Books
"The Girl" Reflects on Roman, Rape, and Media
The title of Samantha Geimer’s memoir The Girl feels both cynical and right. For the past 35 years, we’ve known Geimer as “the girl” in the internationally infamous Roman... Read more »
Seven Stories of Ways to Stop Street Harassment
Street harassment has been part of my existence since I was a young teenager, but it wasn’t until I was in graduate school in 2006 that I even learned the term “street harassment.”
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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
• There’s no question that feminism has never had the best PR, but this Rebranding Feminism contest, which seeks “creative” geared toward advertising, seems…problematic. Do we want feminism to... Read more »
New Marisha Pessl Pulp "Night Film" Tries to Print the Internet
I never read Special Topics in Calamity Physics. Marisha Pessl, the novel’s then-27-year-old author, loomed too large over it. Or, rather, her photo did.
Pessl’s... Read more »
Dissecting "Sweetening the Pill," a Completely Frustrating New Book on Birth Control
Historically, the birth control pill is revolutionary. Today, it’s nearly mundane. In the 50 years since its approval, the Pill has radically changed contraception, placing it directly in the hands of women, changing the way they plan their lives, the way conduct their relationships, and—of... Read more »
Popaganda Episode: Ghosts
Ghosts get a bad rap. But the stories we tell about spirits reveal what our cultures fear and value. In this show, Bitch Creative Director Andi Zeisler and literary ghost expert Jessica Jernigan look at how female... Read more »
I Read a Bunch of Anti-Choice Memoirs So You Don't Have To
For the last four years I have been researching and writing about abortion rights and access, the... Read more »
Rejoice! There's a New, Inclusive Sex-Ed Comic Book
If your sexual education was anything like mine, every few years you and your peers were rallied into crowded classrooms, separated by gender, and were schooled on the happenings of your body. By the time you were in high school, you may have been fortunate enough to receive some vague and... Read more »
41 Transgender-friendly Books for Young Kids
Let’s face it: Rainbow Magic works for some kids, but not all of them.
It can be hard to find books for kids that don’t fall into annoying ... Read more »
"Girls Deserve to See Themselves as Main Characters."
When I asked Bitch readers how you find great feminist-friendly children’s literature, multiple people sung the praises of one online purveyor of books, movies, TV programs,... Read more »
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