The Micro/Macro Issue

Articles published in the print Bitch magazine issue, Micro-Macro. Check out the complete table of contents for the issue here.

Housebound: Why the Dollhouse Metaphor Remains So Indelible

The dollhouses of today are not, then, miniature playgrounds that train girls to believe their future paths go no further than their front door.

Written Off: Why Aren’t Black Female Screenwriters Getting Their Due?

The exclusion of films written and directed by women, and particularly women of color, has long been an infuriating norm within the Academy.  Read more »

About the Cover: How Designing Bitch's Micro/Macro Cover Affected my Vision, Migraines, and Health

Bitch Art Director Kristin Rogers Brown here! I turned to readers to help choose the elements of our Pulp cover—a cover that we’re pretty sure is part of the reason that issue has already ... Read more »

Behind the Scenes: Sketches from Our New Micro/Macro Issue

As Bitch hits issue #59 with Micro/Macro, I thought I would shine a light on some of the “micro” behind-the-scenes thought that goes into the eye candy you see in our pages. This post features sketches from illustrator... Read more »

All Hail the Queen?: What Do Our Perceptions of Beyoncé's Feminism Say about us?

The policing of feminist cred is the real moral contradiction. Read more »

Rise of the Penis Piñata: The big business of bachelorette parties.

Image via venassa A few weeks ago, I attended a friend's bachelorette party. In the days preceding, my kitchen morphed into a workshop dedicated to constructing penis-shaped objects to eat and to hit. Resting atop my kitchen table like a prize pig at a state fair was a large pink papier-mâché... Read more »

Gaming the System: Are women-led games D.O.A.?

“'We had [some companies] tell us, 'Well, we don't want to publish it because that's not going to succeed. You can't have a female character in games. It has to be a male character, simple as that.'” That's what game developer Jean-Max Morris was told when he tried to... Read more »

Sized Up: Why Fat is a Queer and Feminist Issue

Is fat what queer was a generation ago? Read more »