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Daddy-in-chief

Love / Shove post by Kjerstin Johnson on December 15, 2008 - 4:16pm; tagged gender roles, magazines, parenting, women's magazines.

Nick Friedman is the first male editor of Scholastic’s Parent & Child, a magazine whose readership is 85% women the New York Times reports. Apparently, most magazines are run by the gender they intend to cater to (BTW, non-bitches need not apply!), and while homemaker mags have been run by dudes before (Good Housekeeping was founded by Clark W. Bryan in 1885), there seems to be a "mommy club" that men remain outside of.

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In Other Words Needs Your Help!

Books post by Lisa Factora-Bo... on December 15, 2008 - 10:08am; tagged Be the Revolution, feminist activism, Off Your Duff, Save the Feminist Bookstores.

Feminist bookstores have been closing their doors because of hard economic times. Here's an opportunity for activism to save In Other Words, a non-profit feminist bookstore in Portland, Oregon. If you've got a bit of change to spare, we can ALL help make a miracle happen this month.

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While She Was Out: A Horror/Thriller That's Worth a Look

Movies post by Tammy Oler on December 14, 2008 - 10:38pm; tagged horror, horror films, Kim Basinger, thriller, While She Was Out.

If you haven't heard about While She Was Out, you're definitely not alone. This low-budget horror/thriller written and directed by Susan Montford opened in just a handful of theaters this weekend, and I was one of the two people who showed up to see it during an opening night showing in NYC. It's a pretty sure bet that this would have gone direct-to-DVD if it didn't have Guillermo del Toro among its ten (!) producers. But I'm glad it did make it to theaters, because despite its shortcomings, While She Was Out is actually worth a look.... (more after the jump).

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Americorp the Beautiful

Love / Shove post by Brian Frank on December 14, 2008 - 1:40pm; tagged Americorp, b-word, bitch, jobs, Portland.

B-word / Bitch Magazine is currently accepting applications for an Americorp employee to work here in our office in NE Portland. The stellar individual who takes on this job of "B-Word Outreach Coordinator" will be responsible for ramping up our connectons with individuals in Portland and around the country through our magazine, events and activities, our website, Internet social networking and more.

The position runs January - August, is at 19 hours / week and could expand in length and hours afterwards!

Sound like fun? The deadline to apply is December 21st, so send in your application ASAP!

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Versace: You got served!

Love / Shove post by Kelsey Wallace on December 12, 2008 - 5:22pm; tagged fashion, Versace, workplace discrimination, WTF?.

Versace ad

Turns out Versace is not just weird and sexually creepy in their print ads (see above), they're also weird and sexually creepy toward their employees! Or one in particular, anyway. Former Versace aide Fay Rodriguez sued the fashion giant on Wednesday for gender discrimination, saying she was forced to relay sexually explicit voicemail messages and was fired when she complained.

WTF?

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Bitch in The American Prospect

Love / Shove post by Annalee Schafranek on December 12, 2008 - 2:59pm; tagged media coverage, The American Prospect.

The American Prospect is currently featuring an article with Andi Zeisler. The article talks about, among other things, the financial future of feminist publications in the current economy, in addition to analyzing taken-for-granted attitudes regarding feminism.

Big thanks to my mom for the link!

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Supporting Movement Friday

Sports post by La Macha on December 12, 2008 - 11:41am; tagged accessibility, sports.

Because it's Friday and I'm so sure none of us want to get all deep and "think-y" on a Friday--I'm gonna declare today "Support Movement Friday," which basically boils down to, I'm going to scour the internets for the coolest video/pics of women 'doing movement' and post it here. You are then going to ooh and ahh over the amazing fantastic beauty that is women moving--and then we will talk together to find ways to support ALL women in "movement."

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