Books
Read My Bitch: A new podcast by Bitch Media
Read My Bitch is a brand-new audio segment that features Bitch Magazine readers and subscribers sharing one of their favorite articles from the archives by reading it aloud and discussing it afterwards. For our first episode, Kristin reads aloud “Harriet and Claudia, where have you gone? Notes on... Read more »
The Immortal Woman: Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks deserves every ounce of praise that has been heaped on it. Rebecca Skloot has one heck of a story to tell, a story that actually belongs to another woman: Henrietta Lacks.
The book is partially a retelling of Henrietta’s life and her death, but also a... Read more »
The Biotic Woman: Parting Ways, Moving On
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... Read more »
New and exclusive: Enlightened Sexism excerpt, and an interview with author Susan Douglas
Susan Douglas’s seminal 1995 book Where the Girls Are: Growing Up with the Mass Media explored how woman see and are seen in pop culture, tracing feminism in
pop culture from the 1950s and ’60s through the 1980s. Her newest book, Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message That... Read more »
BiblioBitch: King Kong Theory
The first line of Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory (written originally in French as King Kong Theorie and then translated into English) is:
“I am writing as an ugly one... Read more »
Tina Fey: Esquire Fantasy Edition
So, Tina Fey is on the cover of the April 2010 Esquire:
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The Biotic Woman: In Praise of Sistah Vegan
For a long time, one of my favorite vegan thinkers has been A. Breeze Harper, author of the Sistah Vegan website/blog and now the author of her newly released book of the same name—out this month! Harper also... Read more »
Bibliobitch: Andromeda Klein
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... Read more »
Sapphic Salon: 5 New Books by Queer Women You Should Read Now
In a time when Sarah Palin's memoir is a best seller, it can be hard to locate books by out women at major bookstores. But even if you have to use the internet or (even better) support your local feminist/queer shop, there are quality books being published that are way more worth... Read more »
Sm{art}: Writing Tips from the Experts
Recently, The Guardian asked several successful fiction writers to come up with a top ten list of their personal writing dos and don’ts. Since we’ve all got a secret novelist lurking within... Read more »
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