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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
• Survivors of military sexual assault testified this week in a Senate hearing to advocate for outside review of cases. Among the strongest voices for a chance in policy was that of New York... Read more »
SXSW Day 2: Six Awesome, Genre-Bending, Women-led Bands
Day one of Austin’s SXSW Music fest was about seeing bands from around the world, day two was about seeing bands from wildly disparate genres. We saw garage rock, alternative folk, dark dreampop, singer-songwriters, and 60s... Read more »
In Real Life, as in Disney's Brave, Some Choose Horses over Husbands.
Growing up in 4-H, I heard the joke often: girls would rather give up boys than our ponies. When women talk about horses, they often speak of freedom and power, of connectivity and understanding, of trust—often using the same language we use when we discuss intimate relationships with humans.
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The Great & Powerful Snooze: The Lack of Quality Female Characters Makes New Oz Film a Bore
In a strange expression of boredom, I spent the latter half of The Great & Powerful Oz’s two-hour span counting James Franco’s teeth. He shows them early, eagerly, and often—the healthy expanse of his gums counting for double if you keep score.
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Why is The Mindy Project so Funny? Because it Inverts the Rules of a Rom-Com.
Mindy Kaling believes in the power of the rom-com. The world of The Mindy Project, Kaling’s great sitcom that FOX just picked for a second season, isn’t a romantic comedy world. But the humor of the show comes from Mindy’s expectation that those same rom-com rules will apply.... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Morning Bitch readers! Here’s some news to start of your day.
Ok, so Jorge Bergoglio is the first Pope elected from a Latin American country, and apparently he rides a bus instead of a limo,... Read more »
Queering the Academy: Four Signs Queer Studies is Still Fighting for a Place in Academia
When do you know that you have arrived, as an academic field of study? Has queer studies arrived?
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Four Great Female-Fronted Bands from SXSW's First Day
Tuesday kicked off SXSW Music, the world’s biggest urban music festival. Bitch is in Austin for the festival all week, covering bands we love and think you’ll love too. Read below the jump for highlights from our first of many 12+ hours days on the streets of Austin.
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RuPaul's Drag Race Comic Recap: The Six Best Moments from Episode Seven
This season of RuPaul’s Drag Race is nearing the end, as we continue our tireless illustrated recaps of every damn episode. In this episode, RuPaul pulls off a roast with the most. We find out which... Read more »
“Girls” Highlights the Fine Line Between Awkward Sex and Rape
The sex on Girls is so uncomfortable so often that it’s become difficult to decipher which acts are intended to be consensual and which aren’t.
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