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Douchebag Decree: Larry Summers, Back in Action!

DigiBitch post by Danny Hayes on March 26, 2009 - 3:08pm; tagged AIG, Bailout, Douchebag Decree, Economy, Economy, Finance, Obama, Wall Street.

Larry Summers and I go way back. He first caught my attention back in 2005 while we were both living in Boston and he, while serving as the President of Harvard University (hold your applause), said in public that the reason why we don't see as many women as men in the fields of math and science is perhaps because they lack an innate talent in those fields. Oh boy. Now he's back! This time as an economic adviser to President Barack Obama (hold your applause), and don't worry, folks: his ideas are just as rotten.

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Athens Boys Choir Sings Away My Midweek Blues

Music post by Malori Maloney on March 25, 2009 - 1:18pm; tagged Athens Boys Choir, RuPaul, sexuality, transtastic.

Wednesdays can be rough. They're just a bit too far from the previous weekend to complain that you're bummed it's over and not quite close enough to the next weekend to revel in its proximity. In order to help you get through your Wednesday, I've thoughtfully selected a fantastic video by the amazing Athens Boys Choir. Check it out:

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2008: Not a Good Year to be a Woman Writer

DigiBitch post by Mandy Van Deven on March 25, 2009 - 12:13pm; tagged Awards, best picks of 2008, books, female writers.

The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) is a nonprofit that consists of over 900 book reviewers who are actively writing. Each year a 24-member Board grants an award to the best book in six categories—autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry—and honors two accomplished reviewers from within its membership.Announced on March 12, 2009 at a ceremony held at the New School in New York, and covering books published in 2008, this year none of the NBCC Awards Winners are women.

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GAYbiGAYGAY, y'all!

Music post by Danny Hayes on March 25, 2009 - 12:00pm; tagged Austin, Music, Queers, SXSW, Texas.

As most of you are aware, a few of us from Bitch Headquarters traded rainy Portland for sunny Austin, Texas, last week where we spent six days burning our Pacific Northwest skin to a crisp and listening to some bands at SXSW. The highlight of the week for me, without a doubt, was GAYbiGAYGAY, a fabulous backyard party filled with queer bands and artists (and the queers who love them.)

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We Messed with Texas.

Music post by Kelsey Wallace on March 25, 2009 - 11:47am; tagged Austin, bitch on wheels, Music, SXSW.

Well, we're back from Austin and from fulfilling our arduous duties as Bitch correspondents at sxsw. As many of you know (due to our complaining), we were without internet access during our trip. That means that throughout this week we'll be posting photos and reviews of all of the shows we saw and the people we were lucky enough to meet. Read on for a brief highlight reel! Here is a photo of some Bitch fans with some cutie pie matching leg tattoos to get you started:

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Back it up!

DigiBitch post by Kjerstin Johnson on March 25, 2009 - 10:42am; tagged birth control, emergency contraception, NARAL.

Today is Back Up Your Birth Control Day, a national campaign to raise awareness and increase access to emergency contraception! This year's action day is timely, as this past Monday a New York court ordered the FDA to make emergency contraception available without a prescription to women aged 17 and older within 30 days as well as to consider eliminating all age restrictions on over-the-counter access.

Protect yourself and spread the word! Readers in New York City be on the lookout for NARAL-NY hitting the streets and subways to raise awareness!

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Interview: Michelle Goldberg on Sex, Power & The Future of the World

DigiBitch post by Anna Clark on March 25, 2009 - 10:29am; tagged books, globalization, interviews, politics, reproductive rights.

Book Cover Michelle Goldberg’s groundbreaking book comes in like a lion this April. The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World (Penguin Group) is no ordinary overview.

Goldberg's investigation into the intersection of the war on reproductive freedom and the global war for power spans four continents. From the HIV/AIDS epidemic to female circumcision to overpopulation to infant mortality to abortion rights, Goldberg analyzes how the means of reproduction influences the health of whole societies--even as women's rights have been sidelined by governments and social movements, and even as reproductive rights are weirdly isolated as "women’s issues" only. Goldberg emphasizes how the struggle to control women's bodies is the next great human rights struggle of our globalized world.

Goldberg found time in her travels through Buenos Aires to answer questions for Bitch about this struggle and about her book

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