Latest Articles

B-Sides: Teri Gender Bender, the Feminist-Not-Feminist

by Mac Pogue
November 8, 2011 at 2:43pm

“I consider myself a self-proclaimed feminist but not in the same way that other people would think of a feminist. I’m not a man-hater.” Yes! Wait, what? Teri Gender Bender bites off a lot more than most people could chew with her roving gang of Butcherettes—including the drug wars in Mexico, being ostracized in both of her homes on either side of the Mexico-US border, and...

Bringing Up Baby: The Desperate Housewives' Guide to TV's Childbearing Tropes

by Katherine Don
November 8, 2011 at 12:35pm

Welcome to Wisteria Lane, where every neighbor is a potential killer, every friend a potential enemy, and every woman victim to TV’s most overused childbearing tropes. Join me as we take a tour of these tropes—we need not even leave Wisteria Lane.

FFF Fest: Final Wrap-up!

by Katie Presley
November 7, 2011 at 3:09pm

The weekend is over and we’ve (for the most part) washed off the dust from Auditorium Shores. Check out our coverage from the third and final day at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas!

HuffPo Shames Victoria's Secret Models For Their Diet, Shames Readers For Not Being Models

by Kelsey Wallace
November 7, 2011 at 1:35pm

When it comes to diet articles—specifically articles about what women eat—I think it’s only natural (if depressing) that we’re interested. And we must be, because stories like this one grace the front pages of tabloids, women’s magazines, and blogs almost daily. We live in a culture that commodifies women’s bodies and promotes near-impossible beauty ideals, so why...

Adventures in Feministory: Gladys Bentley

by Kjerstin Johnson
November 7, 2011 at 12:49pm

“If you’re looking for quiet, soothing music that will lull you to sleep, put a record on your phonograph and spend the evening at home. But if you want to hear singing that will make the blood pound in your pulse, listen to the brown bomber of sophisticated song at Mona’s Club 440. Her name is Gladys Bentley and she’s as gifted with the piano keys as with her vocal...

The H-Word: “This is how hookers die.”

by Melissa Petro
November 7, 2011 at 11:19am

“Sometimes it was very sexy and sometimes I was attracted to the person and sometimes I had great sex. And sometimes I was just going through the motions and it was neither good nor bad. And sometimes it was really unpleasant and I just got through it.”

TRIGGER WARNING: The following story includes a description of a sexual assault. 

Mom & Pop Culture: Occupy Sesame Street! How Not To Lose Your Activist Spirit

by Avital Norman Nathman
November 7, 2011 at 11:00am

Fighting for social justice doesn’t need to stop when you give birth. In fact, in my opinion, we should fight even harder if we have to raise a kid or two in this world. Also, by continuing our activism postpartum, we’ll set kick-ass examples for our children. It’s win-win all around.

FFF Fest: Day 2!

by Katie Presley
November 6, 2011 at 10:07am

Saturday at Fun Fun Fun Fest felt like pictures you see of mud-soaked supermodels at Glastonbury Festival in England, except for the rain. And the supermodels. So mostly it was just windy and dusty. But that didn’t stop us from seeing a couple of great acts!

FFFFest: Friday Wrap-Up

by Katie Presley
November 5, 2011 at 12:21pm

One day down at Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest! Check out coverage on YACHT, the Heartless Bastards, and the Thermals after the jump.

Bitchtapes: Fun Fun Fun Fest

by Kjerstin Johnson
November 4, 2011 at 2:58pm

Bitch is going to be at Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest this weekend, covering some fantastic female and queer-fronted bands playing on Auditorium Shores.

There's a large amount of great electronic pop, from bigger indie acts like (Lykke Li, Blonde Redhead, YACHT) and some lesser-known but promising artists (MNDR, Grimes, Keep Shelley in Athens), in addition to some great rock (...

Pages