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Bitch Radio: Katherine Don Talks to the F-Word Podcast!

by Kjerstin Johnson
November 25, 2011 at 2:33pm

For this week’s episode of Bitch Radio, we’re featuring a segment from fellow feminist podcast, The F-Word. In October, Katherine Don, Bringing Up Baby guest-blogger, spoke with Laura Wood about the politics of choice and childbearing, as well as representations of birth and maternal health. If you’d like to check out the full, 50-minute F-Word podcast, you can check it out...

The Bitch Twitter List #Extravaganza

by Mac Pogue
November 25, 2011 at 1:55pm

For your tweeting information we’ve got some brand-new, reader-contributed Twitter Lists for everyone to follow! What’s a Twitter List, you ask? Well, it’s a list that you can “follow” to see short, timely, feminist updates from Twitterers around the world. You don’t even need to sign up for Twitter to see our lists, so no there’s no peer pressure to sign up (...

On Our Radar

by Mac Pogue
November 25, 2011 at 1:38pm

Everyone’s thankful for blogs, right?

  • Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. At Tiger Beatdown, Flavia Dzodan writes about which women are included.
  • Tami Winfrey Harris has a message for Tyrese, who thought he had a message for you.
  • At Racialicious, Julia Caron does a great take-down of the latest and racist Florence...

BitchTapes: Who's Hungry? (Parts I and II)

by Kelsey Wallace
November 25, 2011 at 11:07am

Happy Thanksgiving Leftovers Day! If you, like me, spent the morning deciding between pie and mashed potatoes for breakfast, you might need some songs about food to provide a soundtrack to your day. Here are two past BitchTapes, republished with your gustatory needs in mind. Betcha can't eat listen to just one! Who's Hungry? Part I

Track list and Who's...

Thanksgiving Roundup!

by Kelsey Wallace
November 24, 2011 at 11:07am

If you live in the US, you’re probably celebrating Thanksgiving today. And if you’re online right now, you probably need some links and video clips to distract you from whatever the holiday has brought your way (canceled flights, conservative relatives, overcooked yams, etc.). Here are some things we’re reading/watching/suggesting today to help stuff your Thanksgiving with...

Bringing Up Baby: Pregnancy (and Zombies) Are Scary on The Walking Dead

by Katherine Don
November 23, 2011 at 2:05pm

I’m having a bad day. Last night, I had a nightmare about the Bella Swan birth scene from Breaking Dawn. (To summarize: I was Bella.) I’m suffering from BSO, birth scene overload. It all seems so hopeless. The woman is always suffering. She lacks control and agency; surrounded by men, she’s told what’s best for her and then chastised for making...

The H-Word: Relationship Violence and the Racist Implications of the Mythical Pimp

by Melissa Petro
November 23, 2011 at 11:16am

Earlier this month the Village Voice made public the findings of a study conducted by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, which looked to define the most vulnerable population of sex workers: underage prostitutes. According to the study, “The typical kid who is commercially exploited for sex in New York City is not a tween girl, has not been sold into sexual slavery, and is not...

Bibliobitch: We're Glad Jeanette Winterson Was Never “Normal”

by Jyoti Roy
November 23, 2011 at 10:35am

Jeanette Winterson is probably the most quotable author I have ever read, especially for those of us who live passionately, love obsessively, and believe that art can (and will) change the world. If you ever want a cool literary tattoo just read one of her books—you are sure to find some kind of quote that resonates. With the release of her memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?...

Mom & Pop Culture: The Grocery Game

by Avital Norman Nathman
November 23, 2011 at 9:38am

Let’s use Disney as an example (since they’re one of the biggest offenders when it comes to branding). Sure, you might expect familiar Disney faces to pop up in places like mylar balloons in the florist department, on band-aids, shampoo, toothpaste, and tooth brushes in the health aisle, or on paper goods like plates, napkins, and cups. But would you expect those sneaky princesses...

Bringing Up Baby: The Terrifying, Transformational Birth Scene Showdown: Twilight vs. Game of Thrones

by Katherine Don
November 22, 2011 at 11:38am

So I guess that’s why the characters in the film keep talking about Bella’s choice, huh? Weird stuff happens when you superimpose choice language into an anti-choice plotline. (Because of how it’s only a “choice” when abortion is an option, too.) It’s true that while the books create an anti-choice moral universe, nothing in the film itself suggests that Bella...

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