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Planned Parenthood Turned Down a Fat Donation From Tucker Max, For Good Reason.
Douche du tous les jours Tucker Max is in the news again today, and this time it’s for an attempted publicity stunt... Read more »
Mad Men: Betty's Back, and Harry & Don Go to White Castle
Last night’s Mad Men brought us the return of Betty, not one but TWO new SCDP employees, and a bag of mini burgers best consumed in Don’s car outside of a Rolling Stones concert.
Is anyone else worried that Peggy might be shaking on more than she bargained for with this... Read more »
The End of Gender: The Beginning of the End
Last June, NPR reported that the “end of gender” was near, citing everything from gender-neutral prom courts to clothing ads to suggest that perhaps people aren’t so hung up on the male/female gender binary anymore. But despite the growing trend of gender neutrality, the response to... Read more »
On Our Radar: Responding to the Hunger Games Racists, Boycotting Katy Perry, and META mag!
Here’s what we’ve been reading this week:
Issa Rae responds to racist tweets following her web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl’s Shorty Award win on... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Forever 21 Hates Your Knees
Not content to just Photoshop its models to look thinner and younger, megaretailer Forever 21 is now airbrushing out their kneecaps. Kneecaps! Sooo gross right?
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School's Out: Parting Thoughts
Today marks the end of my time as a guest blogger for Bitch. Eight weeks and 24 posts later, I’ve learned a lot from the editors (thank you, Kelsey!) and readers about writing and politics. And the politics of writing. Rather than end off by talking specifically about a particular topic at... Read more »
Political Fictions: Sci-Fi Politicians
So far we’ve looked at fictional female politicians who hold office in what is supposed to be our modern reality. Some of the problematic aspects of these characters have included oversexualization, a tendency toward irrationality or emotional response, and being driven by petty politics. We... Read more »
School's Out: Jenna Talackova, Pageant Culture, and "Expert" Discourse
The Toronto Star reported yesterday that a woman named Jenna Talackova, 23, was disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada contest last week “after it was discovered she was born male.”... Read more »
Sm{art}: 5 Menstrual Blood Artists/Projects Worth Seeing
Tired of that worn-out trope that women are impossible to work with or aren’t creative when they are “on the rag”? Well these five artists/projects are defying this belief, using menstruation as fuel for empowerment and art.
Some of the images after the jump are NSFW.
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Open Thread: Cracked's "5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women"
David Wong’s article on Cracked, “5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women,” has 6,132 comments and counting, and 1.6 million (million!) people have read it since yesterday,... Read more »
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