Cupid, Draw Back Your Bow...

Love / Shove post by Kelsey Wallace on February 14, 2009 - 1:40pm; tagged Feminism, human hearts, V-Day, Valentine's Day.
necco_human_heart.jpg Happy Valentine's Day! Okay, we all know that Valentine's Day is a vapid, capitalist, heteronormative holiday. The red and pink, the candy, the cards, the weird pressure to be in a relationship, it's all kind of annoying. But that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun, does it? Read on for some non-traditional Valentines, and to share your own thoughts on Cupid's (or Hallmark's?) holiday.
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My eyes!

Love / Shove post by Andi Zeisler on February 13, 2009 - 4:38pm; tagged 2008 election, horrifying, slash fiction.

And you thought the Gandalf-on-Frodo slash fiction that circulates every time there’s a new LOTR installment was unsettling? You have no idea. Or actually, maybe you do. I didn’t, though, until longtime Bitch contributor Noah Berlatsky asked me if he could write about the Obama slash that’s apparently been sweeping the nerdier corners of these Internets for some time.

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BitchTapes Launch!

Music post by Kjerstin Johnson on February 13, 2009 - 3:10pm; tagged 8tracks, BitchTapes, music, playlist.
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Notice that the Bitch blog just got a little more AWESOMER recently? If not, check out the sidebar for our latest feature: BitchTapes! A weekly eight song playlist to get your weekend off right (or just to get you through Friday). Read on for my tracklist!
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A "Little Bit" of Lykke Li

Music post by Kelsey Wallace on February 13, 2009 - 2:54pm; tagged live show, Lykke Li, reviews, Wildbirds & Peacedrums.
Lykke_Li-1.jpg Last night, Annalee and I saw Swedish darling Lykke Li at the Hawthorne Theater here in Portland. The show included a kazoo solo, a megaphone, and covers of both Lil Wayne and Tribe Called Quest songs. Read on for more!
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Baby Daddy

Love / Shove post by Kjerstin Johnson on February 13, 2009 - 12:55pm; tagged fatherhood, motherhood, tabloids, teen pregnancy, Teen Sex, teenage mother.
It is almost one and it still feels too early in the morning for this: SNN1305AA-380_732314a.jpg British young'uns Alfie Patten (age 13) and his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman (age 15) just gave birth to a bouncing baby of their own. How is the media responding?
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The Box's Crush of the Week: Daniel Dae Kim

TV post by Juliana Tringali on February 12, 2009 - 5:58pm; tagged Daniel Dae Kim, Jin-Soo Kwon, Lost, Sexiest Man Alive, Sun Kwon.

Daniel "Daym" KimMy Daniel Dae Kim crush began when I first saw him on Angel as Gavin Park, a rising star at an evil law firm. (Those cheekbones! That comic timing!) But of course, he’s best known as Jin-Soo Kwon on Lost. After only one season on network primetime, Kim already had enough people crushing to earn a spot on People Magazine’s "Sexiest Man Alive" list 2005. Since Asian men normally get an asexual treatment on TV, it’s refreshing to see that Daniel Dae Kim has maintained official heartthrob status, and proved his acting chops too.

Jin’s character arc over the first four seasons of Lost also subverts expectations. He started out as an overbearing husband in the stereotypical Asian tradition (with an exceedingly timid Asian wife to match). But over the course of the series, Jim and Sun’s relationship has been revealed to be a lot more complicated, and has grown to be more loving and equitable, too.
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