Comments on Feminism, Privilege and Judge Dolores SloviterTypePad2007-07-24T17:40:39ZMithrashttps://mithras.blogs.com/blog/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://mithras.blogs.com/blog/2007/07/feminism-privil/comments/atom.xml/oops commented on 'Feminism, Privilege and Judge Dolores Sloviter'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c68d353ef00e39336532f88342007-08-05T19:54:22Z2007-08-23T14:09:36ZoopsLos Angeles Times review<p>Los Angeles Times review</p>anonn commented on 'Feminism, Privilege and Judge Dolores Sloviter'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c68d353ef00e39336531a88342007-08-05T19:53:39Z2007-08-23T16:49:21Zanonn[a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/books/cl-et-book28jul28,0,6161596.story?coll=la-books-headlines">Los Angeles Times review<p>[a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/books/cl-et-book28jul28,0,6161596.story?coll=la-books-headlines">Los Angeles Times review</p>Mithras commented on 'Feminism, Privilege and Judge Dolores Sloviter'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c68d353ef00e3933603b688342007-08-04T22:47:22Z2007-08-23T16:45:54ZMithrashttp://mithras.blogs.comAnon- Thanks. For future reference, here's the syntax for posting a link: [a href="http://www.yourlinkhere.com"]Link title here[/a] Except that for the...<p>Anon-<br />
Thanks. For future reference, here's the syntax for posting a link:</p>
<p>[a href="http://www.yourlinkhere.com"]Link title here[/a]</p>
<p>Except that for the purposes of the example I used regular brackets [], but in an actual link you use angle brackets <>. </p>anon commented on 'Feminism, Privilege and Judge Dolores Sloviter'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c68d353ef00e3933600df88342007-08-04T21:59:55Z2007-08-23T16:45:46Zanonhttp://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/oralhistory/interviews/transcripts/sloviter.html<p>http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/oralhistory/interviews/transcripts/sloviter.html</p>Aquagirl commented on 'Feminism, Privilege and Judge Dolores Sloviter'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c68d353ef00e3932ff61a88342007-07-26T14:03:41Z2007-08-23T11:36:42ZAquagirl"Because I was Rao once." And you were blithely happy to be making big bucks in your soul-crushing job being...<p>"Because I was Rao once."</p>
<p>And you were blithely happy to be making big bucks in your soul-crushing job being skeet shot for assholes. I bet if you strapped on some electrodes and thought about incidents from those years, your vital signs would change. (you=one/most people).</p>
<p>I don't fault her too much for not knowing during law school that there were ways to check up on judges. Judging young adults for being naive strikes me like judging children for being short. Or maybe just remembering how naive I was/glass houses. But the fact that she says NOW that there are no ways to do it is complete BS, I'll agree with you there.</p>Mithras commented on 'Feminism, Privilege and Judge Dolores Sloviter'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c68d353ef00e3981c315888332007-07-26T12:29:20Z2007-08-23T11:35:41ZMithrashttp://mithras.blogs.comAquag- I am kind of interested in what's behind your humungous overreaction, though. Because I was Rao once. "'Sloviter's personality...<p>Aquag-<br />
I am kind of interested in what's behind your humungous overreaction, though.</p>
<p>Because I was Rao once.</p>
<p>"'Sloviter's personality wouldn't even merit a mention if she were a man' is bullshit." </p>
<p>I meant in terms of book/movie deal, of course. I can't think of a thinly-disguised memoir of a male power figure with anger issues. Maybe Primary Colors? I never read it.</p>
<p>And what do you think of Rao's contention that 3rd years at elite schools are in the dark about what kind of clerkships they're applying to?</p>
<p>Zenp-<br />
I get yelled at for a lot less.</p>
<p>Sure. But then you have to move to Manhattan. </p>zenpundit commented on 'Feminism, Privilege and Judge Dolores Sloviter'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c68d353ef00e3981bf57288332007-07-26T02:11:18Z2007-08-23T15:06:57Zzenpundithttp://zenpundit.blogspot.com"NYC Big Law outfits such as Cleary paid around $200,000 in 2006 for a mid-level associate like Rao before she...<p>"NYC Big Law outfits such as Cleary paid around $200,000 in 2006 for a mid-level associate like Rao before she got canned"</p>
<p>Dang. Maybe it's time to check out law schools instead of doctoral programs. Jeez, I get yelled at for a lot less.</p>Aquagirl commented on 'Feminism, Privilege and Judge Dolores Sloviter'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c68d353ef00e3981bef4288332007-07-26T01:35:23Z2007-08-23T11:26:23ZAquagirl"Where's the perspective?" Gee, maybe it's buried somewhere under the piles of cash. Boss-from-hell book sells big, somebody else thinks,...<p>"Where's the perspective?"</p>
<p>Gee, maybe it's buried somewhere under the piles of cash. Boss-from-hell book sells big, somebody else thinks, HEY, I had a boss from hell, too, and cashes in. I am kind of interested in what's behind your humungous overreaction, though. And personally, I really hate the suck-it-up school of capitalism. Nobody should be treated like that, especially not young people fresh out of school who don't have the life experience to know how to deal with it.</p>
<p>Also, this: "Sloviter's personality wouldn't even merit a mention if she were a man" is bullshit. The words "complete f-ing asshole boss" bring someone immediately to mind for most people, and it's completely irrelevant whether that person's male or female. Mine's male. You are right about women of that generation deserving slack, though, they HAD to be ball-busters to get past the position of legal secretary they were offered upon graduating.</p>Mithras commented on 'Feminism, Privilege and Judge Dolores Sloviter'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c68d353ef00e3932f566388342007-07-25T14:13:39Z2007-08-23T14:48:11ZMithrashttp://mithras.blogs.coma bad work situation has a way of taking over your life. Oh, of course. I just don't see writing...<p>a bad work situation has a way of taking over your life.</p>
<p>Oh, of course. I just don't see writing a book about it years later and making one's self out to be a hero for putting up with a bad boss. Where's the perspective, where she says "it doesn't seem like a big deal in retrospect and it didn't last that long"? And do you think someone applying for clerkships really doesn't know what the judge's personality is like?</p>upyernoz commented on 'Feminism, Privilege and Judge Dolores Sloviter'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c68d353ef00e3981b917e88332007-07-25T13:32:37Z2007-08-23T11:14:51Zupyernozhttp://upyernoz.blogspot.comapparently a friend of a friend of mine is in the book, thinly disguised. she was rao's co-clerk, who quit...<p>apparently a friend of a friend of mine is in the book, thinly disguised. she was rao's co-clerk, who quit after a couple of weeks because sloviter was so difficult to work for.</p>
<p>anyway, i kinda disagree with your harshness directed at rao. it may not seem like a big deal from the outside, and sloviter's craziness may be understandable, but that doesn't change the fact that working for a difficult person is awful. i worked for a psycho when i first got out of law school. i lasted for only 11 months (a record, apparently). even though it doesn't seem like a big deal in retrospect and it didn't last that long, it really was hell. a bad work situation has a way of taking over your life. those 11 months were miserable and seemed to last a lot longer than that.</p>
<p>that being said, my only beef with sloviter is that she still hasn't issued the freakin' decision i argued before her in early november. now that is inexcusable.</p>