The Maps & Legends Issue

Articles published in the print Bitch magazine issue, Maps & Legends. Check out the complete table of contents for the issue here.

It’s My Party: How Conspicuous Consumption Became the Theme of Sweet Sixteens

a Black teenager sits on a horse-drawn carriage on the way to her Sweet Sixteen party
by Ruby Bilger
May 30, 2019 at 1:35pm
Today’s Sweet Sixteener isn’t an exact replica of the debutante, but she reflects the same narrow view of womanhood. 
an illustration of a blue, alien object

Black to the Future: How Women in Pop Are Carrying the Mantle of Afrofuturism

by Alison Pezanoski-Browne
February 16, 2014 at 8:48pm
Afrofuturism is a way to project Blackness into the future—not merely as existing, but as a critical and significant part of it. Read more »
a blue and white illustration of a woman in Amish attire standing next to a fan and a chicken

Hot Under the Bonnet: The Cooptation of Amish Culture in Mass-Market Fiction

by Audrey deCoursey
February 16, 2014 at 8:39pm
Dubbed “Amish romance novels,” “Amish fiction,” or the more waggish “bonnet rippers,” these novels just one entry point into the varying images of Amish communities in U.S. popular culture. Read more »
Monica Garwood illustration of multiple women cooking in a kitchen

What Happened to Home Economics?: The Rise and Fall of a Contested Discipline

by Christen McCurdy
February 16, 2014 at 8:33pm
The rise of home economics as a discipline was closely linked with the push to make higher education available to female students. Read more »
Janet Mock, a transgender Hawaiian woman with curly, brown hair, smiles

Mock & Awe: Janet Mock on Truth-Telling, Community Building, and Writing the Story She Had Been Waiting for Her Whole Life

by Tina Vasquez
February 4, 2014 at 8:51am
Redefining Realness is written with astounding honesty and heart. Read more »

Mapping the Margins of Middle Earth

by Camille Owens
December 11, 2013 at 12:33pm
It’s interesting to consider the impact of shooting an epic fantasy about conflict and conquest in a land with a real-world history of colonization. Read more »

Best of Bitch

Hot Under the Bonnet: The Cooptation of Amish Culture in Mass-Market Fiction

a blue and white illustration of a woman in Amish attire standing next to a fan and a chicken
by Audrey deCoursey
Spring 2014 • Maps & Legends
Dubbed “Amish romance novels,” “Amish fiction,” or the more waggish “bonnet rippers,” these novels just one entry point into the varying images of Amish communities in U.S. popular culture. Read more »

Mock & Awe: Janet Mock on Truth-Telling, Community Building, and Writing the Story She Had Been Waiting for Her Whole Life

Janet Mock, a transgender Hawaiian woman with curly, brown hair, smiles
by Tina Vasquez
Spring 2014 • Maps & Legends
“Redefining Realness” is written with astounding honesty and heart. Read more »