs bedtime in: “Time for Bed!” at In the Trenches of Motherhood. Here’s a sample: 7:55: movie is over. Send … Continue reading →

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And the Male Equivalent of “Diplomatic Debutante” Is?

From the NYT’s caption for this photo: “Ségolène Royal, the Socialist candidate for French president, learned that the Middle East can be dangerous for a diplomatic debutante.” And the first sentence of the associated article, entitled “A Candidate Abroad, or … Continue reading →

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The MPAA says if it can’t tell lies to protect its copyrights, this will “tie[] the hands of investigators looking into insurance fraud, child support cases and missing children.”

Wired News reports in an article entitled MPAA Kills Anti-Pretexting Bill: A tough California bill that would have prohibited companies and individuals from using deceptive “pretexting” ruses to steal private information about consumers was killed after determined lobbying by the … Continue reading →

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Garceau v. Yale University

The Complaint is here. It alleges some fairly astounding acts of sexual harassment by a Yale faculty member. Via Absinthe.

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Pornographers Trying To Muck Up Copyright Law

Lawsuits brought by porn puveyor Perfect 10 against assorted credit card companies assert a secondary liability theory for processing payments to websites that allegedly infringe the copyrights in pornographic works. If the Ninth Circuit finds the credit card companies liable … Continue reading →

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Going to the AALS?

Send me an e-mail if you want information about a feminist law prof gathering! –Ann Bartow

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The Plight of Soldier Suzanne Swift

Army Spec. Suzanne Swift went AWOL and refused a second deployment to Iraq last June after a seargent in her chain of command coerced her into having sex with him. Swift says several of his colleagues also sexually harrassed her. … Continue reading →

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Kimberly Raffo, Barbara V. Breidor, Tracy Ann Roberts, Molly Jean Dilts

All of the above are murder victims named in this NYT article, which reports: … In the 25 years since legalized gambling helped transform Atlantic City from a faded resort to a popular destination for weekend slots players, casino companies … Continue reading →

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Why People Hate Lawyers

On a jar of unsalted peanuts… …is an “Allergy Statement” that says: “…may contain peanuts…” Clearer image of the label here.

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Lindsay Blohm and Ashley Riveira, “Presumed Equal: What America’s Top Women Lawyers Really Think About Their Firms”

From the book’s website: Even though men and women have graduated law school at nearly the same rate for two decades, women still make up only 17% of partners at law firms. Since 1995, Presumed Equal has provided valuable insight … Continue reading →

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How To Tell If Your Cell Phone Is Bugged

Found this link via the comments at Discourse.net and can’t vouch for the accuracy, but here is an excerpt from this post: … When cell phones are transmitting — even as bugs — certain things are going to happen every … Continue reading →

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Legalese in the Age of IM

Noting the strict word and page length limits judges impose on briefs and oral arguments, Roger Wade Hughes has proposed that appellate lawyers adopt a system of communicating via IM type acronyms, such as: ASSA = assuming arguendo WADR = … Continue reading →

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Russell K. Robinson, “Casting and Caste-ing: Reconciling Artistic Freedom and Antidiscrimination Norms”

Here is the abstract: This article examines the legality of race and sex classifications in casting announcements for actors, which are common in the film industry and have profound social consequences, yet have been entirely overlooked by legal scholars. Such … Continue reading →

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Statement of Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

As a result of this post, Rep. Kucinich’s office asked to have the following posted here: I stand with every Member of the House in defense of the rights of individuals to be free of bodily harm or injury under … Continue reading →

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NARAL Poll: “Choice is a Winning Issue”

According to NARAL: NARAL Pro-Choice America ran independent-expenditure campaigns aimed at persuading and motivating pro-choice women voters in six targeted congressional districts – Arizona’s 1st, Arizona’s 5th, Arizona’s 8th, Iowa’s 1st, Pennsylvania’s 7th, and Pennsylvania’s 8th.   Five of these … Continue reading →

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“The number of American teenage girls who are becoming pregnant has dropped dramatically since 1990, and researchers say an increase in the use of condoms among teens may be the reason why.”

That’s the first sentence of this article, “Contraception Driving U.S. Decline In Teen Pregnancies” which goes on to report: The finding suggests that teens are increasingly turning to contraception as a means of avoiding early pregnancy, even as conservative groups … Continue reading →

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