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Best of Both Worlds

Music post by Belin Liu on March 10, 2009 - 3:25am; tagged b-sides,, Dark Was the Night, music, red hot organization.
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Dark Was The Night is the 20th compilation album released to benefit the Red Hot Organization - an international charity dedicated to raising money and awareness for HIV and AIDS. The organization has raised close to 7 million dollars for AIDS relief around the world, due in part to the contributions and participation of some amazing musical artists as displayed in this latest release.
Read on for more information about Red Hot and Dark Was The Night's jaw-dropping tracklist...
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Facebook Advertisers Think You Should Diet (but only if you're a woman or a gay man)

DigiBitch post by Malori Maloney on March 9, 2009 - 4:51pm; tagged advertising, Facebook, Facebook, gender, gender, heterosexism, heterosexism, sexism, sexism, sexual orientation, sexual orientation.

It's no news that advertisers on social networking sites like Facebook employ user profile data to target specific groups by gender, age, and so on.

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BitchTapes: Opposite of Friday edition!

Music post by Jaymee Jacoby on March 9, 2009 - 2:55pm; tagged BitchTapes, dance music, eighties.
Who needs Friday when you have Monday to get down with your bad 80s self? Straight outta development, here's my 80s mix!
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AA Strikes Again: "Legalize Gay" Shirts

Love / Shove post by Annalee Schafranek on March 9, 2009 - 2:00pm; tagged activism, American Apparel, clothing, gay marriage, prop 8.

While I've made my feelings about American Apparel clear in the past, they certainly are making themselves into a moving target. Picking up the slack left behind by Urban Outfitters, AA has introduced a Legalize Gay shirt to their stores (a riff off of their Legalize LA model). Does this have anything to do with their recent drama in San Francisco? And what do we think of the commercialization of activism?

Read on for more after the jump!

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Self-referential Investigative Corner: Web Edition!

Love / Shove post by Guest Star on March 9, 2009 - 1:38pm; tagged Buzz, interview transcript, Janet Miller, Jerilea Zempel, radical knitting, The Colbert Report.
Those of you who have already gotten your hands on a copy of the hot-off-the-presses "Buzz" issue may have seen Janet Miller's interview with artist Jerilea Zempel. Zempel, a radical knitter (among other things), was featured on The Colbert Report a few months back reading a copy of Bitch! Although the print interview with Zempel in "Buzz" has some great information, there is even more to learn about Zempel and her work. Read the full transcript of the interview after the jump!
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Adventures in Feministory: The Night Witches

DigiBitch post by Briar Levit on March 9, 2009 - 11:24am; tagged aviatrix, soviet pilots, The Night Witches, women pilots, World War Two.

 

By now, if you've read any of my posts, you probably know that I'm a little bit of a Russophile. So when it was my turn to write this week's Adventures in Feministory, there was no doubt in my mind that I wanted to talk about the Soviet Union's 588th Night Bomber Regiment during World War Two.
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Lady Frenzy!

Love / Shove post by Ashley Brittner on March 6, 2009 - 7:02pm; tagged community, Corin Tucker, Explode Into Colors, Mirah, Reading Frenzy.

Last night Holocene hosted a benefit show for Portland's Reading Frenzy, one of many fledgling independent bookstores nationwide. Portland is an amazing place full of artists willing to help each other out in rough times, and last night's bill was a perfect example. Read more after the jump!

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