1. The only thing left is for the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act is Royal Assent. See the LEGISinfo page on the bill here. This was always one possible response to the ruling in Bedford. Here’s Brenda Cossman on the issue in the Globe from last December and here are law profs Hughes, MacDonnell and Pearlston’s piece we posted earlier this year: The Appeal of Asymmetrical Criminalization.
2. “Patriarchy: it’s quite a system. It works. Whiteness too.” have a look at @SaraNAhmed‘s blog post “White Men” about any number of things about white men as norm. She’s uses the academy as an example, often. It’s a good read. #feministkilljoy bit.ly/1x9ym2v
3. Best article yet on what us all learning about Ghomeshi means. Nothing or nothing good – either we learned nothing at all, or we’re claiming that all the things we have seen happen in the past, all the women harmed, all the dead women, weren’t enough to catch our attention. Denise Balkissoon says it better, stronger: @balkissoon m.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/s…
4. I’m waiting on the written reasons in the Lori Douglas case (still, forever, interminably) before a (new) CJC panel. The latest in this increasingly (i know, you would never think that it could actually get worse, but I assure you, it’s getting worse) bananas saga. Who would like to write about this, please? I’ve got my concerns about the case, but the fact that the CJC committee is going to look at the photos…. I will post or tweet when the reasons come out.
Lori Douglas loses bid to end disciplinary hearing in nude photos case http://t.co/u44f7P8Z3L #law #justice #privacy #women #internet
— Madeleine Redfern (@madinuk) November 4, 2014
So this means CJC panel is going to look at the pictures. Posted to the internet by her husband. Without her permission. #LoriDouglas
— Sonia Lawrence (@OsgoodeIFLS) November 4, 2014
How can a judge – or anyone – be sanctioned/disciplined for being victimized like that? I don't get it.
— Emmett Macfarlane (@EmmMacfarlane) November 4, 2014
I await the written reasons with great interest.We've got lots to talk about I think. #LoriDouglas
— Sonia Lawrence (@OsgoodeIFLS) November 4, 2014
5. Street Harassment: What’s better than a viral video about a white woman walking around New York illustrating just how much street harassment she’s facing? The fact that all the white men were edited out? I had some moments on twitter about this one. I think I leaned towards educative function of academics on twitter but you may disagree.
Appreciating all the discussion about street harassment and race. No particular contribution except to point out long history of scholarship
— Sonia Lawrence (@OsgoodeIFLS) November 2, 2014
like most others – not a new problem. Deirdre Davis, 1993 article on street harassment of black women is a *key crit race feminism piece.
@ProfLBNielsen has been writing on street harassment of women for more than a decade and tweets too, incl. #legalconsciousness studies.
Like all other feminist issues, street harassment needs critical attentn – incl/esp on question of implications of invoking law as remedy.
Feminist T-shirts worn by politicians allegedly made in sweatshop conditions | World news | The Guardian http://t.co/uJdUNDuSza
— Sonia Lawrence (@OsgoodeIFLS) November 3, 2014
1/2 Those feminist tees were made in Mauritius. Which "celebrated" yesterday the 180th anniversary of the arrival of the ship Atlas,
— Sonia Lawrence (@OsgoodeIFLS) November 3, 2014
2/2 carrying the first of .5m indentured labourers to the island, under the British Empire's "Great Experiment" . http://t.co/OkgXdxaBCG
— Sonia Lawrence (@OsgoodeIFLS) November 3, 2014
There is a long history to the "globalization" of labour. What does a transnational feminism look like?see e.g. work of Vasuki Nesiah.
— Sonia Lawrence (@OsgoodeIFLS) November 3, 2014
look, you can learn more this Friday in Toronto about this history – Coolie Woman!
It's the Black and Caribbean Book Affair 2014, and I'm a part of it. This Friday, Toronto. Please come! pic.twitter.com/BH7oUmghzE
— Gaiutra Bahadur (@gbahadur) November 3, 2014