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BitchWatch: 19 TV Shows You Must Watch This Summer

A handy guide that illuminates TV’s best offerings.

We’re All Vulnerable: A Review of Girlpool’s “Powerplant”

Girlpool’s formula is simple: guitar, bass, and the tightly woven voices of Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad.

In Defense of “Political Correctness”

Over time, words that describe bedrock progressive values are perverted by conservatives and replaced by new demonizing definitions that are adopted by the mainstream and eventually, perhaps unconsciously, by many liberals themselves.

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Trump Tots

Today we’re reading about Apple, racism, and soccer.

War Begets Horror in “Under the Shadow”

Set in Tehran, Iran, in 1988, Under the Shadow follows Shideh, a wife and mom whose husband, a doctor, gets drafted to the Iran–Iraq War.

No Redemption for the Reverend: Ongoing Abuse in “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” proves that abuse and manipulation aren’t one-time offenses.

Darkness Outshines Diana: A Review of “Wonder Woman”

Wonder Woman feels like a movie directed by two people when the shores of Themyscira fade into the horizon and the action shifts to the dark, depressing world of man.

American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus

What is a hookup, anyway? That’s exactly where Lisa Wade comes in with her new book, American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus.

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Cosby

Today we’re reading about climate change, Brown Girls, and gun violence.

BitchReads: 17 Books You Should Read in June

Summer is an ideal time to read a good, engrossing book. Here are Bitch’s picks for June. 

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