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School's Out: Slut Shaming and the Empowered Young Woman
There have been countless observations made here at Bitch and elsewhere about how the term “slut” has been used, abused, and reclaimed with varying degrees of success. In this post, I want to explore a topic that I’ve been having a lot of conversations about lately with a friend who works... Read more »
BiblioBitch: Send Me Work
In this age of literary Jonathans, I am always on the lookout for some good solid realism by women, about women’s experiences, that doesn’t feel like it has to scream from its pink and lime green cover, “WARNING: YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ A BOOK ABOUT A WOMAN.” Thankfully, I have found... Read more »
The 99%: Republican Classism Roundup
The Republican presidential candidates deservedly get a good amount of critical coverage due to the homophobic, racist, and misogynistic rhetoric that they seem to spout at every campaign stop. This election, though, is one of the first times in my memory that the candidates’ classism and... Read more »
Double Rainbow: Asperger's and Girls
In my last post, I critiqued a chapter of Tony Attwood’s The Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome. Now I’m taking a look at Asperger’s and Girls, a slim collection of essays in which... Read more »
School's Out: Popular Media and the Gay Teen Martyr
Kids are indeed the future and so they’re also the site of great moral panic. As more kids are skipping the closet, debate rages on about what is appropriate to “expose” young people to—which also raises the question of what is appropriate to acknowledge as already existing in young people... Read more »
Bechdel Test Canon: One Sings, The Other Doesn't
In her 1977 film One Sings, The Other Doesn’t, Agnès Varda uses the musical to play with convention and assert a feminist... Read more »
The 99%: Mamas with Money and Parents in Poverty
How much does it actually cost to raise children?
You might be thinking about the price of diapers, health insurance, or preschool programs when trying to work out a rough answer. But don’t forget the... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Annie "Little Sure Shot" Oakley
Born on August 13, 1860 to Quaker parents Jacob and Susan, Phoebe Ann Mozee early life could not begin to foreshadow the wild adventures she would have. As she grew up, Annie’s penchant for hunting became local legend... Read more »
Thursday Night 'Lights: Four Ways for Up All Night to Fit Right In
So if you read these recaps with any regularity, I imagine you were relieved when NBC moved Whitney to “cocktail hour” on Wednesdays to be paired with Chelsea Handler’s new show. (So avoid Wednesday nights on NBC.) In its place came Up All Night, a... Read more »
Project Runway All Stars: A-muse-balls
Last night, our All Stars hit the streets to find inspiration (and innocent bystanders willing to donate the clothes off their backs) for an a-muse-ing runway challenge.
They’re all titillated, but only one of them got his number.
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