Podcasts

We publish a new feminist podcast episode every week. Our hour-long show Popaganda digs deep on movies, books, TV, and media while Backtalk is a snappy conversation between two Bitch editors about the week’s pop culture. Subscribe to the podcasts on iTunes!
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Bitch Radio: Talking with Rebecca Yee About Hollywood and Diversity

by Kjerstin Johnson on August 19, 2011 at 10:57am

From the lack of characters with disabilities on television (there were six according to a 2010 survey) to the whitewashing of characters of color on the big screen (think The Last Airbender, the upcoming Hunger Games), to a sore lack of leading non-white characters on this summer’s blockbuster roster, Hollywood seems to have little interest in reflecting its viewers. For the most recent issue of Bitch, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rebecca Yee, the former National Director and Senior EEO Counsel of Screen Actors Guild Affirmative Action & Diversity. As an industry insider and someone who directly works to advocate for diverse casting, Rebecca is an amazing resource when it comes to the role of consumers in media diversity, what representing the “American Scene” looks like, and the efficacy of rubrics like the Bechdel Test. Here’s an excerpt of our conversation for this week’s podcast. And to read our full interview, check out the latest issue of Bitch!

B-Sides: Razika

by Nicole Morales on August 16, 2011 at 10:20am

Razika is Norwegian power pop made with two scoops of 2 Tone, rainbow sprinkles of ’60s garage, and a cherry of jingle-jangle guitars on top. Yum! Bonus: Their album drops today in the US.

Bitch Popaganda: Ch-Ch-Changes Edition

by Kelsey Wallace on August 12, 2011 at 9:40am

Welcome back to another episode of Bitch Popaganda! Tune in as Kjerstin, Kelsey, and Kristin discuss ’90s nostalgia and Project Runway; then get whisked away to the movies to hear Andi, Jacob, and Kelsey’s review of The Change-Up. Plus, Bitch faves! Links after the jump!

B-Sides: Jump-start Queer Record Label Punk Start My Heart!

by Kjerstin Johnson on August 9, 2011 at 11:50am

Punk Start My Heart began as a punk booking agency run by Sheana Corbridge and Marlena Chavez dedicated to promoting musicians of color and queer artists for shows around Portland, Oregon. Inundated with requests from superb bands on the Internet, they came up with a DIY innovation: Not Enough!, a festival designed for queer artists to get together, collaborate, and come up with new art and music projects. Now they’re taking things a step further and starting a record label for some of the acts they’ve booked and worked with in Not Enough!—some bands you’ve even heard on Bitchtapes and B-Sides past. To get their record label off the ground they’ve made a Kickstarter video (Flash video below, download video description in .doc form here):

Bitch Radio from the Archives: Read My Bitch: Brittany Shoot reads "The Ambition Condition"

by Kjerstin Johnson on August 5, 2011 at 2:21pm

We’re sharing a piece from the Bitch Radio archives–Read My Bitch featuring Brittany Shoot (who guest-blogged The Biotic Woman on ecofeminism and No Kidding on being childfree) reading Anna Clark’s “The Ambition Condition: Women, Writing, and the Issue of Success,” from Loud (Issue #41). Read My Bitch is the podcast that features Bitch magazine readers reading out loud a meaningful article from the magazine archives and then talking about it. More after the jump, including how you can read your Bitch!

B-Sides: Sacha Sacket

by Deb Jannerson on August 2, 2011 at 11:56am

I first heard Sacha Sacket’s exquisite voice in 2004, when he performed on my university campus to promote his then-new album, Shadowed. Mid-walk, I sat down, stunned, until the end of the simple, voice-and-keyboard show… then hastened to introduce myself, gush, and fork over a few dollars for my own Shadowed CD. I fell asleep night after night plugged into “Kite High!”; dorm clamor could not touch me. While I have never considered myself a musically sophisticated person, I knew it was one of the most beautiful sounds I had ever heard. Seven years later, it still is.

Bitch Popaganda: Wise Blood Edition

by Kelsey Wallace on July 29, 2011 at 11:00am

Welcome back to another episode of Bitch Popaganda! Tune in as Andi, Deb, and Kelsey discuss addiction in the media, Elisabeth Badinter in the New Yorker, and True Blood. Links after the jump!

B-Sides: Bj

by Nicole Morales on July 26, 2011 at 10:01am

Crystalline opens with the tiny chimes of the Gameleste, the uninhibited MIDI-fied xylophone organ box with handmade bronze tonebars, Björk-comissioned. She sing-talks in apotheosis timbre about feet, crystals, nebulas, and anxiety.

Bitch Radio: An Interview with Autry!

by Ann-Derrick Gaillot on July 23, 2011 at 9:59am

Earlier this week I wrote about Autry!, a Portland-based, goof-punk musician set to release her debut album A.U.T.R.Y.! on July 29th. Autry!’s unique musical style as well as the success of her personal blog Hello, My Poopies has helped her gain an impressive internet following that will no doubt continue to grow. I was lucky enough to sit down with Autry! and interview her about both her music and her growing internet presence. You can find Autry!’s music at Hello, My Poopsies, Myspace, and Youtube. A.U.T.R.Y.! will be available on iTunes, Amazon, and CD Baby. If you are in the Portland, OR area be sure to check out Autry!’s CD release party on July 29th at In Other Words Bookstore from 5 to 9pm, all ages.

B-Sides: Autry!

by Ann-Derrick Gaillot on July 19, 2011 at 1:03pm

If you haven’t heard of Portland, Oregon’s Autry!, be prepared for a pleasantly rude awakening as the goofpunk pioneer and internet darling prepares to release her debut album A.U.T.R.Y.! on July 29th