Sisterhood of Muslim female MCs and singers

Art and Design post by Briar Levit on July 21, 2008 - 2:00pm; tagged hip hop, Islam, music, musician, muslim, rap.

I just happened to stumble upon this inspiring musical project spearheaded by singer, Deeyah (often referred to as the 'Muslim Madonna'), today. She describes it as this:

'Sisterhood' is the collective name for a mixtape project of previously unreleased songs written by young up and coming female Muslim rappers, singers and poetesses from the UK, Europe and US.

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A collection of random things

Delightfully Cranky post by Lisa Jervis on July 18, 2008 - 12:48pm; tagged 2008 campaign, fundraising, media justice, racism, read it!.

Last night I co-hosted a fundraising house party for the kick-ass feminist media organization Women in Media and News. I've been involved in the organization since its planning and launch, and am proud to be its founding board chair.

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B-Word/Bitch is starting a lecture series!

Music post by Amy S. Williams on July 17, 2008 - 2:11pm; tagged events, feminism, lectures, pop culture.

B-Word/Bitch magazine is thrilled to announce our first lecture series, “Feminist Perspectives in Pop Culture,” a four-evening series made possible by the generous funding of the Oregon Council for the Humanities! We are so happy that we've been dancing around the office. And then panic set in because we need a confirmed line-up of folks to speak! 

So, I thought I'd share our potential speaker list, the folks we'd LOOOOVE to partner with and see what y'all have to say about it. Drumroll please.............

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Come work at Bitch!

Bitch on Wheels post by Debbie Rasmussen on July 16, 2008 - 1:34pm; tagged bitch, bitch magazine, excitement, hiring, jobs.

Please spread as far and wide as you possibly can...

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Here at Bitch, we're in search of a perfect someone to join our tiny but dedicated staff as a program director (full-time) at our office in Portland, Oregon. Someone bright, with a deep talent and love for analyzing media/pop culture from a perspective rooted in social/economic justice, who's passionate about both print publishing and newer (to us, at least) forms like online, audio, and video, someone excited about helping shape the future of the work we do at Bitch (and who recognizes Bitch's potential), someone committed to DIY/grassroots operating, who understands Bitch's role as both critiquing what's crappy and praising what's good, who's as excited about Bitch as a multimedia organization as Bitch as a magazine…

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Guilty DIY Pleasures

Art and Design post by Briar Levit on July 16, 2008 - 9:36am; tagged Bitches, diy, Etsy, Tina Fey.

I stumbled upon this little brooch over at Etsy.com. In light of our previous post with Tina Fey's original proclamation: 'Bitches get stuff done!', I couldn't help putting it here on sm[art].

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Action update on the birth-control-as-abortion thang

Delightfully Cranky post by Lisa Jervis on July 16, 2008 - 9:33am; tagged activism, horror, reproductive justice.

NARAL's letter-writing link is here (goes to Congress). Planned Parenthood's is here (goes to the White House).

And, courtesy of commenter softpieces on yesterday's post, Department of Health and Human Services contact info:
Secretary Mike Leavitt's office: 202-690-7000

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