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<em>L'illusionniste</em> Fails to Work its Magic
Best Animated Feature Film nominee L’illusionniste (The Illusionist) came out on DVD in the USA last week. I looked forward to seeing it, given that I enjoyed... Read more »
Party Out of Bounds: Booze, the Pleasure Principle, and Party-Girl Pop
America, it would seem, is on a bender. From the shot-fueled mayhem of Jersey Shore (the most popular show in MTV's history) to a special booze-themed episode of Glee, to the blog Texts From Last Night immortalizing those crucial missives sent while sloshed, there seems to be no way to slake... Read more »
Pork Underbelly: The Sexual Politics of (Lots and Lots of) Meat
If you know your way around an Internet meme, you’ve probably heard of the online cooking show Epic Meal Time, a Food Network–meets–Jackass celebration of heart-clogging lowbrow cuisine. Each... Read more »
B-Sides: F**k yeah FOC FEST!
<img src=”http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2489/5730896577_751f2de0c5_m.jpg” alt=”A blurry picture of a 3 piece band. They play beneath christmas lights and a banner reading FOC FEST” align=”left” hspace=10”>I spent my weekend hanging out at... Read more »
The Long Goodbye: Oprah's Final Weigh-in on Weight
I expected at least one voice representing fat acceptance to be present during this final OWS episode on weight. But it wasn’t. Which makes the whole freaking public journey seem for naught.
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Revenge of the Feminerd: What PC Games Teach Girls
The media pays a lot of attention to violence in kids’ video games, but not so much the negative messages around gender stereotypes in games for tween girls. In an article in WIRED magazine, Tracey John... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Sappho
Even in the male-dominated world of classic literature, Sappho has long been considered one of the greatest lyric poets of all time. The scholars of Hellenistic... Read more »
On Our Radar
Time for a blog roundup!
Former Bitch intern Katie Presley reviews Anuradha Roy’s novel, An Atlas of... Read more »
Grand Rounds: Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: I Will Survive
This week, Grey’s Anatomy wound viewers up for the season finale with some last minute character shuffling, a few big revelations, and a surprisingly slow and even sleepy penultimate episode. Is Shonda’s promise of a mellow finale with no fireworks and more character... Read more »
Revenge of the Feminerd: Feminist D&D
Earlier in the series someone commented that they were starting a Dungeons and Dragons group and were looking for suggestions on how to keep it feminist. As luck would have it, I’ve played a campaign or two of D&D in my time, so I loved the idea of writing about it.
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