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Buy This Print: Masculinity!

July 17, 2011 at 12:55pm

Now you can buy limited-edition prints of some of our favorite Bitch covers! To celebrate our 15th anniversary, we’ve got 15 archival giclee prints to choose from, all on high-quality, heavy watercolor paper, suitable for framing. Each print offers gorgeous photos, cool illustrations, nifty typography, and lots of color to perk up your living space. To show you what they look...

Buy This Print: Truth & Consequences

by Kelsey Wallace

July 16, 2011 at 12:42pm

On Our Radar

by Ann-Derrick Gaillot

July 15, 2011 at 2:33pm

Some links for your mindgrapes.

The day after Jos from Feministing reported on Google +’s gender problem, the company announced the option to make gender private on its profiles. One point for feminist bloggers!
Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat offers Essence readers her perspective on the Mac McClelland essay.
s.e. smith at Tiger Beatdown exposes the...

Bitch Popaganda: Our Humps Edition

by Kelsey Wallace

July 15, 2011 at 2:25pm

It’s time for another episode of Bitch Popaganda! Tune in as Ann, Kjerstin, and Kelsey discuss Erica Jong’s Times op-ed “Is Sex Passé?,” Ann Powers article for NPR “Pop’s Punching Bag: Hating the Black Eyed Peas” (and how we feel about the Peas in general), and the new FX show Wilfred.

Transcript on the way soon!

BitchTapes: Cruise Music (Cruisic)

by Kelsey Wallace

July 15, 2011 at 12:14pm

I'm going on a cruise tomorrow, and I've compiled a list of songs to put me (and you!) in a cruisin' state of mind. Though I'm imagining myself jamming to these tracks on a massive boat wearing a caftan and some wide-legged pants—daiquiri in hand—they're also great for dry-land listening. So grab your boat drink and let's set sail on a wave of cruisic!

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Douchebag Decree: Ray Wieczorek and the New Hampshire Executive Council

by Ann-Derrick Gaillot

July 15, 2011 at 11:08am

Ray Wieczorek says of Planned Parenthood, “If they want to have a party, have a party, but don’t ask me to pay for it.” What a douchebag.

Stage Left: Flipping the Script on “One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man”

by Dorian J-----

July 15, 2011 at 10:47am

I am in a fairly light mood today, so I thought I’d match that with a pretty light post. One of my favorite things to do is to play with music or other media by mentally flipping the script, changing the context in which it operates. Today I want to flip the script…WITH FEMINISM

Political InQueery: To Gay or Not to Gay Educate

by Everett Maroon

July 15, 2011 at 10:31am

In May, Tennessee’s legislators came very close to passing a bill that make it a misdemeanor for teachers of K–8 students to talk about homosexuality. Dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay Bill,” queer activists were unsurprisingly upset about its progress through the General Assembly and state Senate, although it hasn’t been made law yet. Across the country, in California, new Governor...

Buy This Print: Genesis!

by Kelsey Wallace

July 15, 2011 at 9:25am

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by Kjerstin Johnson

July 14, 2011 at 2:09pm

Video editor Tijana Mamula has watched all ten seasons of Friends (and not in rerun-form over the course of years). Why? The gay jokes. The many, many gay jokes. After a observing drawn-out, homophobic conversation between Joey and Ross, Mamula began noticing the underlying homophobia of the show constantly. Surprised to find no one had made a project from it already, she set to work...