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TelevIsm: The Numbers
Spoiler Alert! Don't say we didn't warn you...
Image: Sayid, wearing a beret, looks down.
In the first post in this series, I looked at how white and nonwhite characters in representation and death on the Island at the... Read more »
Grab your bags, Portland, it's the spring clothing swap!
Attention PDX-ers (that’s code for Portland, Ore. residents)! Don’t forget that next Tuesday is the semi-annual Bitch Clothing Swap!
Note: Leslie Hall will not actually be present at the clothing swap. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be a sequined leotard with your name... Read more »
The Lady Is a Tramp: Safer-Sex Kit Survey Says...
If you could bundle the perfect safer-sex kit, what would you put in it?
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Douchebag Decree: Caitlin Flanagan, our first Douchebag All-Star!
Sometimes a simple acknowledgment of douchery just isn't enough.
Sometimes you have to step back and marvel at how consistent, how
dedicated, how impressively shameless a person's commitment to being a
total asshole is. And that's why Bitch has decided it's time to start
recognizing those... Read more »
The Lady Is A Tramp: Auntiehood
…what the heck could I possibly tell him, being a bit of an outlier in my own family?
Perhaps it’s that exact status that allows me to be the perfect aunt.
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TelevIsm: The Numbers
Spoiler Alert! Don't say we didn't warn you...
Thanks to Liss for the screengrab!
Representation is not necessarily anti-racism, and Lost's framing and depiction of nonwhite characters is often violent and damaging... Read more »
Tuning In: The healing power of rock on Degrassi: The Next Generation
A look back at Degrassi: The Next Generation's season two episode "Shout," and how Paige Michalchuk uses rock music to work through the trauma of date rape.
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The Young and The Feckless: Playing DJ for the Class of 2010
The supermarket where I shop plays music of a certain vintage (which, as we've recently discussed, could be anything from last year's Billboard Top 40 to ditties from the War of 1812). The other day it happened to be Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop... Read more »
Mad World: Is the Bayonetta Campaign Innovative Advertising or Sexual Harassment Training?
The widely popular video game Bayonetta boasts an advertising campaign that rivals the onscreen sexism of the game itself. In Tokyo, a large billboard in the subway invited passersby to literally strip off flyers to reveal Bayonetta naked underneath. The campaign perpetuates and encourages sexual... Read more »
Page Turner: An Interview with Instinctive Mama Author Ada Calhoun
You’ve likely encountered the work of writer and editor Ada Calhoun—whether it’s her editorial work on... Read more »
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