FEATURES
RESCUE ME: Susan Faludi on American Heroism and Her New Book, The Terror Dream | Jessica Wakeman
BIG TROUBLE: Are Eating Disorders the Lavender Menace of the Fat Acceptance Movement? | Lily-Rygh Glen
THE PRINCESS DIARIES: In an Age of Ostentation, the J.A.P. is Back | Julia Appel
PAPER CUTS: Saying RIP to Some of the Best DIY | Debbie Rasmussen and Josh Hooten
THE SHAME SHOW: Revisiting Your Teen Angst for Fun and Profit | Niki Papadopoulos
THE GREAT COVER-UP: Can High Necklines Cure Low Morals? | Shira Tarrant
SHELF LIVES: Paging Through Feminism’s Lost and Found Classics | Jennifer Baumgardner, Noah Berlatsky, Rachel Fudge, Jyoti Roy, Evelyn Sharenov, and Andi Zeisler
PERSONAL JESUS: Can a Born Atheist Get Down with Christian Rock? | Rosa Jurjevics
COLUMNS
ON SCREEN: Hollywood Even Has a Double Standard for Dorks | Sarah Seltzer
ON EDUCATION: Radical “Unschooling” Moms Are Changing the Stay-at-Home Landscape | Maya Schenwar
ON TRENDS: Can the Spice Girls Live Up to Their Girl Power Legacy? | Juliana Tringali
LOVE IT/SHOVE IT
The Girlie Show by Miranda Spencer
Poll Positions: For Democrats, Gay is the New Black by Larry Womack
One Step Forbes-ward, Two Steps Back by Fatemeh Fahkraie
Big, Hairy Deal by Jessica Jernigan
From the “Things that Make Us Stabby” Files by Andi Zeisler
Chicks in a Box: Marie Claire Takes on Wall Street Women by Emily Deprang
Sister Outsiders by Renée Bondy
Mosque Def by Trinidad Linares
This Just In: Girls Destroy Nation’s Moral Fabric! by Juliet Eastland
Airbrush with Greatness by Beth Braverman
Mad Men, Angry Women by Lorraine Duffy Merkl
Anti Viral by Anne Elizabeth Moore
BITCHLIST
Wanda Ewing by Kim Carpenter
The Sweet Far Thing by Rebecca Luxenberg
Kiva by Angela Huerta
Pink Pea by Angela Huerta
Edie Fake by Noah Berlatsky
Switchback Books by Kathleen Rooney
Elephant Family by Andi Zeisler
Once by Sarah Seltzer
Minx by Paula Rogers
Pomegranates by Fatemeh Fakhraie
Stumptous by Miriam Wolf
Veganomicon by Debbie Rasmussen
REVIEWS
BOOKS
It’s So You: 35 Women About Personal Expression Through Fashion & Style (Michelle Tea, Ed.) by Suzanne D’Amato
The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen (Celine Parreñas Shimizu) by Kimberly Chun
Finding Iris Chang: Friendship, Ambition, and the Loss of an Extraordinary Mind (Paula Kamen) by Eryn Loeb
Dr. Rice in the House (Amy Scholder, Ed.) by Natalie Y. Moore
Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity (Robert Jensen) by Lisa Jervis
Women Behind Bars: The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System (Silja J.A. Talvi) by Joshunda Sanders
When Sex Counts: Making Babies and Making Law (Sherry F. Colb) by Susan Chenelle
Beer, Babes, and Balls: Masculinity and Sports Talk Radio (David Nylund) by Jacob Anderson-Minshall
Women as Weapons of War: Iraq, Sex, and the Media (Kelly Oliver) by Niki Papadopoulos
You’ll Be Okay: My Life with Jack Kerouac (Edie Kerouac-Parker) by Megan Mayhew Bergman
A Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman (Sharon Rudahl) by Anastasia Masurat
The Queens of K-Town (Angela Mi Young Hur) by Jennifer Worley
The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How Feminist Knowledge Travels Across Borders (Kathy Davis) by Keidra Chaney
Around the World on Two Wheels: Annie Londonderry’s Extraordinary Ride (Peter Zheutlin) by Monica Nolan
Beauty Talk & Monsters (Masha Tupitsyn) by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Learning to Drive, and Other Life Stories (Katha Pollitt) by Soraya Field Florio
MUSIC
Because I Love It (Amerie) by Noah Berlatsky
The Movie (Clare & The Reasons) by Anna Breshears
Bitchin’ (The Donnas) by Anna Breshears
Combinations (Eisley) by Claire Ashton
Grass Geysers… Carbon Clouds (Enon) by Joey Hood
Red Haired Girl (Horse) by Julie Craig
Lez Zeppelin (Lez Zeppelin) by Kaia Wilson
The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams (Meshell Ndegeocello) by Kaia Wilson
Our Ill Wills (Shout Out Louds) by Anna Breshears
Palomino (Noush Skaugen) by Julie Craig
In Our Bedroom After the War (Stars) by Anna Breshears
Beauty and Crime (Suzanne Vega) by Noah Berlatsky
Wider (Tender Forever) by Matthue Roth
