Latest Articles »

Lee Lai, a young Asian person wears a backpack and polo shirt

Family Stones: Lee Lai’s “Stone Fruit” Draws the Growing Pains of Queer Kinship

by Jenna Mahale May 14, 2021 at 10:50am

“Everyone’s pretty messy, while also being really well-intentioned.”

a woman with short brown hair and bangs sits on a black chair in front of a window with their legs pulled up on the chair

Outside Blues: Chronically Ill People Face an Old New Post-Pandemic World

by Fortesa Latifi May 14, 2021 at 10:23am

Now the end of the pandemic is near in the United States and friends will ask chronically ill people to meet in crowded, loud buildings again.

Lindy West, a fat white woman with blond hair, poses against a brown background in a flowered shirt

Whole Person: Lindy West Reflects on the Fat Positive Legacy of “Shrill”

by Rebecca Bodenheimer May 13, 2021 at 4:33pm

“It was important to me to tell especially young fat women that romantic love will not save you.”

Our members make everything on bitchmedia.org and in Bitch magazine possible. Join us today and keep this feminist pop culture and political analysis going. All new or upgrading memberships by May 21 count towards our $75,000 goal.

Join The Rage
Anna Duggar, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing a purple dress, poses with her husband, Josh Duggar, a white man wearing a black suit

Inside the Quiverfull World That Made Josh Duggar

by Eve Ettinger May 13, 2021 at 2:14pm

It’s hard for Quiverfull escapees and child sexual abuse survivors to feel any relief that the law is holding Josh Duggar accountable.

Laura Donnelly and Ann Skelly play Amalia and Penance, two white women wearing a red and black gown, and holding hands in The Nevers

“The Nevers” Can’t Escape the Joss Whedon Curse

by Nicole Froio May 13, 2021 at 10:45am

There are too many characters, too many high-stakes plotlines, and not enough explanation for how it all connects.

a thin white woman with short bleach blond hair sits on the bed and stares at the screen of her Macbook laptop

Mean to an End: How Online Harassment Became a Feature, Not a Bug

by Jenna Mahale May 12, 2021 at 4:01pm

The facilitation of harassment may be social media’s most reliable content strategy.

More articles »