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Stage Left: On NINE and Manpain

August 2, 2011 at 11:31am

I like Nine. I like it for its score, and I like it for the traits an observer can impart to the women. There are many female characters, and the silver lining to their being incredibly underdeveloped is that it is simple to impose one’s own headcanon, to imagine their internal lives. The point is, though, that I shouldn’t have to do that. When solely relying on the text,...

Murder, She Blogged: Why Detectives?

by Jess Mccabe

August 2, 2011 at 11:09am

I’ve come to the half-way point of the Murder, She Blogged series, and half way through my time guest blogging here at Bitch, so I just wanted to take a brief pause to address the question: Why detectives?

We're All Mad Here: Intake Interview

by s.e. smith

August 1, 2011 at 11:20am

Welcome to We’re All Mad Here, an exciting series on depictions of mental illness (and health) in pop culture featuring the lovely Anna and s.e. smith. We thought we’d start things off with a little interview so you could get to know us, learn more about why we’re doing this series, and find out what to expect from the coming weeks:

Why does it even matter? It...

Political InQueery: False Dichotomies in the Race for President

by Everett Maroon

July 29, 2011 at 4:23pm

News of the early election season has been swamped by the stalled debt ceiling vote in Congress, but the proposals put forth by Speaker of the House Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Reid are sure to factor into stump speeches by the GOP candidates for president. And because this is my farewell in this series for Bitch Magazine’s blog, I’d like to point out a few things regarding...

In Defense of the L'Or

by Ann-Derrick Gaillot

July 29, 2011 at 1:01pm

If we already know advertisements are digitally altered, why do we have to get rid of them? Simple answer: Because humans are beautiful and it’s time they know so.

On Our Radar

by Ann-Derrick Gaillot

July 29, 2011 at 12:02pm

Here are some great links from this past week to keep your mind-gears turning!

For the first time ever, Tim Gunn disappointed me. Read about it on Shakesville.
Womanist Musings asks, “Is Touching Black Women’s Hair Racist?” Get in on the discussion.
If you missed Stephen Colbert’s take on genital hand puppets, definitely check it out ASAP on What Tami...

BitchTapes: Breakup Mix #3

by Brian Frank

July 29, 2011 at 11:34am

My friend Nicole and I commiserated over her recent break-up last night. We talked, we ate, we imbibed…..but most importantly, we had a rock-off with YouTube, our mp3 collections, and every break-up song we knew – the good, the bad, the ugly, our favorites, and some must-have suggestions from the rest of the Bitch crew. (Some classics, like Phil Collins' “Against All Odds,”...

Bitch Popaganda: Wise Blood Edition

by Kelsey Wallace

July 29, 2011 at 11:00am

Welcome back to another episode of Bitch Popaganda! Tune in as Andi, Deb, and Kelsey discuss addiction in the media, Elisabeth Badinter in the New Yorker, and True Blood.

Links after the jump!

Murder, She Blogged: The First Female Detectives?

by Jess Mccabe

July 29, 2011 at 10:11am

Let’s track down some of the first female detective characters, in literature, film and television.

Keep Bitch in Print: A Special Message to Male Bitch Supporters!

by Brian Frank

July 29, 2011 at 8:35am

Today I’m calling on other male-identified Bitch supporters to do their part. Bitch, like feminism in general, is not and cannot just be for women.

Let’s face it—men are underrepresented in their support for the feminist movement. A lot of men believe that feminism is just for women, or at least that they don’t have a constructive role to play. I’m here to tell...