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BitchTapes: B-Sides Roundup

by Sara Reihani
February 5, 2010 at 7:36pm

Here's a sampling of tracks from most of the bands we've mentioned on the B-Sides blog in the past couple of weeks, plus some more new songs!

A Damn Scribbling Woman: an Interview with Jennifer K. Stuller about Ink-Stained Amazons

by Kjerstin Johnson
February 4, 2010 at 3:07pm

Blogging as Ink-Stained Amazon on the Bitch blogs, Jennifer Stuller took on Barbarella, Lois Lane, and Tura Satana with her blog Grrl on Film. With her new book, Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology, released a few days ago, you can find even more on kick-ass women in popular culture. Read on for my interview with Jennifer about her new book, the...

On Staring: Talking about art, disability studies, and the way we look.

by Kjerstin Johnson
February 4, 2010 at 11:04am

“Swim 2” from “16 Portraits” by Chris Rush Professor Ann M. Fox and Jessica Cooley have now curated two art shows addressing disability. The first, Re/Formations featured five women artists exploring the intersections of female identity and disability through sculpture. More recently, they wrapped up STARING, which was based off of the book Staring: How We Look by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson,...

Audrey Bilger talks gay marriage, gender roles, and Roseanne Barr on the Menage

by Kjerstin Johnson
February 4, 2010 at 10:59am

Audrey Bilger’s article “Wife Support” appeared in the Art/See issue of Bitch and discussed how the word “wife” was evolving with the gay marriage movement. The article caught the eye of Seatte talk show the Menage, who intereviewed Audrey in December 2009. Here’s the full rambunctious interview with hosts Julie Mains and Jennifer Austin. You can listen to the Menage online and...

Douchebag Decree: Michael Caldwell and Tail of the Tiger

by Kelsey Wallace
February 4, 2010 at 10:37am

At this point, we probably don’t need a refresher on Tiger Woods and his scandal-making behavior. We’ve all got the 411 on his many mistresses, his alleged sex addiction, his lost endorsement deals, and his overall douche-y behavior. But what do we do with that knowledge? Where do we direct our feelings of disappointment?

Well, if we were Michael Caldwell, the ideas...

Race Card: Why Are Pregnant Migrant Women in Arizona Being Shackled?

by Nadra Kareem Nittle
February 4, 2010 at 8:00am

Last year authorities arrested expectant mother Miriam Mendiola-Martinez, an undocumented immigrant, and charged her with using someone else's identity to work. After the incarcerated Mendiola-Martinez delivered a baby boy Dec. 21 via C-section at Maricopa Medical Center in Arizona, she was shackled for two days to her hospital bed and not allowed to nurse her baby, New America Media (NAM)...

Going Pro: Anti-Choice Super Bowl Ad Responses

by Kelsey Wallace
February 3, 2010 at 12:47pm

CBS’s decision to air a Focus on the Family ad during this year’s Super Bowl, while frustrating for pro-choice advocates, has a silver lining: It has inspired some pretty, well, inspiring, responses.

The Biotic Woman: Ecopsychology

by Brittany Shoot
February 3, 2010 at 11:02am

This weekend, the New York Times Magazine—a publication I admittedly adore—asked what I consider to be a very simple question: "Is There An Ecological Unconscious?" Should we be thankful when these issues are covered by mainstream media or annoyed that our work has once again been relegated to the margins of the larger movement?

B-Sides: \m/ \m/

by Sara Reihani
February 2, 2010 at 10:59pm

Metal is a misunderstood genre; traditionally the domain of alienated pubescent males, angry dude-bros and broody Lord of the Rings fans, while women were relegated to groupie status only. Fortunately, metal has come a long way since "The Hairy 80s", and there quite a few metal bands around now that feature women in way more face-melting roles.

Race Card: Oscars Continue to Ignore Asian Americans and U.S.-Born Latinos

by Nadra Kareem Nittle
February 2, 2010 at 7:24pm

Just 14 years ago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson called for a boycott of the Academy Awards due to the dearth of African American entertainers nominated for Oscars. In the new millennium, however, the Academy Awards have consistently nominated blacks for Oscars. Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jen Hudson and Forest Whitaker have all nabbed Academy Awards in recent years. And Sophie Okonedo, Will...

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