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Tales From The Crip: Bolshy Divas: Masked Feminist Avengers
Taking a cue from feminist art-world culture-jamming collective the Guerrilla Girls comes Australia’s Bolshy Divas—anonymous disability activists “in the style of feminist masked avengers, exposing and discussing discrimination, unmet need, and issues which affect people with disability and... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Fujitsu's Feminine Laptops, Because Pink and Purple Pens weren't Enough
Back in August, our web editor commented on the sexism of the “BIC for Her” feminine pen debacle. She opened her blog with the quip: “Thank God I’m... Read more »
Political Party: Celebrate Good (Election) Times, Come on!
That hangover you’re nursing right now was worth it: Feminists have a lot to celebrate! Not only did women crush it last night (... Read more »
Ms. Opinionated: All the Advice You Asked For, and Some You Didn't
Welcome to the fourth installment of “Ms. Opinionated,” Bitch’s new advice column, in which readers have questions about the pesky day-to-day choices we all face, and I give advice about how to make ones that (hopefully) best reflect our shared commitment to feminist values—as well as advice... Read more »
Lady Liquor: Getting Out the Vote, Filling Up the Hip Flask, and Teaching Little Johnny to Drink
Once women got the right to vote, they didn’t consistently vote dry – in part because an unintended consequence of Prohibition (working in tandem with the social and economic aftermath of World War I) was that for the first time in U.S. history, drinking was no longer the exclusive... Read more »
Daddy Issues: A Surfeit Of SAHDs And Single Dads
As you might have noticed, there have been a lot of primary caregiver dads in pop culture (no pun intended) lately. In addition to populating long-running shows like Two and a Half Men, Castle, and Dexter, we’ve seen single dads on Raising Hope, ... Read more »
Tales From The Crip: Ode to Krip Hop's Leroy Moore
Leroy Moore is a man of action: poet, community activist, artist, feminist… the list goes on. Spend any time in the crip community and his name will inevitably surface, which should come as no surprise. Moore is a walking archive of disability art and history with a gift for broad networking... Read more »
Vote 'Em If You Got 'Em: Links For Your Election Day!
Well, the attack ads are over, the convention floors have long been empty, and the event we’ve all been anticipating/dreading for what feels like our entire lives is finally upon us: It’s Election Day!
To get you ready for your big day at the polls, we’ve put together... Read more »
Lady Liquor: Temperance, suffrage and the matter of strange bedfellows
The pairing of women’s suffrage and Prohibition always seemed to me like another quirky historical coupling, an example of the same group of people simultaneously favoring a critical common-sense idea (universal suffrage) and an unbelievably naïve, moralistic solution to society’s... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Donna Brazile, the First Woman of Color Presidential Campaign Director
Early in the morning of November 8, 2000, Donna Brazile sent a text to then–presidential candidate Al Gore. The... Read more »
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