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Tuning In: Janelle Mon

by Alyx Vesey
April 7, 2010 at 8:00am

A look at Janelle Monáe’s music video for “Tightrope.”

Raising Trouble: All the Single Ladies

by Liza Featherstone
April 7, 2010 at 7:00am

I know this was all over the Internet last week. But. But. But. If you haven’t watched it yet you must. It is incredibly sad and funny, and shows in such a chilling way how even the most well-intentioned adults force gender roles upon kids.

B-Sides: Cherie Bomb! The Portland Runaways Premiere

by Kjerstin Johnson
April 6, 2010 at 4:54pm

Last night I had the pleasure of not just watching The Runaways, not just supporting my local Rock’n’Roll Camp for Girls, but seeing Cherie Currie, lead singer of the first all-female rock band, field questions after a screening of the movie.

Mad World: Who's Got the Right Idea?

by Kelsey Wallace
April 6, 2010 at 11:47am

For the past several Mad World discussions, we’ve looked at ad campaigns that are somewhat lacking when it comes to progressive gender politics. It seems high time, then, that we highlight advertising that gets it right where gender is concerned. The only problem is, where the hell is it? Does mainstream, sexism-free advertising even exist?

Brutal Beauty: Bringing Real Roller Derby to the Big Screen

by Kelsey Wallace
April 6, 2010 at 8:00am

Whether you hated Whip It due to its Hollywood treatment of roller derby, or you loved it and found yourself jonesin’ for more (or you just want to watch a fun documentary about women kicking the crap out of each other in the name of teamwork and sisterhood), you’re bound to fall for Brutal Beauty, an action-packed film by Chip Mabry that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the sport of...

Tuning In: Lane Kim

by Alyx Vesey
April 5, 2010 at 12:44pm

Welcome to the first entry in a series I’ll be doing called “Tuning In.” Over the next eight weeks, I will be highlighting intersections of music culture and television from a feminist perspective. As music is often relegated to the background or given minimal consideration when used in other mediums, I thought a post on Lane Kim, protagonist Rory Gilmore’s best friend in...

The Bay Area's Safetyfest Queers Anti-Violence Activism

by Mandy Van Deven
April 5, 2010 at 12:05pm

Folks in the Bay Area are in for a ten-day treat this month with the community focused Safetyfest, a “celebration of all the fierce ways queer and trans people in the Bay Area stay safe and strut our stuff.” Beginning on April 8th, this cooperative effort will bring together anti-violence artists and activists from groups like Community United Against Violence (CUAV), Mangos With Chili,...

The Young and The Feckless: An Intro to Generational Angst and Analysis

by J. Maureen Henderson
April 5, 2010 at 10:24am

Hey Bitch readers,

Welcome to The Young and The Feckless! I thought I would take this inaugural post to do a little table-setting, namely to introduce myself and to give you an idea of what the next eight weeks will have in store. My name is J. Maureen Henderson (ask what the J stands for at your own peril) and I write extensively about Generation Y/Millennial issues and youth culture...

BitchTapes: Hey Dude, don't make it bad.

by Shaamini Yogaretnam
April 4, 2010 at 1:00pm

                        

A recently revived obsession with Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ inspired me to share my fave songs penned with a named woman in mind. But of course, the mix has been done, and quite well. So I got to thinking (yes, in that Carrie Bradshaw kind of way) and wondered what the general feeling was of songs penned by women about men. Conclusion? Unlike the lovelorn...

I Can Has Feminizm?

by Kelsey Wallace
April 3, 2010 at 1:14pm

Easter is tomorrow, and whether you celebrate the holiday or not you can still partake in the holiday’s most delicious of joys: candy. Easter candy is the best candy of the entire year – it’s better than Halloween candy or Valentine’s Day candy or even Christmas candy. Don’t agree? Well, you can leave your thoughts in the comments section, but you’re gonna have to...

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