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Shock me shock me shock me with that deviant behavior: Why Roxana Shirazi
In the many years that I've been editing book reviews, I've never been
pitched so hard on a title as I was for Roxana Shirazi's The Last
Living Slut: Born In Iran, Bred Backstage. The book's PR trumpeted that
it "is sure to be one of the most-talked-about and controversial books
of the year…the... Read more »
Genderlicious: Zack Snyder and Sucker Punch
You know, I would really like to enjoy Snyder’s films. Because they look nice. And also, I enjoy going to the theatre, turning my brain off, and being dazzled. But he keeps on having to throw these wrenches in my brainless enjoyment…
…My heart just cannot take any more films or... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Bessie Coleman, Queen of the Skies
What’s that in the sky? It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Bessie Coleman, the first black woman in history to hold an international pilot’s license!
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Push(back) at the Intersections: Transgressive or Fauxgressive?
Truly transgressive art should make us uncomfortable. It should challenge us. Yet, a lot of supposedly transgressive art is created within very safe boundaries, by creators in positions of power, and it often reinforces harmful social attitudes and beliefs at the same time. People living in... Read more »
Genderlicious: Video Weekend
Jessica MacCormack explains this video on her website:
During the summer of 2007, while on a residency with Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre/The Artel, I worked on an art project with the women in The Isabel MacNeil... Read more »
Subscribe Now and Enter the Land of Make Believe!
Have you been jonesin’ for your very own subscription to Bitch, yet still haven’t found the time to subscribe? Well friends, the time is now, because if you subscribe by the end of this weekend you’ll be one of the first feminists to get a... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Dallas Police Chief David Brown
In the past year, rapes in the city of Dallas have increased 25.3%. Seriously. Such a huge increase of reported rapes would be shocking anywhere, but in a city where crime of all sorts is down 6.3... Read more »
Lookism: OK If It's at the Hands of a Multinational Corporation
Mary Elizabeth Williams doesn't want to be sold pants by an ugly person. In her recent article for Salon, Williams maintains that the appearance-centered hiring practices and employee... Read more »
Sm{art}: Eve Gilbert
She’s been praised by R. Crumb and compared to Bukowski, but she still doesn’t have a Wikipedia page. She’s rather elusive, but she has a reason: “My paintings are the only place I feel... Read more »
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