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Bringing Up Baby: Farewell And Thanks From Bringing Up Baby!
This is my final post for Bringing Up Baby! I want to thank you wonderful readers for making this experience so enriching and enlightening.
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Mom & Pop Culture: The Princess Paradox
It’s hard to overlook all of the negative aspects that pop up along the princess path, and I knew that I would be very particular regarding exposure and access to princesses if I had a girl. Never in a million years did it cross my mind that I would be trying to navigate the same murky waters... Read more »
In The Frame: Nan Goldin, "One Month After Being Battered"
“There is no separation between me and what I photograph,” said the artist Nan Goldin. This has never been truer than with the self-portrait that captures her injuries caused by an abusive boyfriend. Domestic violence is never an easy subject to talk about, but this image speaks volumes.
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Bitch in a Box: Holiday Gift Guide, TV Lover's Edition!
Nothing brings people together over the holidays like TV. No matter how tense things get when your aunt’s boyfriend talks politics or your college roommate tells you she “liked your hair better before,” it all fades away when the Twilight Zone marathon comes on on SyFy. Not only that... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Elizabeth Blackwell
The first time I heard of Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) was during my American History class in high school. It was a brief, albeit important introduction to the first woman to receive an M.D. and become the first woman physician in the United States. A pioneer in educating women in medicine... Read more »
Bitch in a Box: Feminist Holiday Gift Guides!
The holiday season is here again, which means it’s time once again for our Bitch in a Box gift guides! Over the next few weeks, Bitch staffers and contributors will be taking turns writing themed gift guides designed to please even the... Read more »
Bringing Up Baby: Reagan's Cesarean on Up All Night and the Issue of Control in Childbirth
Today, new methods have replaced DeLee’s, and yet popular obstetric interventions (cesareans, amniotomies, labor-inducing drugs, episiotomies, epidurals) are still designed to transfer control from the woman to her labor assistant. 33% of births in the United States are by cesarean, a rate... Read more »
Mom & Pop Culture: Princess Week!
As Disney continues to sell their princesses (and make no mistake, they’re selling a brand, not just characters), they continue to show us that people will eat up these negative messages as long as they’re packaged in an appealing way—in this case, in pinks and purples and lots of... Read more »
In The Frame: Ingrid Berthon-Moine: Lipstick and Looking Twice
I know I’ve spent a lot of time on this blog looking at subtle forms of feminist art, but it’s only fair to consider the more direct approaches, especially when they’re as thought-provoking as Red Is The Colour. Be prepared to embrace menarchy, or menstrual anarchy…
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The Bitch Twitter List #Extravaganza
For your tweeting information we’ve got some brand-new, reader-contributed Twitter Lists for everyone to follow! What’s a Twitter List, you ask? Well, it’s a list that you can “follow” to see short, timely, feminist updates... Read more »
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