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Superhero Diversity Gets the Axe
Bad news in the superhero world over the past few months: the downturn
in the economy is impacting comic book publishers, and both Marvel and
DC Comics are canceling a whole of bunch of their midlist superheroes.
Unfortunately, the midlist is where a lot of titles featuring women and
superheroes of... Read more »
Body Politic: Kate Winslet in The Reader
As the Oscar buzz starts to build (already!) this month, get ready to hear a lot about Kate Winslet. The five-time Oscar nominee is likely to be both a Best Actress and a Best Supporting Actress nominee (... Read more »
Free to pee, you and me.
We talk a lot on this blog, and in the magazine, about the problems that come with dividing the entire world up into two distinct categories: men and women. Us savvy feminists know that there is a lot more to gender than that, and that lots of us don't necessarily like being forced to identify as... Read more »
Get Offensive in New York City!
Bitch readers no doubt remember Andi Zeisler's interview, "A Good Offense," with the snort-inducing Kate Rigg and Julie Goldman from our last issue. This Friday and Saturday only, Julie Goldman's... Read more »
Romantic Comedies: Still Not That Into You
Greetings, everyone! My name is Tammy Oler, and I’ve been a contributor to Bitch for about five years. I’m thrilled to be joining the blogging team here. With “The Female Gaze,” I’ll be focusing a feminist eye on what’s new and making news in film, including new releases,... Read more »
Sick of holiday commercials? Sarah Haskins to the rescue!
Since I'm still in the charming stage of not having my life together, whenever I go home I can always count on my mom making sure I eat well. This is especially true during the holidays (leftovers and pumpkin cheesecake for days!). While my little brother helped out with making an excellent... Read more »
Innovative Douchebaggery
Tyrone Freeman, master of the secret arts of douchebaggery and former president of the United Long-Term Care Workers, a labor union in Los Angeles, has been banned for life from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for "misappropriating" over $1 million dollars of the union members'... Read more »
The Box's Crush of the Week: Neil Patrick Harris
He's taken the role of "ladies man" to new levels on How I Met Your Mother, played himself as a child actor turned mega-douche in the Harold & Kumar movies, and even used his rep for machismo to shill Old Spice. So why should feminists be crushing? Because he's redefining the way masculinity... Read more »
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