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Douchebag Decree: James Carnell and the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association's Racist, Sexist, Terrible Newsletter
The Boston Police Department has been in the news lately, and not for entertaining buddy cop shenanigans. Well, unless you count publishing a racist, homophobic, sexist, bigoted, rage-inducing... Read more »
Thinking Kink: Swinging Both Ways (Christian Grey Included)
Dominant, submissive, top, bottom, masochist, sadist… What if your kink preferences don’t fit one of these labels? Does popular culture have no time for fence-sitters, or as Jay Wiseman called them, “switch-hitters”? Or does it regularly represent them without acknowledging their... Read more »
Having It All: Anne-Marie Slaughter engages with critics without being an asshole.
In case you missed it, Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of the controversial Atlantic piece “Women Still Can’t Have It All,” responded to her critics... Read more »
Bridal Party: Scooch Over, Gender Binary!
One thing I found in planning my own wedding, and in being semi-privy to other queer weddings, was that the very fact of queerness and/or same-sex-ness sort of short circuited everyone’s conscious and unconscious cultural assumptions. It’s almost as though since the expectation of... Read more »
Brony Love: Lauren Faust, Creator of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Live from Bronycon!
“Everypony, without further ado we’d like to introduce the creator of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Lauren Faust!”
4,000 fans leap from their chairs. The predominantly male crowd claps and whistles and screams Faust’s name, the auditorium echoing with their cheers.
When... Read more »
Five Non-Beefcake-Related Things That Will Surprise You About Magic Mike
Some of us Bitch staffers went to see Magic Mike on Friday. (So did a bunch of other people, but weirdly not as... Read more »
Thinking Kink: The Appeal of the Submissive Male
Other men may condemn them, but how do women feel about men who want to be dominated? Today I’m thinking again about masculinity and how it’s dealt with in media representations of kink, and pondering why a submissive man might appeal to some people…
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True Blood: We'll Meet Again
Did you watch True Blood last night? Check out our live tweets from the episode after the jump!
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Kamasutra and the Indian Feminists
Talking sex—especially about the Kamasutra—is progressive, but discussions of the political economy of the text don’t get the same pedestal. How can I claim and embrace queer liberation (as much as I may want to), when it silences someone else?
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Adventures in Feministory: Katherine Mansfield
I like to yank hermits into the spotlight. I'm a sucker for women whose work is sometimes considered "secondary," who kept a low profile... Read more »
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