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Electro Feminism: Girls Like Us

by Emily McAvan
May 3, 2011 at 11:26am

What’s fascinating about ephemeral music is that for a brief moment or two, someone not of ever-lasting artistic significance recorded a song with that special something that struck a chord with the public. Today I talk about three one-hit wonders from the UK garage scene. Read on for more.

B-Sides: Sex, Hope, Alison Mosshart, Ellen Willis, and Rock'n'Roll

by Sarah Jaffe
May 3, 2011 at 10:05am

“Rock is, among other things, a potent means of expressing the active emotions—anger, aggression, lust, the joy of physical exertion—that feed all freedom movements, and it is no accident that women musicians have been denied access to this powerful musical language. I think it’s crucially important for female performers to break that barrier and force rock to reflect their experience...

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by Mandy Van Deven
May 2, 2011 at 10:15am

In the process of creating a “movement” to end street harassment, we must interrogate the full scope of the problem that ableism brings to the issue itself, the way the issue is shaped by ableist anti-street harassment activists, and the holistic effectiveness of solutions. If who might be left out of an anti-street harassment movement’s framing and tactics fails to be a central...

Revenge of the Feminerd: To Boldly Go

by Jarrah E Hodge
May 2, 2011 at 9:57am

My name’s Jarrah Hodge, creator of the feminist blog Gender Focus. I’ve been calling myself a feminist since I was 15 and I’ve been called a nerd for much longer than that, so I’m really excited to get this opportunity to start this guest blog on feminism and nerd/geek culture for Bitch! Over the next couple of months I’ll be looking at a range of topics in...

On Our Radar

by Deb Jannerson
April 30, 2011 at 5:32pm

Links ahoy!

  • HuffPo reports on Rachel Maddow’s statement that “[g]ay people—generally speaking—have a responsibility to our own community and to future generations of gay people to come out, if and when we feel that we can.” Do you agree?
  • ColorLines talks about the attack on a trans woman at McDonald’s and the questions it raises about hate crime laws...

BitchTapes: Royal Wedding Mix!

by Kelsey Wallace
April 29, 2011 at 2:22pm

When I was a teen, my mom would (jokingly?) advise me to tell boys who got too fresh that I was saving myself for Prince William and thus needed to preserve my virgin status. Though it never came to that, I've always had a soft spot for His Royal Cuteness, and I even tried to stay up last night to watch the live wedding coverage (I fell asleep somewhere in between Kate getting out of the...

Grand Rounds: Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: It's A Long Way Back

by Greys Bloggers
April 29, 2011 at 1:24pm

This week on Grey’s Anatomy: Fraud Edition features a slew of medical ethics violations, some timelapse storylining, and a whole lot of crying. As we pound into the home stretch on the seventh season of Grey’s Anatomy, what’s coming next for our characters, and what is Shonda Rhimes setting up for? She claims a “mellow” finale but the Grand Rounds crew will...

Electro Feminisms: Clara Rockmore and a Sense of Wonder

by Emily McAvan
April 29, 2011 at 1:07pm

There is something quite uncanny playing an instrument simply by moving your hands through air as Clara Rockmore did, and 90 years later the idea is still remarkably futuristic.

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by Mandy Van Deven
April 29, 2011 at 12:54pm

Before I ever met Transport Workers Union organizer Cheska Tolentino, I knew I was going to like her. Over lunch one day our mutual friend (and my Hey, Shorty! co-author), Meghan Huppuch, said to me with a grin, “You haven’t met Cheska yet? Oh, you’re gonna like her… a lot.” Meghan and Cheska had been working together for a year in a coalition effort to increase...

The Wedding March: Nice Day For a White Wedding

by Kaite Welsh
April 29, 2011 at 12:33pm

The vows have been said, the register signed and the happy couple kissed on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in front of screaming crowds. For those of us who didn’t score an invite to the most exclusive wedding of the decade, the media was on hand to guide us through the day—with a depressingly predictable side order of sexism.

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