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Mom & Pop Culture: Serving Up a Feminist Parenting Perspective
Whether in the form of advertisements, cartoons, books, food, or toys, pop culture is out there and is feeding a host of tropes and stereotypes that can heavily impact a developing mind. This series will take a look at where pop culture, parenting and feminism meet, as we explore the affects (... Read more »
All the Women! Who Are Independent! (Were Not Part of the America in Primetime "Independent Woman" Documentary)
PBS kicked off its four-part documentary series America in Primetime last night with “Independent Woman,” a look at female characters from American TV’s past and present. The episode... Read more »
Bringing Up Baby: Ew, Breastfeeding is Gross! Or Is It Sexy? Sexy-Gross?
These highfaluting accolades for breastfeeding also stand in awkward contrast to portrayals of breastfeeding in TV and the movies. Bitch has previously covered our media’s (read: men in our media’s)... Read more »
Preacher's Daughter: A Goodbye and a Word About "the Shadow Between"
Well, we have reached the end of this series. This has been such a rich topic for me that, of course, there are many things I’d hoped to cover but didn’t. For this last post, I thought I’d briefly discuss a woman whose music about the loss—or absence—of god has resonated with me... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Five Halloween Costume Ideas From History!
Halloween has arrived! If you’re still scrambling for a last-minute costume to wear out tonight, put down the “sexy cat” getup—Adventures in Feministory is here to help! Here are five costume ideas from the past year in Feministories, all guaranteed to make for great Halloweenwear (and you... Read more »
Thursday Night 'Lights: Ho-Hum Halloween
It’s always fun to see how our favorite shows celebrate Halloween. This week’s comedies featured wacky costumes and even ghost stories, and yet all felt like a bit of a letdown. Let’s take a look at how each comedy tackled the spook-tacular holiday.
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On Our Radar
Spooky times, y’all.
Ms. Magazine speaks with Samhita Mukhopadhyay on her book about the “romantic industrial complex”—which we also have a snazzy review of in the... Read more »
Preacher's Daughter: Jenny Lewis on the Absence of God
I have never understood why reporters so rarely ask Jenny Lewis about the rich religious critique that has pervaded her work since the earlier days of Rilo Kiley. There is just so much there. I think I will scream if I hear another reporter ask her what it’s like to look hot in indie music,... Read more »
Live-Tweeting the Project Runway Finale!
We just got done live-tweeting (and live drinking-gaming) the Project Runway finale from our BitchMediaLive account. Here are our tweets—in chronological order thanks to Storify—so you can follow along if you recorded it to... Read more »
Bringing Up Baby: The Women of Dexter in the Workplace
Let’s face it: Dexter doesn’t do women many favors. “Career women” are not sympathetic characters, “housewives” are vapid, and on the whole, women with power are conniving, dangerous seductresses.
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