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Bitch Popaganda: Douche's Not Dead Edition

by Kelsey Wallace
December 12, 2009 at 2:44pm

It’s like The View, only we won’t call you a hooker.

Welcome back to another episode of Bitch Popaganda! Lend your ears as Briar, Jonanna, Danny, and Kelsey try to figure out what the heck is up with Tiger Woods, dissect Jenny Sanford’s decision to divorce Gov. Mark Sanford, and attempt to answer the $64,000 question: Is douchebag dead?

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Sapphic Salon: Why Lady Gaga is important for gay women

by Natalie Stein
December 11, 2009 at 11:29am

When Lady Gaga first told a gay magazine she was bisexual at the end of 2008, she was still a rising star. "Just Dance" had just begun switching over from gay club anthem to mainstream radio hit, and sure, she could probably benefit from using her sexuality as a point of interest about her.

Since the original statement, she's been back and forth...

Notre Dame Hires Pro-Choice Catholic as New Football Coach

by Anna Clark
December 11, 2009 at 9:53am

Word came yesterday: The University of Notre Dame has hired Brian Kelly away from the University of Cincinnati to be its new football coach. Kelly, a pro-choice Catholic with extraordinary coaching skill and success, takes the job just six months after the a strong segment of the Notre Dame community protested President Obama's commencement address at the premiere Catholic university,...

The Transcontinental Disability Choir: Pride & Prejudice & Ableism

by s.e. smith
December 11, 2009 at 7:37am

There's only one good reason to add blatant ableism to not one but two Jane Austen monster mashups: Because you know that the audience will appreciate and enjoy it. I certainly wouldn't accuse either Grahame-Smith or Winters of vast cultural sensitivity, not least because of the horrific racism which runs rampant across the pages of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, so I think...

Screenshot: Bah humbug! Or, why holiday movies aren't really a gift to women

by Lisa Schmeiser
December 10, 2009 at 4:44pm

In made-for-TV Christmas movies, there’s a bizarre ethos that the best holiday is the one where a woman gives everyone the gift of walking all over her. Then – and only then – has she earned the right to have a merry Christmas. At long last, she loves Big Santa.

Douchebag Decree: Advertising Double Header!

by Sara Reihani
December 10, 2009 at 2:52pm

It's been an exciting week in the world of advertising - so exciting, in fact, that we have two contenders for this week's Douchebag Decree! Judges are standing by to determine which of these heavyweights will win the ultimate title of Douchebag of the Week.

Bunk Documentaries: Dockers does it again (2 of 2)

by Kjerstin Johnson
December 10, 2009 at 1:58pm

The trailer for An Emasculating Truth opens with the following… “There’s always that fear that masculinity is in danger, that it’s being lost, men are becoming feminized in one way or another.” “Men are definitely finding their feminine side.” “Their masculinity’s kind of questionable.” “Maybe too superficial.” “Settling for less.” “Not…manly.”

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Top Ten Reasons Why This Feminist is a Sports Fan: #4

by Anna Clark
December 9, 2009 at 2:18pm

The series continues. The #4 reason why this feminist is a sports fan is ...

BiblioBitch: The Grammar Devotional

by Kelsey Wallace
December 9, 2009 at 12:02pm

Grammarphiles of the world, rejoice! The fabulous Mignon Fogarty (aka Grammar Girl, profiled in the Buzz Issue Bitch List) has a new book out, just in time for the word nerd on your holiday shopping list!

The Transcontinental Disability Choir: Simulate This!

by Anna Pearce
December 9, 2009 at 10:50am

I have this personal theory that I’d like people to consider: Spending 30 minutes trying to eat in a pitch-black room doesn’t really tell you much about being blind. It just tells you how difficult it is to eat a meal in the dark.

This seems to be a pretty controversial thing to say, since “disability simulations” like the one the Washington Post wrote about are seen as a...

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