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Declare Your Independence: Why Subscribing is Better than Buying at the Newsstand
We’ve mentioned before how Bitch Media, a nonprofit organization, nets only seven cents on each magazine bought at the newsstand. That number is no exaggeration. After we pay to print the issue, ship boxes of it out to wholesalers, pay... Read more »
Olivia Munn Can’t Tell the Difference between a Critique and an Insult
There’s a distinction between critiquing and bashing someone that’s sometimes hard to make, especially on the internet.
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Happy Birthday, Frida Kahlo!
Andre Breton described Frida Kahlo’s work as a “ribbon around a bomb.”
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Political InQueery: When Local Politicians Do Bad Things
Sure, it's hard to live in the spotlight, even if it's a local spotlight, like the one we shine on mayors. I can't think of many other jobs as thankless as being mayor, because the people who fancy themselves watchdogs are really, really into it and there's not much that escapes public scrutiny,... Read more »
Declare Your Independence: Why Subscribing to Bitch is Better for the Environment
Most Bitch readers buy the magazine off the magazine rack, at a bookstore, a grocery store, or a boutique. This is called newsstand distribution, and it's a system that is built on and rewards waste and inefficiency.
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Political InQueery: Close Encounters of the First Lady Kind
The most boring exhibit I ever saw in any of the Washington, DC Smithsonian museums was, without a doubt, the gowns of the First Ladies. Oh, how I could not have cared less. But my mother preened over them like she'd just found some rare bird egg sitting under her window. Helen Taft? Grace Coolidge... Read more »
Declare Your Independence: Bitch, The Magazine
As many of you Internet fans know, I’m the web editor here at Bitch Media, which means I concern myself mainly with what goes on in this series of tubes we’re working in right now. However, today I’d like to talk about Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Dr. Maria New, In Utero Gender Norm Enforcer!
You know how in Gattaca doctors used hormones to control the personalities of fetuses, ensuring a creepily uniform generation of “perfect” people, like the guy who plays Ethan Hawke’s brother in the movie? Well, now there is a doctor who is attempting to do something similar by eradicating... Read more »
The Ghost Inside Christina Hendricks gets her to sell her limbs for tollbooth money.
OK, so this video may have come out last month, but I swear I just noticed it for the first time today (and a quick office poll confirmed that I am not alone). How did this slip under the radar? The first Broken Bells music video and it... Read more »
Sm{art}: Not your grandmother's quilts
Linda Gass is definitely not be the first to use her skills in sewing for political activism, even within the... Read more »
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