Author Archives: Ann Bartow

Wouldn’t It Be Nice If You Got To Wear Whatever You Wanted To The Beach Without Being Judged?

Nope, not to worry, this isn’t another Go Fug Yourself diatribe. This one is about swimsuits. At Reclusive Leftist, Dr. Violet Socks posted this photo with the caption: “If you wear this bathing suit, no one will know you have … Continue reading →

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Some Links to Funny Things Elsewhere

I’m not going to describe them, they are all work safe (assuming you are allowed to curse silently, and laugh loudly, at work); beyond that it is simply caveat clickor: Here. And here. And here. And here. And here. And … Continue reading →

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It’s Official: Babies Hate Bush

Both photo and post title from Arse Poetica.

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Two Reports From The “Mommy Wars”

At Notes From The Trenches: “The Unspoken Conversations in Our Heads.” Here is an excerpt: She said,”Are all those kids yours?” I heard,”Is that impossibly large number of children yours? Have you ever heard of birth control?” I said,”Yes. They … Continue reading →

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Jim Chen Has Started a New Blog

He is calling it “Jurisdynamics.” I’m betting it will be very interesting, one of those “You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll send him flowers and hate mail” kind of law prof blogs. Check it out!

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Woo-hoo, We’re Number One!

From AskMen.com’s “12 Types Of Women To Avoid”: …Keep a watchful eye out for the following list of women, and you’ll be one step closer to curing yourself of habitual bitch-dating: 1- Miss Feminist This woman postulates that all the … Continue reading →

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Another Reason Not To Go To Law School If You Haven’t Already

Excerpts from Judge Kent’s opinion in Bradshaw v. Unity Marine Corp., 147 F. Supp. 2d 668 (2001): “…Before proceeding further, the Court notes that this case involves two extremely likable lawyers, who have together delivered some of the most amateurish … Continue reading →

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More Boundless Hilarity From Go Fug Yourself

Yes, the title to this post would indeed be sarcasm. I avoid Go Fug Yourself because I think it is meanly misogynistic, and I thought I’d said about everything I had to say with respect to the Great Feminist Fug … Continue reading →

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Carol Sanger: “Infant Safe Haven Laws: Legislating in the Culture of Life”

I heard Carol give a really interesting presentation about this paper a year or so ago, and am happy to see that it is now available at SSRN here. Below is the abstract: This Article analyzes the politics, implementation, and … Continue reading →

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When You Acquire a “Trademark” as a Child

I never had any interest in an acting career, but one of my childhood friends had a passion for the theater that survives today, as she now writes plays rather than acting in them. She worked some as a child, … Continue reading →

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Snitch Reliability

Grits for Breakfast reports: Prof. Alexandra “Sasha” Natapoff of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles has posted on her faculty page a sample 11-page Motion Requesting Snitch Reliability Hearing (Word doc) in federal court. She also included the motion as … Continue reading →

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Jessica Price: “‘Don’t Be Beguiled’: Gender, Inside-Outsiders, and Justice in the Stories of Lowell B. Komie”

Here is the abstract: This essay discusses how the short stories of Chicago lawyer Lowell B. Komie (particularly the stories collected in the recent volume The Legal Fiction of Lowell B. Komie) showcase gender and lawyer stereotypes in a way … Continue reading →

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On Being “Safe!”

I saw posts about “Safe!” at Shakespeare’s Sister and Feministing. According to this article: [Safe! is] a police magazine [that is] advising women planning a drunken night out to ensure they had waxed and were “wearing nice pants” in case … Continue reading →

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Very Strange, Manipulative News Story About A Urinal

Here is the urinal in question: Now here is the full text of this story, entitled “McDonald’s removes mouth-shaped urinals,” bolded in the regular font, with my questions and comments interspersed in italics: AMSTERDAM : A McDonald’s fast-food outlet in … Continue reading →

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Jemele Hill is possibly the only black female sports columnist writing today.

