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Monster High, Reluctantly Revisited: Kindness and Confusion
Remember our Douchebag Decree recipient, Monster High? Prepare yourselves, because things are about to get weird. Mattel has announced a partnership between Monster High and the anti-bullying... Read more »
Sexual Inadequacy: t.A.T.u. and Synthetic Queerness
It is the same as when we acknowledge that the Spice Girls were a marketing tool to sell watered-down empowerment to teens that may have accidentally caused some people to believe in “Girl Power” as a personal concept and might have positively impacted their lives. I will be forever grateful for... Read more »
Bibliobitch: Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls
Alissa Nutting’s Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls is a collection of bizarre and wonderful stories about the difficulty of bodies and the possibilities that arise when their inhabitants transcend them. Nutting, who is the... Read more »
Political InQueery: Let the 2012 Games Begin
It seems like only six months ago we were talking about the 2010 midterm elections. Oh, wait. I suppose the 2010 midterm elections were only a little more than six months ago. At any rate, the early campaigning for the 2012 gubernatorial election is underway. When I brought up the idea of guest... Read more »
Takin
In my last post I wrote about a few of the problems I’ve observed regarding the way anti-street harassment blogs and the media construct “perpetrators” of harassment. In this post I want to build... Read more »
Talking with Annie Murphy about Gay Genius
What alternative? Whose underground? We feel that queer comics artists/comics artists of color (and cartoonists of other marginalized groups) have always been relegated to the underground of the underground. This just won’t do! This is where Gay Genius comes in.
This excerpt from the “... Read more »
Gay Genius Anthology For Sale at Bitchmart!
After interacting with MacArthur Genius Grant recipients at her school, Annie Murphy (author of I Still Live) began to wonder about what makes a genius. “Somebody just comes out of the blue, taps you on the shoulder, and gives... Read more »
Grand Rounds: Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: Prognosis
With every diagnosis comes a prognosis! We know Grey’s Anatomy is back in the fall with another season, but what’s going to happen, and where can the show go? The Grand Rounds crew has a few thoughts, and we bet you do too!
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Fuze Wants to Be in Your Club
This commercial campaign leaves me conFUZEd. Read on for discussion of genderless fruit, fat-shaming and the marketing of rebellion.
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The Long Goodbye: Oprah's Last Shows
Oprah’s very last episode was a love letter to her fans; just her on her stage talking to us, her viewers. Much of it was retread: of her rise to unprecedented success and fame, and of the life lessons Oprah has... Read more »
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