Author Archives: Ann Bartow

“Gayprof” blogs at Center of Gravitas, and yesterday he noted: Over the past few days, the inevitable occurred. Two colleagues from my university found my little bloggy and deduced the true identity of GayProf. Perhaps I should not have worn … Continue reading →

Here is a cartoon that opposes heteronormativity, produced by the South Carolina Equality Coalition. My goodness the narrator has an unusual Southern accent!

I’m having a few issues with WordPress this morning, two posts eaten and frustrations rising. Go to Blackademic and start following the alphabetical links. Hopefully by the time you get to “F” I’ll get the post up and the stream … Continue reading →

As discussed here, when Annalee Newitz got an article published at Slashdot, she was perturbed to find that rather than discussing her ideas, a lot of commenters instead engaged in a colloquy about whether they found her personally attractive. She … Continue reading →

Feminivist is hosting links here to many blog posts related to sexual assault as part of a “Blog to Raise Awareness About Sexual Assault” project. It’s a worthy undertaking, and a difficult one. I tried a couple of times to … Continue reading →

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Pathbreaking South African author Ellen Kuzwayo died this morning: Kuzwayo was the first black writer to win South Africa’s premier CNA Literary Prize for her 1985 autobiography “Call Me Woman,” a book that made her a spokeswoman for the suffering … Continue reading →

“He Touched My Special Gray Area” at I Blame The Patriarchy “Inside Higher Ed on the Gender Pay Gap” at Alas, a Blog “Women should know better than to get raped” at Feministing “Who Has It Tougher — Prosecutors Or … Continue reading →

The fact that I had the temerity to voice a difference of opinion with Brad of Sadly No, still has him riled up, and I learned today that he recently compared me to an unappealing right wing “Christian,” writing: I … Continue reading →

“50 Tries” is a funny, wonderful blog. It is captioned “a chronicle” of author Kiersten Conner-Sax’s “attempt to publish a “Shouts & Murmurs” piece in the New Yorker during [her] second round of chemotherapy for breast cancer.” There are posts … Continue reading →

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Michelle Malkin decided to punish some student activists by publishing their contact information at her blog, after dumping a load of invective about how they were violent seditionists. From Ezra Klein: …a crew of students at UC Santa Cruz … … Continue reading →

This is the fourth installment of The Long Story series, subtitled: “Strength comes from refusing to be shamed,” by blogger Manxome at Climacteric Clambake, who writes: “In the interest of disclosure and empowerment, of stubbornness and sheer attitude, I hereby … Continue reading →

This LA Times article asserts: In these early soundings for 2006, Republicans face the potential reemergence of a gender gap that Bush narrowed in his 2004 reelection. Although men split evenly when asked which party they intended to support in … Continue reading →

I only wish I was making this up. Here are the first three sentences from a recent ABC News story: “They’re on every college campus where sports teams succeed: groupies who want to date athletes — or at least have … Continue reading →

So today’s NYT has a review of Caitlin Flangan’s new anti-feminist screed, “To Hell With All That,” which was written by Pamela Paul, and entitled “Mother Superior.” The review is yet another installment of the NYT’s Lessons for Uppity Women. … Continue reading →