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Just Because You Are Paranoid…

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Following up on the “On Astroturfing and Paid Shills” post below: One of the scariest articles I ever read was an expose published by Salon in 2001 called The Greatest Vendetta on Earth, by Jeff Stein. Part I is here. … Continue reading →

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“geek grrls: the next generation”

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Jennifer Ouellette is publicizing an initiative to get girls and young women interested in science: The Feminist Press, in collaboration with The National Science Foundation, is exploring new ways to get girls and young women interested in science. While there … Continue reading →

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Sex and the Empowerful Woman

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Two recent posts by Twisty Faster at “I Blame the Patriarchy” provide fairly compelling, if not jump-startling, reading for the summer-stupified academic brain: Sports, Corsetry, and the Empowerful Woman and Sex. Here’s an excerpt from Sex: Radical feminists are not … Continue reading →

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The Economist: Dictator Not All Bad; He Paid For the Teenage Girls He Took

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Ann Bartow

In its obituary of former Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner, The Economist acknowledges the torture, “disappearances” and other human rights violations that were rampant under his rule. But The Economist also thinks the dictator had his redeeming features, writing: There was … Continue reading →

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KC Sheehan: “Caring for Deconstruction”

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Feminist law prof KC Sheehan notes that after a lapse of only 6 years she has posted her article “Caring for Deconstruction” here on on SSRN. According to KC: “The article points out similarities between Robin West’s caring justice and … Continue reading →

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Judge rules that New York Human Rights Law protects transgendered people

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Text of ruling here. Press account here. Via Feministing.

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Funny and/or Odd Things Elsewhere

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Click here and here and here and here and here and here too.

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Rosa Brooks: “No Escaping Sexualization of Young Girls”

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Law Prof and blogger Rosa Ehrenreich Brooks published an op-ed in the LA Times that is accessible here. Below is an excerpt: It’s been a good week for the media, and a bad week for parents. The arrest of former … Continue reading →

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On “Astroturfing” and Paid Shills

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Read this post entitled “Their voice. Amplified.” or Why I’m banning 151.200.70.* comments at Newsrack Blog. Via Making Light. See also this post where the author observed: …the Internet is populated with strings of comments by the same posse of … Continue reading →

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“Who’s making policy? What difference does it make?” An international conference on gender-inclusive decision making for peace with justice

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Ann Bartow

October 18-20, 2006 at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice in San Diego, CA. From the conference website: International resolutions and agreements call for women to be at all policymaking tables. This is an international working conference … Continue reading →

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CFP: “Passages”

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Ann Bartow

The editors of “Passages: Law Aesthetics Politics” invite submissions for volume 11 of “Law Text Culture.” Details here.

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Robin Morgan Channels the Framers in Her New Book “Fighting Words”

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Ann Bartow

From Robin Morgan’s website: In Fighting Words, Robin Morgan has assembled a toolkit for arguing, a verbal karate guide: a lively, accessible, eye-opening collection revealing what the framers (and other leading Americans) really believed:in their own words. She resurrects the … Continue reading →

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It’s Women’s Equality Day

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Ann Bartow

On August 26, 1920, after 72 years of lobbying and protest, women finally won the right to vote in the United States. NOW is asking people to sign this petition to the prospective 2008 presidential candidates, urging them to make … Continue reading →

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Prof. Anthony D’Amato argues that porn has decreased rape.

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Glenn Reyolds proposed this thesis at Instapundit a while back. Now law prof Tony D’Amato has posted a short law review article, “Porn Up, Rape Down,” with the same thesis; it is downloadable at SSRN here. Below is the abstract: … Continue reading →

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Sexual Assault at The Citadel

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Ann Bartow

There was an article in my local paper about this, and I’ve been looking for it in the online version, but for some reason they appear not to have posted it. The Charleston Post and Courier has the story up … Continue reading →

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“Token Pride”

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Very engaging post about race by “Vicky Vengeance” at Mean Feminisim. Below is an excerpt: Getting down to business, I am back from Hawaii and I sure am tan, but I’m always “tan” I guess considering that I am “of … Continue reading →

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Feminism, Essentialism and Blogging

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Heart from Women’s Space/The Margins posted some thoughts about differences and feminism at Genderberg well worth excerpting here: Does anybody see the way blogs and blogrolls seem to break down along color lines? Lesbian/het lines? Western/Third World-Global South lines? It’s … Continue reading →

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Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy Carnival: 4th Edition

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Here, at Alas, a Blog.

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“A Girl Like Me”

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Ann Bartow

At Digital Femme, Cheryl Lynn writes about Barbies, race and hair in a very compelling way. Via Pen-Elayne.

