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Target Women: The Rise of the Sexist Media Stunt

March 11, 2010 at 11:08am

You've probably never heard the term "cheetah," but that's okay—no one else had, either, until New York Observer reporter Spencer Morgan coined the slur last December. A cheetah, according to Morgan's trend piece "Rrrowl! Beware Cougar's Young Niece, The Cheetah," is a thirtysomething single woman who's "discovered that getting a man [is] no longer as easy as it once was." Her biological clock...

Bibliobitch: Andromeda Klein

by Sara Reihani

March 10, 2010 at 8:55pm

Andromeda Klein is the second YA novel by Frank Portman, aka Dr. Frank of East Bay punk band The Mr. T Experience. Even the simplest plot description showcases how truly weird Portman's latest creation is: she's a high school student/magic disciple attempting to decode the dream messages she is receiving from her dead best frenemy. This isn't harmless, whimsical, nose-wrinkly "...

Reproductive Writes: The Science of Gender and Sex

by Holly Grigg-Spall

March 10, 2010 at 5:04pm

Lewis & Clark College in Bitch magazine's hometown of Portland, Oregon is hosting a Gender Studies Symposium this week under the title The Science Of Gender And Sex, from March 10 to 12.

The Biotic Woman: Breast Milk is the Best Milk?

by Brittany Shoot

March 10, 2010 at 12:36pm

New York City chef Daniel Angerer has caused a bit of a stir this week—anger, if you will, ha!—after posting a recipe for "mommy's milk" cheese on his blog last month. You might think as a vegan, who is by definition opposed to taking the milk from infant non-human animals for my own consumption, I'd dig this bizarre stunt. You'd be wrong.

It's Womens' History Month and the Smithsonian is celebrating!

by Briar Levit

March 10, 2010 at 8:41am

This morning, the Smithsonian Photography Initiative—incidentally, big fans of Bitch—got in touch to let me know that they will be adding to their collection of Women in Science (you may remember that I mentioned this collection last year) and will be blogging about the images and the women as well. Today is the first entry on their blog 'The Bigger Picture': Publicity, Politics and...

B-Sides: The Latest from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

by Kjerstin Johnson

March 9, 2010 at 7:08pm

The new record from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings is less than one month away. I Learned It the Hard Way is their first full-length since the record-breaking (but by no means debut) album 100 Days, 100 Nights which catapulted Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings into indie stardom. And their latest proves their musical momentum is just as strong as ever. Due April 6th (Jones’ birthday), it’...

Raising Trouble

by Liza Featherstone

March 9, 2010 at 2:20pm

Sex differences are a source of ribald glee around our house. It's gender that's perplexing.

Adventures in Feministory: Diane Keaton

by Shaamini Yogaretnam

March 9, 2010 at 12:25pm

In honor of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards and Kathryn “I don’t want to talk about gender” Bigelow’s historic Oscar win AND the 99th Anniversary of the first International Women’s Day Conference, I thought it would be appropriate to highlight some Hollywood feminism that seems to always be in quirky style – the marvelous Diane Keaton, actor, director, photographer and...

Mad World: Who's afraid of (being) the big bad feminist?

by Kelsey Wallace

March 9, 2010 at 11:32am

First things first: All of us at Bitch HQ are bursting with excitement because the folks at Oregon Humanities have awarded us a grant to explore the intersections of advertising, feminism, and media literacy. This virtual symposium is called “Mad World: Gender, Advertising, and Identity in a Mediated World” and over the next eight months you’ll be seeing articles, blog posts, podcasts,...

The Biotic Woman: My Enviro-Oscars Roundup

by Brittany Shoot

March 9, 2010 at 8:00am

Even before I did my stint in a graduate film program, I was a pretty big fan of the Academy Awards. Though I've gotten increasingly less glamorous in my old age, I still enjoy the consistency of the red carpet style. But in terms of the environmental effects of the Academy Awards, I can only shake my head. The crazy electrical bills? The grotesque waste? The blood diamonds paraded around on...