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Bechdel Test Canon: The Watermelon Woman

by Alyx Vesey
December 12, 2011 at 10:49am

Today we consider Cheryl Dunye’s 1996 feature The Watermelon Woman and how and why certain filmmakers use fiction to write their own histories.

Bitch Radio: “We're Here, We're Beer, Get Used to It”

by Kelsey Wallace
December 9, 2011 at 4:08pm

Tune in to this episode of Bitch Radio to hear an audio version of “We’re Here, We’re Beer, Get Used to It: Brewing up a tasty new paradigm for female beer enthusiasts” from the Underground issue of Bitch.

Bitch in a Box: Holiday Gift Guide, Budding Mycologist Edition!

by oohsilver
December 9, 2011 at 2:57pm

You may see them scoffing at the chanterelle selection in your local New Seasons. Last month, they flaked out on your lunch date because it was a perfect day for “hunting.” The symptoms of a budding mycologist are clear and consuming; they can barely walk downtown without checking every patch of bark-chips for emerging fungi.

If you’re shopping for a mushroom lover this holiday...

Thursday Night 'Lights: Christmas Time is Here

by Kirthana Ramisetti
December 9, 2011 at 2:48pm

It’s our final week with this lineup of NBC comedies, and each one rose to the challenge by providing enjoyable holiday-themed episodes. For the last time in 2011 (sniff), let’s get recapping.

Bitchtapes: Gender Bender Covers 2.0

by Mac Pogue
December 9, 2011 at 12:53pm

I like to think of cover songs as a gift from a band. In the holiday spirit I decided to put together a whole mix of gifts, and to carry on in the tradition of a previous Bitchtapes, make a playlist of gender-bending covers. 

The 99%: “Talk like a Cover Girl” and the Classing of Voice on America's Next Top Model

by Gretchen Sisson
December 9, 2011 at 12:37pm

But most of the time, when Tyra is talking about the contestants’ speech, she’s talking about their accents.  And when she’s talking about their accents, she’s talking about class. 

On Our Radar

by Mac Pogue
December 9, 2011 at 11:18am
Let’s face it, sometimes real life is just the moments between reading blogs.
  • “This is what sets Pariah apart from (white) singular-narrative LGBT films; it debunks the myth that life begins and ends between the point of self-acceptance, and a wedding.” Spectra Speaks reviews Pariah at Racialicious.
  • Ashley Lauren at Feministe picks apart the troubling...

Douchebag Decree: H&M's “Totally Virtual” Models

by Kelsey Wallace
December 8, 2011 at 3:02pm

H&M is taking fashion douchebaggery to the next level this week by using computer-generated models in its holiday lingerie campaign. As if the photo shopping, airbrushing, pushing up, and sucking in that goes on in a typical yuletide bra commercial wasn’t enough to make the average shopper want to throw on a snuggie and call it a day, now the models selling us our delicates are ...

Bitch in a Box: Holiday Gift Guide, Kitchen Gadgets Edition!

by Bianca Butler
December 8, 2011 at 2:21pm

No matter how different everyone’s holiday traditions and plans are, they tend to have one thing in common: food. Lots of food, and much of it homemade. As someone who loves to cook, even I’ll admit that the excessive amount of it that the holidays require can be a drain on the culinary spirit. But nothing makes me more excited to start looking up recipes than new gadgets...

Mom & Pop Culture: Cataloged Stereotypes

by Avital Norman Nathman
December 8, 2011 at 12:39pm

Ads in these catalogs go beyond the usual gender stereotypes of girls playing with kitchens and dolls (or using only female pronouns in the write ups for the doll toys: “Her First Doll! She’ll Love it!”) and boys playing with trucks. When I sift through the catalogs that have accumulated over the last couple of weeks, I notice something else that makes my blood boil.

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