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Bechdel Test Canon: Toe to Toe

December 6, 2010 at 4:36pm

A discussion of 2009's Toe to Toe, writer-director Emily Abt's full-length feature debut about two teenage lacrosse players who develop an interesting relationship despite differing racial and class backgrounds.

Do Your Feminist Holiday Shopping at BitchMart!

by Kristin Rogers Brown

December 6, 2010 at 11:35am

Whatever and whenever you celebrate this season, you can support what you love by shopping at BitchMart.

Here are some of our staff faves for gift giving that are IN STOCK and ready to send now! Be sure to snap up something special before they’re gone. And remember, it’s OK to treat yourself to something fun this season too…

BitchTapes: Gifts!

by Katie Presley

December 4, 2010 at 3:08pm

This week marked the beginning of Hanukkah, which in turn marked the beginning of the gift buying/giving frenzy that happens at the end of every year. Here's a soundtrack to keep you company while you shop (nudge, nudge):

Grand Rounds: Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: Adrift and at Peace

by Greys Bloggers

December 3, 2010 at 2:16pm

This week on Grey’s Anatomy: Christmas is in the air, a fishing trip, nurses lay down the law, and tensions between Meredith and Owen. How is our favourite medical drama going to leave us set up for the holidays, and what do the Grand Rounds bloggers think? Find out more (and sound off) after the jump!

On Our Radar

by Katie Presley

December 3, 2010 at 1:16pm

It’s Friday, which means our radar is beeping! Here’s what we’ve been reading in our post-Thanksgiving-feast torpor.

We’re pretty excited that someone noticed how tired Sex and the City comparisons are when writing about “the modern woman.” We’re not so excited that the New York Times has missed that memo.
World AIDS Day was...

Bechdel Test Canon: Real Women Have Curves

by Alyx Vesey

December 3, 2010 at 10:38am

We close week five of our series of movies that pass the Bechdel Test with the first star-making vehicle for a lead actress. Honduran American novice America Ferrera charmed audiences with her feature debut in director Patricia Cardosa's 2002 indie sleeper Real Women Have Curves, which was distributed by HBO Films.

Bitch in a Box: Books all around!

by Andi Zeisler

December 2, 2010 at 11:52am

No matter what you celebrate this time of year, chances are you're going to need to buy a gift for someone, and that's where our "Bitch in a Box" series comes in! Between now and the end of the month, Bitch HQ staff and interns will be taking turns writing themed gift guides designed to please even the scroogiest feminists on your shopping list. Below, my picks for the book lovers...

Douchebag Decree: Boehner and Posse vs. Smithsonian

by Lindsay Baltus

December 2, 2010 at 11:25am

I have a feeling that House Majority Leader-to-be John Boehner may prove himself the worthy recipient of many a Douchebag Decree in the months and years to come, but the distinctly layered douche-osity of this story made it hard to resist awarding him the honors this week.

Iconography: Let's Get Lit Started

by Chally Kacelnik

December 2, 2010 at 11:05am

Hello, gentle readers. The good people at Bitch have made a terrible and now, I fear, irrevocable mistake, having hired me to write for you for the next eight weeks. There is an upside, however. I'm going to be writing about the greatest thing in the whole world: literature!

So, welcome to this here series called Iconography. We're going to look at the formation and celebration of...