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I found this archived in an email for some reason, so I’m archiving it here:

Porn in the U.S.A., Part I
Hard Cop, Soft Cop: Catharine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin on Pornography
By Maureen Mullarkey
INTERCOURSE. By Andrea Dworkin. Free Press. 257pp. $19.95.
FEMINISM UNMODIFIED: Discourses on Life and Law. By Catharine A. MacKinnon. Harvard University Press. 315pp. $25.
IS PORNOGRAPHY […]

OK. I alluded to this analysis already, but I hadn’t realized I wasn’t very clear until I repeated myself and realized, fromt he response, that it was too opaque the 1st time. Here, I’m showing Obama’s rhetoric consists of empty signifiers. How his speeches are “all things to all people”. What makes white ppl so […]

2007-01-19 15:37:14
If you followed the Burqagate wars, this article might help flesh things out. If you are still confused about essentialism and why it can be a problem, the article also illuminates, though I hope it’s not too big on the theory and strange words. The reference will also help ground my discussions of Janet […]

2006-09-22 01:43:52
First, Halley writes that Catherine MacKinnon reviewed portions of the book where she spoke to MacKinnon’s work. So, I’d say that’s pretty cool, eh? Second, a while back, when Belledame was reading a discussion of Thai prostitutes, she brought to everyone’s attention the work of someone who’d written about third world prostitution using Wendy […]

This is really interesting and makes clear why MacKIinnon should NOT be confused with people who find Ev0l in Teh Cock! However, I think what she does show is how MacKinnon nonetheless draws on their arguments in her legal work in ONCALE. If you don’t know of the case, here’s a little information about it […]

2006-09-17 00:48:47
Janet Halley explains her assertion that there are two MacKinnons, early and late. All underlines and bold are my additions and not in the original text. —————————————————————————-
SEXUAL SUBORDINATION FEMINISM The Structural Male/Female Model. In the book that did more than anything else to provide the theoretic basis for sex harassment law, Sexual Harassment of […]

2006-09-15 14:45:19
I am Curious Blue, you are the awesomest. He found this early paper by Janet Halley and, from my quick skim, it seems to outline the basic positions in her book, Split Decisions. Now, what truly intrigues me is that she wants to examine the convergences and points of departure between queer theory and […]

2006-09-12 03:04:59
“In English departments, we sit and listen for hours to people talking about texts we’ve never read. And we act as if that’s fine.” — Janet Halley (transcribed. any errors, mine.) I’m listening to her lecture right now which maps out various feminist theories and queer theories. This is really awesome folks, so make […]