Language

So a few days ago Mike Cernovich at Crime & Federalism addressed the (apparently common) question of why women are underrepresented in the legal blogosphere. Everyone gets very concerned for women, who apparently are being prevented from blogging. Who is preventing women from blogging? No one says. Well, it's "men," we are told. Mike calls bullshit on that. As evidence, he … [Read more...] about On the Blogging Gender Gap Kerfuffle

(Not that I'm fishing for traffic with that title by implying that this is about Paris Hilton's sex life—oh drat! I did it again! Mentioning Paris Hilton and sex in the same sentence. Bad blogger! Bad!) I think this comment at Public Defender Dude is the best answer I've encountered to the question of whether Paris Hilton is being treated better or worse than an … [Read more...] about Paris Hilton Getting Screwed

There's been a lot of media coverage lately about a certain f-word. A tremendous amount of power is being given to this word. Just to recap, in case you hadn't heard: In October, on the set of Grey's Anatomy, Isaiah Washington referred to T.R. Knight as a homosexual epithet while having an argument with Patrick Dempsey. T.R. Knight came out several days later, saying he … [Read more...] about What’s in a Name? – The Power of Language

Oh dear God...the crowd of lawyers and law professors at The Volokh Conspiracy is discussing the etymology of "bootylicious." … [Read more...] about Fashizzle My Lizzle