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Posted on August 24, 2006 by Ann Bartow

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“The Female Brain”

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Ann Bartow

The 8/20 WaPo ran a review by Deborah Tannen of “The Female Brain” by Louann Brizendine called “A Brain of One’s Own.” In it she writes: … In a breezy, playful style (the calming hormone oxytocin is a “fluffy, purring … Continue reading →

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Plan B, a.k.a. The Morning After Pill, Cleared by the FDA For OTC Sales To Those Over 18 Years Old

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Ann Bartow

NYT story here. See also this post and embedded links.

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Sexism For Clicks And Profit

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Michael Noer, Forbes.com’s executive editor for news, wrote an opinion column for Forbes.com that started out like this: Guys: A word of advice. Marry pretty women or ugly ones. Short ones or tall ones. Blondes or brunettes. Just, whatever you … Continue reading →

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A Cocktail For Carnivores

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Ann Bartow

The Weenie-Tini 3 oz weeniecello (hot dog infused vodka) 1 oz dry vermouth splash of sauerkraut brine Garnish with a slice of frankfurter. Full recipe here.

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Good Links

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Ann Bartow

“Hang Up and Drive” at Creek Running North. “‘Progressive’ company tries to bully and censor magazine. Shocking.” at Pinko Feminist Hellcat. “Shame and Sex” at Mad, Melancholic Femnista. “Cerebrogenesis” at Reappropriate. “Resisting Self-Defense” at Finnegan’s Wake-Up Call. “Feminism Needs A … Continue reading →

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According to the LA Times, she’s hot, likes drugs, and cares about fashion – what else can you ask for in a lawyer?

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Ann Bartow

The full title of the news article? “A Law Unto Herself: The criminal defense attorney is star-struck, young and unorthodox. But don’t be fooled. She’s also Ivy League, savvy and successful.” Here’s an excerpt: Her husband said she used to … Continue reading →

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Katrina Events in and Around New Orleans

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Ann Bartow

The G Bitch Spot has a long list, and links as well.

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So Awful It’s Funny, Maybe.

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Okay, first of all, both the product itself and the packaging are completely repulsive: Naughty Nad’s Bikini Design Kit with 4 Naughty Bikini Shapes Remove Hair…..down there! Surprise that someone special or simply indulge your wickedness by personalising your most … Continue reading →

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“Home Is Where The Work Is”

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Ann Bartow

A report about New York’s domestic work industry prepared by Datacenter and Domestic Workers United (see also this site) can be downloaded here. Among the report’s findings: 90% of workers lack health care benefits. 33% of workers subjected to abuse … Continue reading →

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“I Statements”

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Ann Bartow

This is one of the New Mexico State Abstinence Education Program’s “teen generated campaigns.” I have to think that the teen in pink is thinking, “Darn, why couldn’t I have been the one who has a future? Or who has … Continue reading →

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Katherine Harris Is Female, Lest We Forget

Posted on August 21, 2006 by Ann Bartow

I don’t have anything nice to say about Katherine Harris, and I would be very happy to see her lose every election she ever enters by a friggin’ landslide. What I don’t understand, however, is why an ostensibly liberal blogger … Continue reading →

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Mansfield Manliness Update

Posted on August 21, 2006 by Ann Bartow

As noted here previously, Martha Nussbaum wrote a terrific review of Harvey Mansfields’s book Manliness (in the sense that her review was terrific, but not at all in the sense that she said the book was terrific, no, not that, … Continue reading →

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Random Things of Interest

Posted on August 21, 2006 by Ann Bartow

Sherry Colb’s Findlaw column on the Teen Endangerment Act. Dean Dad’s observations on “Academic Rubbernecking” and “A Quart of Liberty.” Camicao’s Chamomile’s Theory Head Wanker Rant. Angry Professor’s budget ponderings at A Gentleman’s C. Classic television commercials at Bibi’s Box. … Continue reading →

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The ACLU Sucessfully Prevents Sex-Segregated School in Louisiana

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Ann Bartow

The ACLU’s account of the dispute (and its positive resolution) is here; the page includes a link to the Complaint it filed in its successful lawsuit. Recent discussions of sex-segregated education have transpired at feminist blogs such as The Happy … Continue reading →

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Book Meme

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Ann Bartow

I love books and I’m pretty sure everyone who reads this blog does as well. Nancy at Heavens to Mergatroyd tagged me with a book meme, so here goes: 1. One book that changed your life? “The Fountainhead” by Ayn … Continue reading →

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