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Weekend Rhymes

Love / Shove blog post by Jonanna Widner, November 7, 2008 - 5:37pm; tagged 2008 election, gender, General nerditry, Maddow, Palin, poetry.

Whoo-hoo, it's the weekend! I know, I know, the 40-hour work-week is a patriarchal construct, so celebrating weekends is merely playing into the system—but tell that to my bar tab...

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Introducing sm[art]

sm[art] blog post by Briar Levit, July 10, 2008 - 3:36pm; tagged art, drag, fairytales, gender, gender-bending, photography.

Welcome to the first entry of sm[art]! As a visually-focused person (I’m the art director here at Bitch), I decided it was high time to devote a special spot to visual arts. I hope to spotlight the works of artists of all kinds, who have some feminist, social or political themes in their work.

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And speaking of sex

Bitch on Wheels blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, June 11, 2008 - 11:41am; tagged feminisms, gender, international, magazines, Pakistan, sex, sexuality.

A new publication about sex/sexuality in Pakistani society from a feminist and gender-inclusive perspective has entered the publishing world. Read Bitch contributor Sarah Seltzer's interview with Chay magazine founders Kyla Pasha and Sarah Suhail in the current issue of INTHEFRAY magazine, an online magazine focused on identity and community.

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And now for a sexy conference

Bitch on Wheels blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, June 11, 2008 - 11:28am; tagged body positivity, conferences, events, gender, genderqueer, kink, queer, relationships, sex, sex play, sex positivity, sexuality, Sexy Spring, STI, transgender.

This weekend, June 13th to June 15th is Sexy Spring, Minneapolis's radical, sex/body positive, sex education skill-share and conference.

The event is focused on exploring the ways sex, sexuality, relationships, our bodies, and our choices affect our lives. It's a weekend full of workshops, discussions, play, demonstrations, crafting, art shows, communal meals, telling stories, and sex/body performances and dancing.

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Mad Science

Deconstructing Bunk Reporting in 5 Easy Steps

Article by Beth Skwarecki, Illustrated by Meg Hunt, appeared in issue Wired; published in 2008; filed under Social commentary; tagged biological determinism, gender, gender roles, mainstream media, media, media critique, media sexism, science, stereotypes.

British scientists have uncovered the truth behind one of modern culture’s greatest mysteries: why little girls play with pink toys. Is it because toy companies flood whole store aisles with the color? Or because well-meaning relatives shower girl babies with pink blankets and clothing? Nope. According to the men in lab coats, it’s purely biological.

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When in New Jersey on February 28th...

B-sides blog post by Amy S. Williams, February 27, 2008 - 3:28pm; tagged class, events, gender, media, media justice, race.

....check out this lecture by the awesome Jennifer Pozner, Executive Director of Women in Media & News:

Even though the human, environmental and economic impact of Hurricane Katrina are all still deeply felt throughout the regions that were ravaged by the disaster, the ongoing personal and political tolls of Katrina have fallen away from the headlines and out of public debate. This is just one of many ways media have failed the American people their treatment of one of the worst natural disasters in the history of our country.

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