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Election fatigue, I haz it

March 6, 2008 at 4:12pm

A few commenters have wondered in the past few weeks why there's been such a paltry amount of coverage of the primaries and their attendent issues on this site. I can't speak for my colleagues — as we always write, in tiny print, in the magazine's masthead, we have varying opinions and no monolithic position on most of the issues we cover — but I've become, as I'm sure many of you have, really...

Listen & Love It: The Terrordactyls

by Anna Breshears

March 5, 2008 at 7:45am

The Terrordactyls are silly and sweet twosome Michael Cadiz and Tyrel Stendahl (who occasionally team up with The Moldy Peaches' Kimya Dawson). Whether sort-of rocking out with a cover of Andrew WK's "Long Live The Party" or charming the pants off of us with back-and-forth vocals and kazoo solos on "Devices" they are tons o' fun. You can stream the whole self-titled album here.

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Another wee step into now

by Debbie Rasmussen

March 4, 2008 at 9:43am

It's the Bitch podcast!

Well, it's going to be. At long last, we're thrilled to announce that our very own podcast is in the works. Look for more details soon, but for now I want to give a quick shout out to podcaster extraordinaire Julie Sabatier, creator of DIY, Portland, who's graciously agreed to serve as our podcast producer. She and I met over pizza and beer (guess that seems to...

From the Archive: Wack Attack: Giving the Digital Finger to Blog Bandits

March 3, 2008 at 4:08pm

We were under attack. It was late on an August night. I was trying not to come down with a cold and just about to go to bed. But I was also guest-blogging at Feministe that week, so I logged on to check my e-mail and moderate comments one last time before I turned in. I was already overwhelmed. Between writing timely posts, separating the trolls and spammers from the innocents in the...

WaPo to ladies: Dumb, swoony, and you can't take a joke

by Andi Zeisler

March 3, 2008 at 3:08pm

Sigh. One day after the Washington Post published the op-ed by Charlotte Allen titled "We Scream, We Swoon. How Dumb Can We Get?", the paper has responded to the massive public outcry against the piece by stating — what else? — that the piece was meant to be "tongue-in-cheek" satire. John Pomfret, the editor of the paper's Outlook section, stated this morning that "If [the piece] insulted...

Which PETA Campaign Do You Hate The Most! Vote Now!

by Anna Breshears

March 3, 2008 at 10:03am

After learning of PETA's recent agreement to do ads with the Suicide Girls and in light of their most recent demonstration (geez, even Perez Hilton was offended!) Feministing has had enough! Vote in their Which PETA Campaign Do You Hate The Most poll. An organization that loves animals but hates on women? Kinda reminds me of the Michael Vick situation: lots of talk about abused dogs...

Angry white men's votes count too!

by Andi Zeisler

February 29, 2008 at 4:17pm

Via Jezebel, a deeply confusing op-ed from the Aspen Times Weekly. Is it satire? Sincerity? Sheer douchebaggery? All of the above? Ultimately, one point is clear: The writer hates him some Hillary Clinton.

"[T]he Angry White Man loathes Hillary Clinton. Her voice reminds him of a shovel scraping a rock. He recoils at the mere sight of her on television. Her very image disgusts him, and...

Okay, America's Next Top Model fans...

by Andi Zeisler

February 29, 2008 at 11:31am

If you, like me, aren't sure you can stomach another season—'scuse me, "cycle"—of Tyra Banks, the two Jays, and a handful of hot messes who will never be models, but you still kind of want to keep up on the show, might I suggest reading the excellent recaps on SFGate.com's Culture Blog? The recaps this cycle are written by the fantastic Rita Hao, longtime Bitch contributor and legal counsel. I...

Beer Fun(d)

by Debbie Rasmussen

February 29, 2008 at 11:04am

A lovely group of folks has organized a monthly Bitch-themed Think and Drink at the Florida Room, a local bar here in Portland. I had the pleasure of attending this month's meet-up, where we talked about everything from Hillary versus Obama, dogs versus cats, and cranky farm pigs and their geese friends (what can I say, I love me some animal stories?). They even fundraised for us! Apparently...

$pread is 3!

by Debbie Rasmussen

February 28, 2008 at 8:12pm

On the bus to work today, I read the new issue of $pread magazine. For those not familiar, $pread's mission is to build community and destigmatize sex work by providing a forum for people working in the industry. They publish interviews, feature articles, reviews, news, and personal stories of sex workers from all perspectives.

I couldn't wait to tell my co-workers about this issue's...