Read an interview with her here. Below is an excerpt: Liz Cox Barrett: As a rule, columnists/opinion writers tend to be older white men. You are none of the above. According to a recent study prompted by the Associated Press … Continue reading →

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WE ARE NOT AFRAID

A wonderful website called “We’re Not Afraid” was established in the wake of the London train and bus bombings last year. I posted a few of my favorite pictures from it here, at Sivacracy. The site added the following update … Continue reading →

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Sexism Doesn’t Sanitize Homophobia

Readers might be interested in checking out this piece by Richard Thompson Ford on Slate today. It concerns same-sex marriage, and argues that we shouldn’t think of all opponents of same-sex marriage as anti-gay bigots because many of them really … Continue reading →

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“All Iraq is Abu Ghraib”

Via Heart at Women’s Space/The Margins, I learned of an article recently published in The Guardian by Haifa Zangana, a writer and former prisoner of Saddam Hussein’s regime, entitled “All Iraq is Abu Ghraib.” Below is an excerpt: …It took … Continue reading →

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Is She Supposed To Represent a “Media Whore”?

What does the post it heads have to do with this cartoon still posted by a Supposedly Liberal Dude Blogger named Roger Ailes? I suppose it is my humorless feminism that prevents my brain neuropaths from making the intended connections … Continue reading →

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On the “Rape of the Hadjii Girl”

Heart at Women’s Space/The Margins asked in the title to a recent post: Question: Are There Any Men Blogging About This Besides the Ones Who Are Sending Me Death Threats? Her earlier posts on the subject are here, and here, … Continue reading →

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NARAL, Planned Parenthood and Lieberman

As Siva Vaidhyanathan noted, NARAL has endorsed Joe Lieberman in his bid to retain his Senate seat, instead of his more progressive opponent Ned Lamont, who was endorsed by NOW. In consequence, over at Stone Court, Mary Garth posted her … Continue reading →

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True Porn Clerk Stories

Here. Below is an excerpt from a post called “Lube Warning” from “03-02-2002.” All of us abuse the hand sanitizer. I know that over-the-counter antibacterial products are bad. I know that it actually develops hideous resistant strains of bacteria. I … Continue reading →

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“Bush Gardens”

“Bush Gardens” is a great multipage comic about body hair by Rachel Nabors. Here is an excerpted page:

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New Blog Tackles Sex Discrimination in the Academy

The blog is Absinthe, and it has the tag line: “A blog for pissed off female scientists and academics. Because 1000 years of affirmative action for white males is more than enough.” The blog author writes: I choose to blog … Continue reading →

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More on Katha Pollitt

Pollitt has an Op-Ed in today’s NYT called “Thank You for Hating My Book.” An interview by Jessica Valenti of Feministing called “Strident” and Proud is available here. Unfortunately, it is at Salon, so if you are not a Salon … Continue reading →

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Belle Lettre From the Frontlines: War On Boys Over, Girls Agree to Settle For Equality

A ridiculous headline for a possible (hopeful?) conclusion to a ridiculous story. It turns out, just as there may be no “Opt-Out Revolution” or “Mommy Wars,” there may not be a “Boy Crisis”, as a new study by the Education … Continue reading →

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A New Gender Divide in Colleges

The NY times has an interesting series on”the new gender divide”, citing Department of Education statistics that show women as more likely to graduate college with high honors:”men whatever their race or socioeconomic group, are less likely than women to … Continue reading →

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Martha Nussbaum on “Manliness”

Martha Nussbaum wrote a completely awsome review of “Manliness” by Harvey Mansfield. Below is an excerpt but by all means read it in its entirety here: …Mansfield’s assertions (I cannot quite call them arguments) seem to be as follows. Manliness, … Continue reading →

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Visiting, Gender, and Prestigious Law Schools

Brian Leiter compiled a list of folks visiting at “the six top law schools” next year and posted it here. Looks like out of ten visitors at Yale Law School, one of the most liberal law schools in the US … Continue reading →

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Virginity or Death!

Okay, so Katha Pollitt has a new book out, Virginity or Death! And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time. As mentioned at this blog previously, Echidne of the Snakes gave it a very good review here. The blogger … Continue reading →

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What In The World Is Up With This Sony Playstation Ad Campaign?

