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Contributors
Cindy Widner, Susanne Carlson, Bree Kessler, Hawa Allen, Sarah McAbee, Courtney Becks, Monica Nolan, Christine Seifert, Tiffany Brand, Nadra Kareem, Tammy Oler, Latoya Peterson, Victoria Witchey, Sara Freeman, Shell Fischer, Andrea Feldman, Jacqueline Houton, Hannah Forman, John Marr, Janet Miller, Tina Kozik, Andy Lauer, Trina Robbins, Jennifer K. Stuller, Sarah Seltzer, Erica Lies, Keidra Chaney, Kay Steiger, Katura Reynolds, Eryn Loeb, Niki Papadapolous, Jessica Jernigan, Jessica Hoffman, Wendy Elishiva Somerson, Jennie Durant, Rachel Fudge, Anastasia Masurat, Brittany Shoot, Elina Shatkin, Annie Lipsitz, Monica Nolan, Dakota Kim, Anna Breshears, Adele Nieves, Kimberly Chun, Claire Ashton, Kaia Wilson, Anna Saini
Noir
Women of Noir: Gothic Gals, Vengeful Victims, & Feisty Femme Fatales. Plus: Color Comix!
In every issue
Editor's Letter
Dear Bitch
Love It/Shove It
Bitch In
Books—Bitch reads. Plus: A q&a with filmmaker Hilary Goldberg
Music—Suggested listening.
The Back Page—Annals of quietude
Columns
||| On Archetypes—The "women's pictures" yesteryear and today.
||| On Abstinence—The Twilight Series has created a new YA genre: abstinence porn.
Features
::: Am I [Para]normal?—In Lois Duncan's novels, teens grapple with parents, boyfriends, and astral projection.
::: The Brave Ones—Rape-revenge films have evolved since the days of exploitation films like I Spit on Your Grave—this new breed has Teeth.
::: Turning the Tables—The Hip Hop Wars author Tricia Rose discusses corporate music, hypermasculinity, and scratching out misogyny.
::: My Dark Confession—Five comic artists reveal their secret loves, lives, and lust.
::: Body of Work—Five artists explore the dark side—using their bodies as canvasses.
::: Darkness Defined—A noir lexicon.
::: It's Jane's House—We Just Live in It—Bronte, feminism, and the gothic tradition.
