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Bitch in a Box: A Sex-Positive Gift Guide

This week, we're putting together just-for-fun holiday gift guides. Today's edition of Bitch in a Box is a gift guide... Read more »

On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

Here’s what’s on our radar today! • Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a common sense but incredibly vital bill that would prevent employers from using credit checks in the hiring... Read more »

Black Girls Hunger for Heroes, Too: A Black Feminist Conversation on Fantasy Fiction for Teens

What happens when two great black women fiction writers get together to talk about race in young adult literature? That's exactly what happens in the conversation below, where  Zetta Elliott (below left), a black... Read more »

Oh Joy Sex Toy: An Electro-Shock Vibrator

Intrepid artist Erika Moen tries out a different sex toy each week for Oh Joy Sex Toy and illustrates the result. This week: the shocking Intensity vibrator.  Read more »

BitchTapes: DIY Feminist Punk Still Rules

Big exciting news! Bitch has now put together 200 mixtapes. That's right. We have 200 free feminist mixtapes highlighting the music made by women, queer... Read more »

Mapping the Margins of Middle Earth

It’s interesting to consider the impact of shooting an epic fantasy about conflict and conquest in a land with a real-world history of colonization. Read more »

On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

Here’s all the news on our radar this Wednesday.  • We wrote a couple weeks ago about how McDonalds gave tasteless advice to its... Read more »

It's Time to Face the Racist Dutch Tradition of Dressing up in Blackface

In mid-November in the Netherlands, Dutch families take to the streets of Amsterdam to celebrate the arrival of their favorite winter guests, Sinterklaas and his whimsical helper Black Pete. The air is crisp and cold. Pepernoten, bortsplaat, marzipan, and other sweet holiday fill the pockets of... Read more »

An Interview with “Rookie” Editor Tavi Gevinson

The reason the headline is just, “A website for teenage girls” is because we don’t want to create a clubhouse feeling. Read more »

On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

Here’s what’s on our radar today! • They’ve finally cast Wonder Woman! Actress Gal Gadot of the Fast and Furious movies will be appearing as the Amazon in the upcoming... Read more »

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Dear Bear: My Partner Makes No Money. Is That a Problem?

Our advice columnist offers a lesson in anticapitalist self-care. Read more »

Know & Tell: The Literary Renaissance of Trans Women Writers

For so long, the people who wrote about us were not us. Finally, that is beginning to change. Read more »

It’s Time to End the Long History of Feminism Failing Transgender Women

To imply that trans women pose a threat to cisgender women in restrooms is misinformation that preys on unfounded fears. Read more »

It's Time to End the Long History of Feminism Failing Transgender Women

The marginalization of transgender women in feminism is not new, but the decades-long debate has taken on new dimension thanks to social media and the ease of finding strangers’ personal information online. Read more »