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by Kjerstin Johnson
February 14, 2011 at 11:23am

Coming to a mailbox near you! The new issue of Bitch! (Not a Bitch subscriber? You still have a few hours become one and save five dollars!) To get you excited about our spring issue while February still rages outside, here’s three articles available for your reading pleasure online! First is an interview with author Peggy Orenstein on her new anti-princessification book...

Birth of the Uncool: In Defense of the Tori Amos Fan

by Sady Doyle
February 14, 2011 at 11:18am

This article appears in our Spring 2011 issue, Primal. Subscribe today!

Tori Amos is not cool. Even now, as we find ourselves in the midst of ’90s alt-nostalgia—Pavement has reunited, Weezer is putting on a tour devoted entirely to its first two albums, the cool kids are all going to Courtney Love’s shows to see how out of control she’ll get (heck,...

It’s Hard Out Here For a Pop: Blogging Offers a Way for Dads to Get Branded, but Can They Get Respect?

by Rachel Fudge
February 14, 2011 at 11:17am

This article appears in our Spring 2011 issue, Primal. Subscribe today!

With all the pixels expended on the annual female-blogging extravaganza known as BlogHer, you might be forgiven for having overlooked the very first Modern Media Man Summit, a heavily sponsored and branded affair held this past September in Atlanta. Targeting “the blogosphere’s top men and dad...
Peggy Orenstein, a white woman with short, blond, curly hair, poses for the camera

Pink Slip: Breaking down the princess castle with “Cinderella Ate My Daughter” author Peggy Orenstein

February 14, 2011 at 11:17am

Throughout her career, Orenstein has observed at close range how the media and popular culture have colluded to serve up distorted visions of womanhood to girls.

Race Card: Why it Matters that a Black Woman Exposed Chris Lee

by Nadra Kareem Nittle
February 14, 2011 at 9:55am

If you're a married congressman, it's probably not a good idea to send shirtless photos of yourself to women you encounter on Craigslist. New York Congressman Christopher Lee found that out the hard way after a woman he'd exchanged flirtatious emails with—including the shirtless one—outed him on the gossip website Gawker. In the emails, 46-year-old Lee portrayed himself as a divorced father...

No Kidding: I Didn't Know You Didn't Know I'm Not Pregnant

by Brittany Shoot
February 14, 2011 at 9:38am

On Saturday night, my partner and I were walking out of a local grocer when he decided to buy one of the newspapers being sold by the homeless couple on the corner. I was holding our grocery bag as Andreas paid for the paper, and as the woman handed it to him, she asked him something, then reached over and patted my stomach before he steered me away. I chuckled as we turned towards home. "Why...

Sex and the Fat Girl: If You Want My Body

by Tasha Fierce
February 11, 2011 at 2:22pm

Sometimes it seems like we’re bombarded by study after study telling us fat girls that unless we fit a certain body type, we’re doomed to be relegated to the “unattractive” bin. If your fat happens to settle into an “hourglass” or “pear” shape, your fat is more likely to be seen as “OK” by the dominant culture. That’s less a product of evolution and more a product of the...

Grand Rounds: Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

by Greys Bloggers
February 11, 2011 at 2:18pm

This week on Grey’s Anatomy: transplants, gauche moves, more baby drama, and big decisions for some of our characters! Did Meredith make the right choice? Is Alex riding for a fall? Who wants to place a bet on how the Mark/Callie/Arizona love triangle will end?All this and more, after the jump!

On Our Radar

by Deb Jannerson
February 11, 2011 at 11:47am

Happy Friday, readers! Here's some of what we've been reading this week at Bitch HQ:

  • At both Native Appropriations and Racialicious, Adrienne K. asks for opinions on white uses of Pendleton.
  • Also at Racialicious, Arturo R. García discusses troubling aspects of the hit "Born This Way" and their pop forbearers in "Lady Gaga Brings Cholas Back to Pop Culture -- Like It or...

No Kidding: Barbara and Oprah Admit it Ain't Always Easy

by Brittany Shoot
February 11, 2011 at 9:40am

Oprah and Babs talk about how tough it is to have kids as a working woman—or in Oprah’s case, the unambiguous lack of regret in regards to opting out. Skip to 7:30 in the video, where the discussion about having kids starts. Transcript after the jump.

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