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Sapphic Salon: The Adam Lambert Double Standard

by Natalie Stein
November 23, 2009 at 6:49pm

Last night, Adam Lambert kissed another guy on live television — network television. He also pushed a dancer's face into his crotch, which makes this is his most daring performance ever. Having only come out as gay post-American Idol, he has maintained a fairly straight-acting demeanor until now, including a sexualized photospread co-starring a woman in Details and Out...

Adventures in Feministory: Marthe Distel, the First Top Chef

by Kelsey Wallace
November 23, 2009 at 12:00pm

With Top Chef boiling down to its final two episodes (go Jennifer, go!) now seems as good a time as any to delve into the history of the fancy world of professional chefs. From Top Chef (yes, a television series, but fancy nonetheless) to the James Beard Award, there are tons of impressive accolades out there for ambitious chefs to get their knives on, and we love to watch it happen....

The Transcontinental Disability Choir: Popular Songs That Get Disability (Mostly) Right

by Anna Hamilton
November 23, 2009 at 10:51am

Since my last post on the Bitch Social Commentary blog was a (rather long) analysis of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” video and the problematic representation of disability issues contained therein, I thought I’d take this post to focus on some popular songs that get disability and representations of persons with disabilities (mostly) right. There are, of course, some issues with these...

Sapphic Salon: Sirs and Madames

by Natalie Stein
November 22, 2009 at 5:24pm

My girlfriend gets called sir a lot. Every time a stranger refers to her as a guy (sir, buddy, "him"), we give each other a smirky look, and can't help but feel bad for the person once they realize their mistake, as they most often do once she opens her mouth.

There are still times, however, they just can't tell the difference, either because they don't care to look beyond a customer if...

Webcomics: Entertainment for the New Millennium

by Sara Reihani
November 21, 2009 at 1:07pm

Eve Ning of Octopus Pie Independent webcomics are, generally speaking, a lot more interesting than the comics you can read in the newspaper – they have the space and the freedom to experiment artistically and tackle controversial or niche subjects, and women aren't as underrepresented. After the jump, a few current comics written and drawn by women that are worth checking out.

National Survivors of Suicide Day

by Sara Reihani
November 21, 2009 at 12:41pm

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is holding conferences around the world today to raise awareness about suicide in honor of National Survivors of Suicide Day. Below the jump, some questions about suicide for Joan Schweizer-Hoff, a grief counselor at Portland's Dougy Center, who will be speaking this afternoon at the Portland conference.

Bitch Popaganda: Twi-hard edition

by Kjerstin Johnson
November 21, 2009 at 11:09am

Bitch Popaganda: It’s like The View, except with less leg-crossing.

Kelsey, Sara and Kjerstin saw a very special preview of New Moon this past Thursday night. Not only were we privy to the latest in the Twilight phenom, we got a chance to talk with fans of all ages before and after the movie to see what they thought before we put in our own two cents in our makeshift...

I Can Has Feminizm?

by Kelsey Wallace
November 21, 2009 at 10:35am

Hey Bitch fans! You know we have a brand new issue out, right? Well, these cats (and dogs) are in the know, and they are so happy they’re using the only medium out there that could properly express their animal joy to tell you about it: LOLz.

More Art/See LOLz after the jump!

BitchTapes: That's Gay

by Sara Reihani
November 20, 2009 at 12:41pm

Bryan Safi... total dreamboat, am I right, ladeez? I sort of wish he wasn't gay, but if that were the case, we wouldn't have the excellent "That's Gay" segment on CurrentTV's brilliant infoMania. So here's a Bryan Safi-inspired mix of catchy songs to help you blur the gender lines and celebrate the sexuality spectrum. Put on your rainbow suspenders, donate to Stop 8 and rock out with your...

Girls Just Wanna Play With Dolls

by Sara Reihani
November 20, 2009 at 12:12pm

Mattel has recently released Barbie versions of Joan Jett, Cyndi Lauper and Debbie Harry as part of its "Ladies of the 80s" series. Stare into the empty plasticized eyes of your youth!!

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