Ugh. Learn more about it here and here.

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Cool Feminist Cartoon by Ampersand

Here, at Alas, A Blog, nicely packaged with a link to Feminist Law Profs!

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From the National Women’s Law Center: “A Sobering Lesson from Burlington Northern: the Power of the Lower Courts”

Here’s an excerpt: Although we are pleased with the Supreme Court’s decision in Burlington Northern v. White, the decision is also a harsh reminder of the power of the lower courts, and the irrevocable damage they can cause before the … Continue reading →

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Rape as a Weapon of War

As Amnesty International reminds us, rape is a weapon of war, used to “intimidate, conquer and control women and their communities…[and] as a form of torture to extract information, punish and terrorize.” As long as rape and murder allegations against … Continue reading →

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Respectability and Resistance: Interview With Prof. Beverly Skeggs

At Redemption Blues. Here is the intro: In the comfortable armchairs of the first floor café in Paperchase (Tottenham Court Road), fuelled by a tall latte I had the honour of meeting and interviewing one of Britain’s foremost experts on … Continue reading →

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“Barefoot and Pregnant” – Comics by Erica Moen

Read them here!

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Carnival of the Feminists – #18!

It’s up at Ink and Incapability! Lots of great links!

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Katha Pollitt on Hirshman and Flanagan

Here, at The Nation. And can I add: Woot! It’s good to have new Pollitt columns to read. –Ann Bartow

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Marking Ourselves

An interesting post at Feministing references this NYT article about female politicians and choices they make about “Mrs.” and “Ms.” and the last names they use. The Feministing post draws the reader’s attention to this Op-Ed piece by Deborah Tannen … Continue reading →

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“The Real Toy Story”

“The Real Toy Story” was an installation by Michael Wolf, shown at the John Batten Gallery, Hongkong from November 2-27, 2004.

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On-Line Bullying By Law Students

See this post at the Law School Academic Support Blog. Via the Leiter Law School Reports, where Brian Leiter notes: One putatively prelaw discussion board–memorably described in the comments here as the place where “the amount of racism, anti-semitism, and … Continue reading →

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Ew.

From TPMmuckraker: A few weeks after departing the House of Representatives, Tom DeLay served as charity auctioneer at a fundraiser for Safari Club International, a gun-lobby group defending man’s right to defend himself against unarmed animals. “Who wants a beaver?”DeLay … Continue reading →

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“Women Vote and Run in Kuwaiti Poll for First Time”

According to this NYT article: Kuwaitis voted for a new parliament on Thursday with women running and casting ballots for the first time in a national poll in the Gulf Arab state. “I don’t know how to describe my feelings, … Continue reading →

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Graphic Provocation

Via Incurable Hippie.  

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Belle Lettre: “Pictures and Patriarchy”

Note from Ann: Below is a Guest Post by Belle Lettre, which is cross posted from her excellent blog, Law and Letters  at her specific and unprompted request. She has guest blogged here before and has an open invitation to … Continue reading →

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Carnival Against Sexual Violence #2

It’s up here, at Abyss2hope.

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The “All Girl Army” Blog!

Here!

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Watching the Courts

The National Women’s Law Center has a new post here at NominationWatch.org evaluating recent Supreme Court decisions. Here’s a brief excerpt: The”new”Supreme Court – with John Roberts at the helm as Chief Justice and Samuel Alito in place of Sandra … Continue reading →

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Prawfsblawg Adds First Female to Permanent Blogging Line Up

Feminist Law Prof Orly Lobel got a permanent blogging gig at Prawfsblawg, announced here. And wow, some of the commenters there think she is a total babe! Do I make this stuff up? No, I do not. Check out the … Continue reading →

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The Hooters “Trade Dress” Case

I decided not to comment on the Hooters trade dress case (Hooters v. Winghouse of Florida) when the district court decision came down because it didn’t seem like the legal issues were very interesting. It received substantial media coverage only … Continue reading →

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