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The Patriarchy Is in the Pudding
Making Christmas pudding is turning out to be like childbirth or menopause—one of those things women don’t talk about, and when you get there yourself, you realize that it would’ve been great for someone to have mentioned incontinence, vaginal dryness, or the need for inordinate upper body strength... Read more »
Nowhere Is Home: Two Well-Traveled Writers on Roots, Writing, and Exile
There’s some way that trips are actually about traveling inside, a journey you need to make in your own life that you can’t make if you stay in the place you live.
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Bitch in a Box: 9 Self-Care Gifts That Aren’t Bath Bombs
Though self-care might be largely divorced from its radical roots, those who practice it as it was intended still know how vital it is.
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(Un)Spoken Truths: Cousins Grace and Roslyn Talusan on the Healing Power of Storytelling
Everything in our culture would like us to repress trauma, and shame is at the core of this.
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STI Stigma in Progress: How Jameela Jamil Failed Feminists with HPV
The “feminist-in-progress we all need” is no stranger to criticism.
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What Happens to Queer People Who Don’t Have a Chosen Family?
“I guess it’s felt like queerness alone isn’t enough of a glue.”
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Unshakeable Shame: No One Can Escape the Wedding Industry’s Fatphobia
There’s power to be found when brides refuse the industry its thinness obsession and shape the day on their own terms.
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From Online Discourse to IRL: 4 Bisexual People Define Bisexuality for Themselves
Bitch is lucky to have multiple bisexual employees, so we’re using this roundtable to parse out our own experiences as bisexuals.
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#SafeOutside: The Rise of a #MeToo Movement Outdoors
The fear of another person in the outdoors versus the fear of animals, weather conditions, or getting lost is something that is increasingly felt by women.
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Redefining Limitations: Disabled Athletes Are Adaptive, Resilient, and Still Locked Out
Disability spans all other identities, but it remains a mostly untouched market for companies that cater to the outdoors industry.
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