OK, I know it is not a surprise to say that the media is employing sexist and racist stereotypes in its portrayal of Sotomayor and that those stereotypes place her in an infamous catch-22– How dare she be smart and aggressive? Wait, she’s a lawyer and a judge.
But, if anyone is doing research or teaching about this topic, here is site that does an excellent job documenting and linking to a long list of examples in the US media, and connecting them to legal scholarship about racism and sexism.
. (Thanks, Mr Jender.)
Feminist Philosophers 