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RuPaul's Drag Race Comic Recap: The Six Best Moments from Episode Twelve
We’re down to the final three competitors in this season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Each of the trio has the crown and cash directly in their crosshairs, yet this week had to compete in challenges as rigorous as they were random. Will... Read more »
Oh, the Irony of the Fight over the Immigration Reform Bill
Are you a criminal? Let me be specific: have you committed the civil offense of working in the United States without papers? Have you thwarted our nation of laws through heinous acts of unauthorized fruit picking? How about using ... Read more »
Fire, Wolves, Vaginas: Filmmaker Vanessa Renwick Releases 30 Years of Work
Things are shaky and spooky in Vanessa Renwick’s short films. Watching her films, I’m never really sure where I am or why I’m there or what will happen, but I’m compelled to go along for the ride. Renwick, now 51,... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Goodmorning and happy almost weekend! Here’s the news we’ve been reading at the Bitch HQ:
Neuroplasticity is kind of amazing. And this story about a... Read more »
Steubenville's Football Coach is Rehired for Two More Years
Personally, I was shocked when the Steubenville rapists were found guilty. I’ve gotten cynical about prosecution of rape—so few cases lead to punishment that I was excited and... Read more »
Five Black Female Musicians You Should Love.
Being a Black, female music journalist, I have to admit that I’ve only written and published one article about a Black female musician in my entire career. Being an American journalist in general, it’s very hard to be able to cover Black musicians that are not huge pop stars like... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Happy Wednesday! Here’s all the feminist news we’re reading today:
• The wrong kind of Caucasian: Tracking how the entire Chechen ethnicity is being demonized... Read more »
New Book "Orleans" Imagines a World Where Blood Type Matters More than Race
“After the storm deaths came other casualties: deaths by debris, cuts, tetanus, or loss of blood; suicide, heart attacks caused by stress or loss, or stress of rebuilding, or just as often from the lack of medicines used to treat common ailments. The list of no-longer-treatable diseases grew:... Read more »
Who's Afraid of a Pixie Cut?
Karlie Kloss: Clearly not feminine enough.
Ever since Britney Spears shaved her head in 2007, it seems that a famous woman can’t cut her hair without causing an outcry. Karlie Kloss, Victoria’s Secret’s newest Angel (I wonder if it says that on their W-2s?), is just... Read more »
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