Activism
Sexual Inadequacy: Body Shame and Sexy Fat
I started rounding up my weight, started posting pictures of myself displaying my less photogenic qualities—if I was going to get rejected, it was going to be right at the start. Every time I’d meet a man in real life that I found attractive I would reject him immediately. “Nice try, sexy... Read more »
Internet Crush: Cisgender News
My latest Internet crush is on Cisgender News, a Tumblr dedicated to “Finding the cisgender angle in the latest news stories.” Although there are only four posts so far, they pack a punch by turning coverage of trans issues inside out by applying the same... Read more »
We're All Mad Here: Race, Gender, and Mental Illness in Pop Culture
Cast your mind back over the depictions of mental illness you’ve encountered most recently; there’s a chance many of them were women, from madwomen in the attic to crazy exes, and there’s a chance that at least some of them were people of color.... Read more »
Stage Left: The Long-Promised Post on Liking Problematic Media
I am going to be talking about something that pretty much everyone I know has struggled with: feeling like a bad feminist/activist/organizer/person because you like a piece of media that has really problematic elements. Lord knows this is an internal battle I’ve fought, and continue to fight.
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Stage Left: On NINE and Manpain
I like Nine. I like it for its score, and I like it for the traits an observer can impart to the women. There are many female characters, and the silver lining to their being incredibly underdeveloped is that it is simple to impose one’s own headcanon, to imagine their internal lives... Read more »
We're All Mad Here: Intake Interview
Welcome to We’re All Mad Here, an exciting series on depictions of mental illness (and health) in pop culture featuring the lovely Anna and s.e. smith. We thought we’d start things off with a little interview so you... Read more »
In Defense of the L'Or
If we already know advertisements are digitally altered, why do we have to get rid of them? Simple answer: Because humans are beautiful and it’s time they know so.
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Stage Left: Getting to the Theater
Alright, so, we are now halfway through my stint blogging here at Bitch, which, by and large, has been wonderful. But there is an important aspect to writing about live theater, one I mentioned briefly in my opening post, that I think I need to expand upon.
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Sexual Inadequacy: Anoka-Hennepin School District
The School District held an investigation you see, nothing too formal, they just sat down amongst themselves and members of the community, and decided they didn’t have a bullying problem. Members of the community formed the Parents Action League, to make certain the neutrality policy, the... Read more »
Political Inqueery: Depart the Representative
Amid the debt ceiling debacle, Norway shooting, and fears about Europe’s next default, a news story broke about Oregon Representative David Wu allegedly sexually assaulting a young woman. I’m calling it simply a news story because as we’ll see, the reporting frames it strangely... Read more »
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