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On the Map: Traveling Soon? Don't Forget to Pack Your Stereotype Repellent!

by Mandy Van Deven
March 25, 2010 at 10:01am

If this is how people in other countries see American women, how does it effect the way we are treated while abroad?

Open Thread: Slangin' Out

by Kelsey Wallace
March 24, 2010 at 12:11pm

We’ve got a discussion in the works on our Facebook page about the phrase “how’s it hanging?” that I thought I’d bring to the blog as well. What’s the deal with how’s it hanging? (Asked in my best Jerry Seinfeld voice, of course.) Is it sexist? Does it refer to a dangling penis, or is it just a way to say hey? And what other slang terms are we using that are...

Don't back down from backing up your birth control

by Kjerstin Johnson
March 24, 2010 at 12:10pm

Tell the FDA to Act on Emergency Contraception from Center for Reproductive Rights on Vimeo.

With the Ides of March (3/15), Pi Day (3/14), and Dodge the Drunk Douchebag Day (3/17), in March, you might forget that today’s Back Up Your Birth Control Day, started to raise awareness about emergency contraception and the politics behind it. This year the Center for Reproductive...

Reproductive Writes: Love Your Vagina Dot Com

by Holly Grigg-Spall
March 24, 2010 at 11:26am

In my last post I discussed with Elizabeth Kissling the anti-advertising campaign produced by Kotex to promote their neon-bright range of tampons and pads. There has been a delay on these commercials airing due on the use of the word 'vagina' - with some networks asking that it be replaced with the term 'down there.' Meanwhile in the UK the makers of the Mooncup have sent out posters to be...

Mad World: The Axe Effect

by Kelsey Wallace
March 23, 2010 at 1:08pm

Well, our Mad World discussion blog is in its third week now, and we just couldn’t hold off any longer: It’s time to talk about Axe.

On the Map: The Kitchen Sisters Shift from Food to Feminism

by Mandy Van Deven
March 23, 2010 at 11:02am

Kitchen Sisters Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva debut The Hidden World of Girls on NPR with an interesting tale about Jamaican women obtaining beauty from an unlikely source.

The Biotic Woman: Parting Ways, Moving On

by Brittany Shoot
March 22, 2010 at 11:15am

My time on the Bitch blog comes to a close today. It's been nothing but an honor and privilege to be here, dissecting environmental issues and animal rights among some other stellar bloggers. I had a number of things that I wanted to tackle that never made the blog, and mostly, I straight up ran out of time. From veggie oil cars to reusable menstrual pads to vegan pro-choice rhetoric, I had...

Reproductive Writes: I Choose My Choice: An Interview with Elizabeth Kissling

by Holly Grigg-Spall
March 22, 2010 at 11:09am

Elizabeth Kissling is Professor of Women's & Gender Studies and of Communication at Eastern Washington University, and the current president of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research. She is the author of Capitalizing On The Curse: The Business Of Menstruation. Here she talks about postfeminism and advertising.

Adventures in Feministory: Loretta Lynn

by Kelsey Wallace
March 22, 2010 at 8:00am

Full disclosure: I love Loretta Lynn. I have dressed like her for Halloween. I have sat glued to Sissy Spacek’s performance as her in Coal Miner’s Daughter. I have been known to sing “You Ain’t Woman Enough” at various karaoke bars in the greater Portland area. I am a fan. But! Even if I weren’t a fan of her music, her awesome biopic and her sassy Grand Ole Opry...

I Can Has Feminizm?

by Sara Reihani
March 21, 2010 at 9:00am

This comic-loving cat is very disappointed in the poorly-lettered drivel that is Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1. While Young Kim’s quality manga-style artwork eliminates a lot of Meyers’s interminable descriptive prose, it can’t get rid of the book’s counter-feminism and general ridiculousness.

Sorry, giant cat. Try something by Murasaki Yamada...

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