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BitchTapes: Holidaze Come-down

by Maggie Owsley
January 13, 2017 at 8:44am

Still nursing that holiday burn-out? Use this mix to get back to you. 

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: It's Time to Take Sexism Seriously as a Political Force

by Bitch HQ
January 13, 2017 at 6:00am

Today we’re reading about Jackie Evancho, Hidden Figures, and luchadoras.

Backtalk: Golden Globes & White Nationalist Book Deal

by Amy Lam
January 12, 2017 at 2:32pm

Dahlia and Amy dig into the recent Golden Globes with some highlights, lowlights, and Meryl Streep’s anti-Trump acceptance speech for her lifetime achievement award. One of the highlights included Tracee Ellis Ross’s win for her work on Black-ish, where she dedicated her award to women of color. The last time a Black woman won this award was in 1983 when...

Serena Williams Got Engaged to Reddit's Cofounder: Why Bigots, Black Men, and Feminists Care

by Nadra Kareem Nittle
January 12, 2017 at 9:51am

At some point during the past decade, Hollywood decided that mixed couples just aren’t controversial anymore. The reality tells a different story.

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: His Own Props, His Own Amen chorus, and His Own Facts

by Bitch HQ
January 12, 2017 at 6:00am

Today we’re reading about Jeff Sessions, Tennessee, and Trump.
Meryl Streep, an older white woman with gray hair and glasses, delivers a speech at the Golden Globes

Lovely Speeches Are Not Radical

by Tamara Winfrey-Harris
January 11, 2017 at 1:31pm

In this political environment, we cannot afford to mistake nice liberal speeches for the radicalism needed to fight the dismantling of democracy and human decency.
from left: Janelle Monae, Viola Davis, and Octavia Spencer

#BlackGirlMagic Meets #BlackGirlScience in Hidden Figures

by Deesha Philyaw
January 11, 2017 at 12:30pm

Johnson, Vaughn, and Jackson’s experiences at NASA fifty years ago will seem familiar to any woman today who finds she has to be the smartest person in the room in order to advance.

Jeff Sessions is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

by Dahlia Balcazar
January 11, 2017 at 11:36am

Jeff Sessions’s strategy at his confirmation hearing was to approach every question with a nice voice and a smile, praise for his questioners, careful phrasing, and a conveniently foggy memory.

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: IUD Demand Since the Election

by Bitch HQ
January 11, 2017 at 6:00am

Today we’re reading about Goodnight Moon, Jeff Sessions, and Aziz Ansari.
Meryl Streep at the Golden Globes, left, and Donald Trump

Meryl Streep, Listen Up: Disability Shouldn't Be the Only Trump Card You Play

by s.e. smith
January 10, 2017 at 12:22pm

The worst thing about Trump, apparently, wasn’t that he wanted to kill disabled people via policy, but that he felt comfortable mocking them on national television.

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