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Ladies! Liquor! Ladies and Liquor!
Welcome to Lady Liquor, where, for the next two months, I’ll be writing about the relationship between, well, ladies and liquor. Primarily. I’m interested in the ways women’s attitudes about drinking – and society’s attitudes about women who drink – have... Read more »
On Our Radar: Special Halloween Edition!
We hope you’re enjoying this Halloween with lots of candy, costumes, and fun! Here’s a special On Our Radar round-up of links we love around the web, including zombie history, horror-film heroiens, and a reminder to not be a total racist!... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Domitila Barrios de Chungara
Domitila Barrios de Chungara was a labor rights leader and political activist from Bolivia. In addition to advancing the status of the working class of Bolivia, Barrios de Chungara was also an advocate for women’s rights.
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Backlot Bitch: Lana Wachowski Wins Visibility Award From HRC
I’m skeptical of any awards given out so closely to the release of an honoree’s film. It’s an extra press release, another sound bite, and a little something for the likes of Entertainment Tonight, Extra!, and TMZ to shill. Yawn.
That said, it was worth following The... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Ann Coulter vs. Richard Mourdock—It's a Douche-Off!
My what a douche-y week! In desperate times like these, we feminists have only one option…. A douche-off! In one corner, we have Ann “R-word tweeter” Coulter, an awful... Read more »
Backlot Bitch: Disney's New Princess Problems
So is Disney’s newly minted Princess Sofia meant to be Latina, or not? And if she is, what does that mean in the context of the Disneyverse?
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Trick or Treat or STOP IT WITH THE OFFENSIVE COSTUMES ALREADY: What Not to Be For Halloween
Like a pap smear or tax season, it happens every year: People wear racist and sexist costumes on Halloween. Hell, maybe you’ve done it yourself! You didn’t know what to be for that one party so you jammed some feathers in a headband and... Read more »
Ms. Opinionated: All the Advice You Asked For, and Some You Didn't
Welcome back to “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 makes ones that (hopefully) best reflect our shared commitment to feminist values—as well as advice on what to do when... Read more »
Tales From The Crip: "How's Your News?" Is Back!
How’s Your News?, America’s favorite (and only) newscast featuring a team of developmentally disabled reporters, has returned—and just in time for the 2012 presidential election! You may remember the team’s previous 2004 documentary, which chronicled their time at the... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Simone de Beauvoir
You probably know her as the French intellectual who penned the feminist tome The Second Sex. But did you know that in addition to writing this 800-page (in English translation—the French is shorter) classic of feminist theory, Beauvoir was also a journalist, essayist, novelist,... Read more »
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