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Political InQueery: Where in the World is John Ensign?

by Everett Maroon
July 21, 2010 at 1:59pm

Over the past several weeks we've taken a look back into the trusty time machine called the Internet and looked at several politicians who have run afoul of good manners, ethics, the limits of their authority, the law, and whatever else they decided to disregard. Most of them are no longer active politicians. But some folks manage to hold on to their careers (I'm looking at you, Governor...

Declare Your Independence: And the winners are...

by Kelsey Wallace
July 20, 2010 at 12:52pm

Hey Bitch fans! Remember how we’ve got an amazing subscription deal going on right now? Where in addition to subscriptions/renewals to your favorite independent magazine being just $19.96, every 50th subscriber wins a prize? Well, we announced five lucky winners last week, and we’ve got two more for you today! Congratulations to Karine in Montreal, CA and Josh in Greensboro, NC —...

Mad World: No Girls Allowed: File Sharing Culture and BitTorrent

by Anita Sarkeesian
July 20, 2010 at 12:20pm

Every time I go to download files from a BitTorrent tracker site I am constantly bombarded with ads for sex/dating sites or straight up pornography and I’m sick of it. Women are engaging in online technologies as well and we are repetitively told that we don’t belong.

The Dating Game: Sex, Commerce And The Fraught Question Of Who Pays For A Date

by Megan Carpentier
July 20, 2010 at 9:46am

I always felt weird about the dynamic of men paying for dates by rote: even when I didn't have much money, my preference was to go somewhere I could afford to split or find something to do that we could both afford. But it took a guy's behavior to really enable me to explain in graphic detail why I was always so bothered by it.

Adventures in Feministory: Sophie Scholl & The White Rose Society

by Sara Stroo
July 19, 2010 at 2:33pm

"We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will not leave you in peace!" -closing lines of the White Rose Society's fourth leaflet

Today's Feministory explores The White Rose Society, a movement during World War II comprised of young men and women whose courage during that bleak time in history might make your heart hurt a little, your breath catch, and...

Political InQueery: Testing Campaign Strategies in July

by Everett Maroon
July 19, 2010 at 9:53am

Sunday morning conjures up a lot of images—the thickest newspapers of the week, read over eggs and toast, the matrons of Washington, DC decked out in their church-going best, led to service by their doting grandchildren, hunkering down under the covers and trying to sleep in, knowing that tomorrow starts a whole new unwanted work week. And for the geekiest of politics hounds, it means turning...

Genderlicious: Catharsis for Radical Anti Racist Feminists to “Regular Dudes”

by Thea Lim
July 19, 2010 at 9:42am

At my home planet of Racialicious, I recently started up a True Blood roundtable, where five of us weekly go to town on the various racist-sexisms of everyone's favourite vampire show.  As the grumpiest of the bunch, my opinions on True Blood are vastly more negative than positive, especially when the episode is heavy on violence against women—which increasingly seems to be the theme for True...

Snarky's Cinemachine: Five Non-Spoiler-y Things About Inception

by Ange Anderson
July 19, 2010 at 9:23am

Talk of Christopher Nolan’s latest film Inception seems inescapable; the buzz alone propelled the film into the top spot opening weekend. Granted, the only notable competition was Disney’s truly dreadful Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Inception isn’t doing The Dark Knight numbers at the box office, but in a summer of uninspired remakes,...

On Our Radar

by Katie Waldeck
July 17, 2010 at 12:20pm

It's that time again! What time, you ask?! Why time to round up some of the most interesting things we read this week, of course!

  • Renee Martin opines on the racist and classist implications of 'foodie' culture on her great new blog with Holly Ord, Women's Eye on the Media.
  • Sara Haji of Muslimah Media Watch writes an open letter to Maureen Dowd about her orientalist...

BitchTapes: Crushin' 90s Style

by SARA KANTNER
July 17, 2010 at 12:16pm

Obviously, summer is the best time to be crushin’. But, the formula for the ultimate date is still incomplete. I’ve already concluded (using sound statistical data, of course) that soft-serve ice cream, bicycle rides, red & white checkered vinyl table cloths, and nightswimming (and/or drive-in movies) are necessary components. Now, if I could create a time machine out of...

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