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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Hershey, Nestle, and Mars Are Probably Still Using Child Labor

by Bitch HQ
June 6, 2019 at 6:00am

“The odds are substantial that a chocolate bar bought in the United States is the product of child labor.”
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The Heart of Whiteness: On Spiritual Tourism and the Colonization of Ayahuasca

by Bani Amor
June 5, 2019 at 11:50am

Only in our current capitalist system is wellness considered a luxury.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Three Trans Women Have Been Murdered in Dallas in a Year

by Bitch HQ
June 5, 2019 at 6:00am

Chynal Lindsey is the second Black trans woman in Dallas to be killed in two weeks.
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Sea Change: “Knock Down the House” Captures the Wave of Women Running for Office

by Bedatri D. Choudhury
June 4, 2019 at 10:00am

A “sea change” in the number of first-time women candidates needs as much documentation as possible in order to show and tell us that it’s possible.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: The Central Park Rapist’s Other Survivors Come Forward

by Bitch HQ
June 4, 2019 at 6:00am

His crimes were pinned on five teens of color whose stories are now being shared in When They See Us.
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Bitch Media Fellowships for Writers

by Bitch HQ
June 3, 2019 at 5:21pm

Bitch Media, an independent, nonprofit feminist media organization now in its 23rd year, is pleased to offer the Bitch Media Fellowships for Writers, a series of three-month intensive writing fellowships whose goal is to develop, support, and amplify emerging, diverse voices in feminist, activist, and pop-culture media. The program is directed by Bitch cofounder Andi Zeisler.Bitch Media’s...
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Thor’s “Endgame” Weight Gain Should Have Been More Than a Punch Line

by Clarkisha Kent
June 3, 2019 at 2:13pm

There’s a longstanding assumption that fat people feel less pain or sadness than non-fat people, and that they both deserve and can handle less-than-human treatment.
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Less Than Perfect: What I Left off of My College Admissions Applications

by Hannah Bae
June 3, 2019 at 11:51am

For all the warmth and safety I was provided at school, I was never completely honest with anyone about the full extent of the turmoil happening at home.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: The Escalation of Anti-Abortion Violence

by Bitch HQ
June 3, 2019 at 6:00am

“Violence is not just in the anti-abortion movement’s past.”
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Bitch Media Writing Fellows

by Bitch HQ
May 31, 2019 at 8:32pm

Bitch Media’s Fellowships for Writers program offers a series of three-month intensive writing fellowships whose goal is to develop, support, and amplify emerging, diverse voices in feminist, activist, and pop-culture media. The program is directed by Bitch cofounder Andi Zeisler. 

We couldn’t be more proud to introduce you to our cohort of amazing past...

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