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Douchebag Decree: Richard Grenell, Romney Spokesperson and Sexist Tweeter
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s sexism is old news at this point, but hey, it’s election season and he has to stay in the news, right? Romney doubled down on the misogyny last Thursday by hiring... Read more »
End of Gender: "Transsexual Killer" Strikes Again
Chloë Sevigny of Boys Don’t Cry stars in the upcoming miniseries Hit and Miss as a transgender contract assassin.
For years the “transsexual killer” trope has haunted the trans community with a bad reputation. And while transgender people are being portrayed as killers, we... Read more »
Fertile Ground: Five Films For the Ecofeminist in You
Within the last several years, some great eco-themed movies have swirled about in theaters and Netflix queues. Both scripted and documentary, these films have been effective at conscious-raising and spreading the word to take action to heal our wilting planet. They cover some of the bases of our... Read more »
A Q&A with Comics Artist Jennifer Crut
Bitch magazine readers may recognize Jennifer Cruté’s round-faced, deceptively cute characters from her contribution to the “My Dark Confession” comics feature in the... Read more »
End of Gender: "He-Wax," She Wax, We All Wax?
Nearly a decade after the “metrosexual” invaded the mainstream, men are taking grooming to the land down under.
While men give he-waxing... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson is loud. Her brash voice snarls at the listener as much as it preens her own ego, lashing out at lackluster lovers and glorifying her own sexual prowess. The “... Read more »
Mad Men: Far, Far Away
We’re going to need a room at that Howard Johnson motor lodge to process everything that happened on Mad Men last night. What a trip!
Strange things are afoot at the Howard J.
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Fertile Ground: Beauty Products and the Beast
In an effort to avoid as many chemicals as I can in our toxic world, I do my best to not put anything on my face that I couldn’t put in my mouth. For many people, though, mainstream beauty products are standard items. According to a Bloomberg report, the average American woman uses about... Read more »
Required Reading: Avert Your Eyes
Some will say that there are technical considerations—the quality of rendering, the beauty of the language, or the composition of the scene make a difference between obscene and not, porn and art.
Personally, whether it’s prize-winning literature, a cheesy film, or a fashion spread, my... Read more »
On Our Radar: Suing the Bachelor, Responding to GIRLS, and Rebooting Democracy
Here’s what we’ve been reading this week:
Today is the 16th annual National Day of Silence, when students across the country vow to take a form of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of anti-LGBT... Read more »
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